Nuclear share of electricity — all countries

Nuclear share of electricity — Euro area

Nuclear share of electricity in the Euro area in 2024 — 23.81%. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 11.25 pp.

2024 23.81% +0.6 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 37.18%1993
Period minimum 22.12%2022

Trend over time

1990–2024 · % of generation

Nuclear share of electricity — Euro area, 1990–2024202530354019901994199820022006201020142018202220241990: 35.06%1991: 34.95%1992: 35.76%1993: 37.18%1994: 35.76%1995: 36.02%1996: 36.48%1997: 36.65%1998: 35.28%1999: 35.4%2000: 35.43%2001: 35.18%2002: 35.23%2003: 34.22%2004: 33.81%2005: 33.35%2006: 32.88%2007: 30.88%2008: 31.13%2009: 30.63%2010: 30.2%2011: 29.97%2012: 28.78%2013: 28.5%2014: 29.54%2015: 28.52%2016: 27.28%2017: 26.45%2018: 26.57%2019: 27.12%2020: 25.44%2021: 26.4%2022: 22.12%2023: 23.21%2024: 23.81%
Change over the period: −11.25 pp Annual average: -0.33 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Euro area 23.81%
World 15.52%
Nuclear share of electricity — Euro area, by year Euro area All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 23.81 +0.6 pp
2023 23.21 +1.09 pp
2022 22.12 −4.27 pp
2021 26.4 +0.96 pp
2020 25.44 −1.68 pp
2019 27.12 +0.55 pp
2018 26.57 +0.13 pp
2017 26.45 −0.83 pp
2016 27.28 −1.24 pp
2015 28.52 −1.03 pp
2014 29.54 +1.04 pp
2013 28.5 −0.27 pp
2012 28.78 −1.19 pp
2011 29.97 −0.23 pp
2010 30.2 −0.43 pp
2009 30.63 −0.5 pp
2008 31.13 +0.24 pp
2007 30.88 −2 pp
2006 32.88 −0.47 pp
2005 33.35 −0.46 pp
2004 33.81 −0.41 pp
2003 34.22 −1 pp
2002 35.23 +0.05 pp
2001 35.18 −0.25 pp
2000 35.43 +0.03 pp
1999 35.4 +0.11 pp
1998 35.28 −1.36 pp
1997 36.65 +0.16 pp
1996 36.48 +0.46 pp
1995 36.02 +0.26 pp
1994 35.76 −1.42 pp
1993 37.18 +1.43 pp
1992 35.76 +0.81 pp
1991 34.95 −0.1 pp
1990 35.06

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.