Nuclear share of electricity — all countries

Nuclear share of electricity — Brazil

Nuclear share of electricity in Brazil in 2024 — 2.1%. Ranked 19 in the world out of 19. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 1.09 pp.

2024 2.1% +0.05 pp vs 2023
World rank 19of 19
Period maximum 4.35%2001
Period minimum 0.02%1994

Trend over time

1990–2024 · % of generation

Nuclear share of electricity — Brazil, 1990–2024024619901994199820022006201020142018202220241990: 1%1991: 0.62%1992: 0.73%1993: 0.18%1994: 0.02%1995: 0.91%1996: 0.83%1997: 1.03%1998: 1.01%1999: 1.19%2000: 1.73%2001: 4.35%2002: 4%2003: 3.67%2004: 3%2005: 2.45%2006: 3.28%2007: 2.77%2008: 3.02%2009: 2.78%2010: 2.82%2011: 2.94%2012: 2.9%2013: 2.71%2014: 2.58%2015: 2.51%2016: 2.71%2017: 2.64%2018: 2.58%2019: 2.55%2020: 2.23%2021: 2.24%2022: 2.15%2023: 2.05%2024: 2.1%
Change over the period: +1.09 pp Annual average: 0.03 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Brazil

Brazil 2.1%
World 15.52%
Nuclear share of electricity — Brazil, by year Brazil All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 2.1 +0.05 pp
2023 2.05 −0.1 pp
2022 2.15 −0.09 pp
2021 2.24 +0.01 pp
2020 2.23 −0.31 pp
2019 2.55 −0.03 pp
2018 2.58 −0.06 pp
2017 2.64 −0.07 pp
2016 2.71 +0.2 pp
2015 2.51 −0.07 pp
2014 2.58 −0.13 pp
2013 2.71 −0.2 pp
2012 2.9 −0.04 pp
2011 2.94 +0.13 pp
2010 2.82 +0.04 pp
2009 2.78 −0.24 pp
2008 3.02 +0.24 pp
2007 2.77 −0.51 pp
2006 3.28 +0.83 pp
2005 2.45 −0.55 pp
2004 3 −0.67 pp
2003 3.67 −0.34 pp
2002 4 −0.34 pp
2001 4.35 +2.61 pp
2000 1.73 +0.54 pp
1999 1.19 +0.17 pp
1998 1.01 −0.01 pp
1997 1.03 +0.2 pp
1996 0.83 −0.08 pp
1995 0.91 +0.89 pp
1994 0.02 −0.15 pp
1993 0.18 −0.55 pp
1992 0.73 +0.11 pp
1991 0.62 −0.39 pp
1990 1

South America, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

AR Argentina 7.29 BR Brazil 2.1

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.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.