Nuclear share of electricity — all countries

Nuclear share of electricity — CIS

Nuclear share of electricity in the CIS in 2021 — 15.77%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 3.28 pp.

2021 15.77% −0.09 pp vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 15.86%2020
Period minimum 12.49%2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of generation

Nuclear share of electricity — CIS, 2000–20211213141516200020032006200920122015201820212000: 12.49%2001: 12.87%2002: 13.28%2003: 13.6%2004: 12.82%2005: 13.04%2006: 13.06%2007: 13.13%2008: 13.07%2009: 13.73%2010: 13.64%2011: 13.59%2012: 13.68%2013: 13.4%2014: 13.9%2015: 15.02%2016: 14.78%2017: 15.08%2018: 14.76%2019: 15%2020: 15.86%2021: 15.77%
Change over the period: +3.28 pp Annual average: 0.16 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

CIS 15.77%
World 9.81%
Nuclear share of electricity — CIS, by year CIS All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 15.77 −0.09 pp
2020 15.86 +0.86 pp
2019 15 +0.23 pp
2018 14.76 −0.32 pp
2017 15.08 +0.3 pp
2016 14.78 −0.25 pp
2015 15.02 +1.12 pp
2014 13.9 +0.5 pp
2013 13.4 −0.28 pp
2012 13.68 +0.09 pp
2011 13.59 −0.05 pp
2010 13.64 −0.09 pp
2009 13.73 +0.67 pp
2008 13.07 −0.06 pp
2007 13.13 +0.07 pp
2006 13.06 +0.02 pp
2005 13.04 +0.22 pp
2004 12.82 −0.78 pp
2003 13.6 +0.32 pp
2002 13.28 +0.41 pp
2001 12.87 +0.38 pp
2000 12.49

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.