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Nuclear share of electricity

What share of its electricity a country gets from nuclear power plants.

Unit: % of generation Period: 1990–2024 Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank)
Source: World Bank · About the indicator
Average: 3.55% Countries: 209

The ranking uses the latest available value for each country — the year is shown in the row. The table spans 2014 to 2024.

Nuclear share of electricity, 2014–2024

Top-20 · % of generation

Nuclear share of electricity, 2014–2024020406080FranceFrance: 66.8%66.8SlovakiaSlovakia: 61.95%61.95UkraineUkraine: 49.42%49.42HungaryHungary: 42.16%42.16BelgiumBelgium: 40.51%40.51CzechiaCzechia: 40.18%40.18BulgariaBulgaria: 40.15%40.15FinlandFinland: 39.2%39.2SloveniaSlovenia: 34.34%34.34South KoreaSouth Korea: 31.08%31.08ArmeniaArmenia: 30.76%30.76SwedenSweden: 29.29%29.29SwitzerlandSwitzerland: 29.06%29.06BelarusBelarus: 28.3%28.3United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates: 19.74%19.74RomaniaRomania: 19.3%19.3SpainSpain: 18.94%18.94RussiaRussia: 18.68%18.68United StatesUnited States: 17.74%17.74PakistanPakistan: 17.33%17.33
Nuclear share of electricity — 2014–2024 Current breakdown Full series CSV XLSX JSON
# Year Subregion World rank
1 FR France 66.8 2024 1
2 SK Slovakia 61.95 2024 2
3 UA Ukraine 49.42 2023 3
4 HU Hungary 42.16 2024 4
5 BE Belgium 40.51 2024 5
6 CZ Czechia 40.18 2024 6
7 BG Bulgaria 40.15 2023 7
8 FI Finland 39.2 2024 8
9 SI Slovenia 34.34 2024 9
10 KR South Korea 31.08 2024 10
11 AM Armenia 30.76 2023 11
12 SE Sweden 29.29 2024 12
13 CH Switzerland 29.06 2024 13
14 BY Belarus 28.3 2023 14
15 AE United Arab Emirates 19.74 2023 15
16 RO Romania 19.3 2023 16
17 ES Spain 18.94 2024 17
18 RU Russia 18.68 2023 18
19 US United States 17.74 2024 19
20 PK Pakistan 17.33 2023 20
21 GB United Kingdom 14.22 2024 21
22 CA Canada 13.89 2024 22
23 JP Japan 9.52 2024 23
24 AR Argentina 7.29 2024 24
25 CN China 4.55 2023 25
26 ZA South Africa 3.73 2023 26
27 MX Mexico 3.13 2024 27
28 NL Netherlands 2.89 2024 28
29 IN India 2.41 2023 29
30 BR Brazil 2.1 2024 30
31 IR Iran 1.56 2023 31
32 DE Germany 1.41 2023 32
33 AF Afghanistan 0 2021 33
34 AL Albania 0 2021 33
35 DZ Algeria 0 2021 33
36 AS American Samoa 0 2021 33
37 AD Andorra 0 2021 33
38 AO Angola 0 2021 33
39 AG Antigua and Barbuda 0 2021 33
40 AW Aruba 0 2021 33
41 AU Australia 0 2021 33
42 AT Austria 0 2021 33
43 AZ Azerbaijan 0 2021 33
44 BS Bahamas 0 2021 33
45 BH Bahrain 0 2023 33
46 BD Bangladesh 0 2021 33
47 BB Barbados 0 2021 33
48 BZ Belize 0 2021 33
49 BJ Benin 0 2021 33
50 BT Bhutan 0 2021 33
51 BO Bolivia 0 2021 33
52 BA Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 2021 33
53 BW Botswana 0 2021 33
54 VG British Virgin Islands 0 2021 33
55 BN Brunei Darussalam 0 2021 33
56 BF Burkina Faso 0 2021 33
57 BI Burundi 0 2021 33
58 CV Cabo Verde 0 2021 33
59 KH Cambodia 0 2021 33
60 CM Cameroon 0 2021 33
61 KY Cayman Islands 0 2021 33
62 CF Central African Republic 0 2021 33
63 TD Chad 0 2021 33
64 CL Chile 0 2021 33
65 CO Colombia 0 2021 33
66 KM Comoros 0 2021 33
67 CR Costa Rica 0 2021 33
68 HR Croatia 0 2021 33
69 CU Cuba 0 2021 33
70 CW Curaçao 0 2021 33
71 CY Cyprus 0 2021 33
72 CI Côte d'Ivoire 0 2021 33
73 CD Democratic Republic of the Congo 0 2021 33
74 DK Denmark 0 2021 33
75 DJ Djibouti 0 2021 33
76 DM Dominica 0 2021 33
77 DO Dominican Republic 0 2021 33
78 EC Ecuador 0 2021 33
79 EG Egypt 0 2021 33
80 SV El Salvador 0 2021 33
81 GQ Equatorial Guinea 0 2021 33
82 ER Eritrea 0 2021 33
83 EE Estonia 0 2021 33
84 SZ Eswatini 0 2021 33
85 ET Ethiopia 0 2021 33
86 FO Faroe Islands 0 2021 33
87 FJ Fiji 0 2021 33
88 PF French Polynesia 0 2021 33
89 GA Gabon 0 2021 33
90 GM Gambia 0 2021 33
91 GE Georgia 0 2021 33
92 GH Ghana 0 2021 33
93 GI Gibraltar 0 2014 33
94 GR Greece 0 2021 33
95 GL Greenland 0 2021 33
96 GD Grenada 0 2021 33
97 GU Guam 0 2021 33
98 GT Guatemala 0 2021 33
99 GN Guinea 0 2021 33
100 GW Guinea-Bissau 0 2021 33
101 GY Guyana 0 2021 33
102 HT Haiti 0 2021 33
103 HN Honduras 0 2021 33
104 HK Hong Kong 0 2021 33
105 IS Iceland 0 2021 33
106 ID Indonesia 0 2021 33
107 IQ Iraq 0 2021 33
108 IE Ireland 0 2021 33
109 IL Israel 0 2021 33
110 IT Italy 0 2021 33
111 JM Jamaica 0 2021 33
112 JO Jordan 0 2021 33
113 KZ Kazakhstan 0 2021 33
114 KE Kenya 0 2021 33
115 KI Kiribati 0 2021 33
116 XK Kosovo 0 2021 33
117 KW Kuwait 0 2021 33
118 KG Kyrgyzstan 0 2021 33
119 LA Laos 0 2021 33
120 LV Latvia 0 2021 33
121 LB Lebanon 0 2021 33
122 LS Lesotho 0 2021 33
123 LR Liberia 0 2021 33
124 LY Libya 0 2021 33
125 LT Lithuania 0 2021 33
126 LU Luxembourg 0 2021 33
127 MG Madagascar 0 2021 33
128 MW Malawi 0 2021 33
129 MY Malaysia 0 2021 33
130 MV Maldives 0 2021 33
131 ML Mali 0 2021 33
132 MT Malta 0 2021 33
133 MH Marshall Islands 0 2021 33
134 MR Mauritania 0 2021 33
135 MU Mauritius 0 2021 33
136 FM Micronesia 0 2021 33
137 MD Moldova 0 2021 33
138 MN Mongolia 0 2021 33
139 ME Montenegro 0 2021 33
140 MA Morocco 0 2021 33
141 MZ Mozambique 0 2021 33
142 MM Myanmar 0 2021 33
143 NA Namibia 0 2021 33
144 NR Nauru 0 2021 33
145 NP Nepal 0 2021 33
146 NC New Caledonia 0 2021 33
147 NZ New Zealand 0 2021 33
148 NI Nicaragua 0 2021 33
149 NE Niger 0 2021 33
150 NG Nigeria 0 2021 33
151 KP North Korea 0 2021 33
152 MK North Macedonia 0 2021 33
153 NO Norway 0 2021 33
154 OM Oman 0 2021 33
155 PW Palau 0 2021 33
156 PS Palestine 0 2021 33
157 PA Panama 0 2021 33
158 PG Papua New Guinea 0 2021 33
159 PY Paraguay 0 2021 33
160 PE Peru 0 2021 33
161 PH Philippines 0 2021 33
162 PL Poland 0 2021 33
163 PT Portugal 0 2021 33
164 PR Puerto Rico 0 2021 33
165 QA Qatar 0 2021 33
166 CG Republic of the Congo 0 2021 33
167 RW Rwanda 0 2021 33
168 KN Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 2021 33
169 LC Saint Lucia 0 2021 33
170 MF Saint Martin 0 2021 33
171 VC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 2021 33
172 WS Samoa 0 2021 33
173 ST Sao Tome and Principe 0 2021 33
174 SA Saudi Arabia 0 2021 33
175 SN Senegal 0 2021 33
176 RS Serbia 0 2021 33
177 SC Seychelles 0 2021 33
178 SL Sierra Leone 0 2021 33
179 SG Singapore 0 2021 33
180 SX Sint Maarten 0 2021 33
181 SB Solomon Islands 0 2021 33
182 SO Somalia 0 2021 33
183 SS South Sudan 0 2021 33
184 LK Sri Lanka 0 2021 33
185 SD Sudan 0 2021 33
186 SR Suriname 0 2021 33
187 SY Syria 0 2021 33
188 TJ Tajikistan 0 2021 33
189 TZ Tanzania 0 2021 33
190 TH Thailand 0 2021 33
191 TL Timor-Leste 0 2021 33
192 TG Togo 0 2021 33
193 TO Tonga 0 2021 33
194 TT Trinidad and Tobago 0 2021 33
195 TN Tunisia 0 2021 33
196 TM Turkmenistan 0 2021 33
197 TC Turks and Caicos Islands 0 2021 33
198 TV Tuvalu 0 2021 33
199 TR Türkiye 0 2021 33
200 UG Uganda 0 2021 33
201 VI United States Virgin Islands 0 2021 33
202 UY Uruguay 0 2021 33
203 UZ Uzbekistan 0 2021 33
204 VU Vanuatu 0 2021 33
205 VE Venezuela 0 2021 33
206 VN Vietnam 0 2021 33
207 YE Yemen 0 2021 33
208 ZM Zambia 0 2021 33
209 ZW Zimbabwe 0 2021 33
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Maximum 66.8%
Median 0%
Minimum 0%
World 15.52%

About the indicator

The share of electricity generated at nuclear power plants. About thirty countries have nuclear generation, and almost nowhere did it appear gradually: a reactor either exists or it does not, so for most countries the series is either zero or immediately sizable. A plant emits nothing while it operates, and in carbon intensity nuclear generation is comparable to wind — yet decisions about its fate are made for reasons that have nothing to do with emissions.

Important: Countries without reactors stand at zero rather than being absent. Aggregates are weighted by generation in terawatt-hours and computed from 2000 onward — there is no weight series before that.

Updates
quarterly
Unit of measurement
% of generation
Observation period
1990–2024
License
CC BY 4.0
Dataset
World Development Indicators

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