| Description | Aswan High Dam | Merowe | Jebel Aulia | Aswan Old Dam | Roseires | Khasm el-Girba | GERD | Tekeze Dam |
| Nile tributary | Main Nile | Main Nile | White Nile | Main Nile | Blue Nile | Atbara | Blue Nile | Tekeze |
| Country | Egypt | Sudan | Sudan | Egypt | Sudan | Sudan | Ethiopia | Ethiopia |
| Year of started | 1960 | 2004 | 1933 | 1898 | 1961 | 1960 | 2011 | 1999 |
| Year of completed | 1971 | 2009 | 1937 | 1902 | 1966 | 1964 | 77% (2020) | 2009 |
| Total storage | 163 BCM | 12.1 BCM | 3.3 BCM | N.A. | 5.5 b BCM | 1.3 BCM | 74 BCM | 4 BCM |
| Initial live storage | 137 BCM | 5.7 BCM | 2.8 BCM | 5.3 BCM | 5.4 BCM | 1.2 BCM | 31 BCM | 9.3 BCM |
| Installed hydropower | 2100 MW | 1250 MW | 30 MW | 592 MW | 400 MW | 10 MW | 6000 MW | 300 MW |