Nuclear share of electricity — all countries

Nuclear share of electricity — BRICS

Nuclear share of electricity in BRICS in 2023 — 5.41%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 0.33 pp.

2023 5.41% −0.15 pp vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 5.56%2022
Period minimum 3.88%2013

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of generation

Nuclear share of electricity — BRICS, 2000–20233.544.555.562000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 5.07%2001: 5.28%2002: 5.28%2003: 5.42%2004: 4.95%2005: 4.66%2006: 4.46%2007: 4.22%2008: 4.19%2009: 4.1%2010: 3.97%2011: 3.94%2012: 3.95%2013: 3.88%2014: 3.98%2015: 4.45%2016: 4.76%2017: 4.86%2018: 4.99%2019: 5.38%2020: 5.44%2021: 5.48%2022: 5.56%2023: 5.41%
Change over the period: +0.33 pp Annual average: 0.01 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

BRICS 5.41%
World 9.11%
Nuclear share of electricity — BRICS, by year BRICS All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 5.41 −0.15 pp
2022 5.56 +0.07 pp
2021 5.48 +0.04 pp
2020 5.44 +0.07 pp
2019 5.38 +0.39 pp
2018 4.99 +0.12 pp
2017 4.86 +0.11 pp
2016 4.76 +0.3 pp
2015 4.45 +0.48 pp
2014 3.98 +0.1 pp
2013 3.88 −0.07 pp
2012 3.95 +0.01 pp
2011 3.94 −0.03 pp
2010 3.97 −0.13 pp
2009 4.1 −0.09 pp
2008 4.19 −0.03 pp
2007 4.22 −0.24 pp
2006 4.46 −0.2 pp
2005 4.66 −0.29 pp
2004 4.95 −0.47 pp
2003 5.42 +0.14 pp
2002 5.28 +0 pp
2001 5.28 +0.2 pp
2000 5.07

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.