Nuclear share of electricity — all countries

Nuclear share of electricity — EAEU

Nuclear share of electricity in the EAEU in 2023 — 19.09%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 5.51 pp.

2023 19.09% −0.34 pp vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 19.43%2022
Period minimum 13.58%2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of generation

Nuclear share of electricity — EAEU, 2000–202312141618202000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 13.58%2001: 14%2002: 14.46%2003: 14.82%2004: 13.96%2005: 14.17%2006: 14.2%2007: 14.21%2008: 14.11%2009: 14.85%2010: 14.72%2011: 14.67%2012: 14.79%2013: 14.51%2014: 15.07%2015: 16.33%2016: 16.05%2017: 16.39%2018: 16.07%2019: 16.35%2020: 17.36%2021: 17.26%2022: 19.43%2023: 19.09%
Change over the period: +5.51 pp Annual average: 0.24 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

EAEU 19.09%
World 9.11%
Nuclear share of electricity — EAEU, by year EAEU All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 19.09 −0.34 pp
2022 19.43 +2.17 pp
2021 17.26 −0.09 pp
2020 17.36 +1.01 pp
2019 16.35 +0.27 pp
2018 16.07 −0.31 pp
2017 16.39 +0.34 pp
2016 16.05 −0.28 pp
2015 16.33 +1.26 pp
2014 15.07 +0.56 pp
2013 14.51 −0.28 pp
2012 14.79 +0.12 pp
2011 14.67 −0.05 pp
2010 14.72 −0.13 pp
2009 14.85 +0.74 pp
2008 14.11 −0.09 pp
2007 14.21 +0.01 pp
2006 14.2 +0.02 pp
2005 14.17 +0.22 pp
2004 13.96 −0.86 pp
2003 14.82 +0.35 pp
2002 14.46 +0.46 pp
2001 14 +0.42 pp
2000 13.58

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.