Nuclear share of electricity — all countries

Nuclear share of electricity — Europe & Central Asia

Nuclear share of electricity in Europe & Central Asia in 2024 — 19.12%. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 3.04 pp.

2024 19.12% +0.94 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 26.16%1997
Period minimum 18.1%2022

Trend over time

1990–2024 · % of generation

Nuclear share of electricity — Europe & Central Asia, 1990–202417.52022.52527.519901994199820022006201020142018202220241990: 22.16%1991: 22.72%1992: 23.46%1993: 24.75%1994: 24.51%1995: 24.81%1996: 25.97%1997: 26.16%1998: 25.52%1999: 25.68%2000: 25.22%2001: 25.59%2002: 25.76%2003: 25.47%2004: 25.14%2005: 24.58%2006: 24.17%2007: 22.92%2008: 22.74%2009: 22.89%2010: 22.53%2011: 22.48%2012: 21.85%2013: 21.66%2014: 22.25%2015: 21.88%2016: 21.13%2017: 20.93%2018: 20.82%2019: 21.01%2020: 19.88%2021: 20.09%2022: 18.1%2023: 18.18%2024: 19.12%
Change over the period: −3.04 pp Annual average: -0.09 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Europe & Central Asia

Europe & Central Asia 19.12%
World 15.52%
Nuclear share of electricity — Europe & Central Asia, by year Europe & Central Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 19.12 +0.94 pp
2023 18.18 +0.08 pp
2022 18.1 −1.98 pp
2021 20.09 +0.2 pp
2020 19.88 −1.13 pp
2019 21.01 +0.19 pp
2018 20.82 −0.11 pp
2017 20.93 −0.21 pp
2016 21.13 −0.74 pp
2015 21.88 −0.37 pp
2014 22.25 +0.59 pp
2013 21.66 −0.19 pp
2012 21.85 −0.63 pp
2011 22.48 −0.06 pp
2010 22.53 −0.35 pp
2009 22.89 +0.15 pp
2008 22.74 −0.18 pp
2007 22.92 −1.25 pp
2006 24.17 −0.41 pp
2005 24.58 −0.56 pp
2004 25.14 −0.33 pp
2003 25.47 −0.29 pp
2002 25.76 +0.17 pp
2001 25.59 +0.37 pp
2000 25.22 −0.46 pp
1999 25.68 +0.16 pp
1998 25.52 −0.63 pp
1997 26.16 +0.18 pp
1996 25.97 +1.17 pp
1995 24.81 +0.29 pp
1994 24.51 −0.24 pp
1993 24.75 +1.29 pp
1992 23.46 +0.73 pp
1991 22.72 +0.57 pp
1990 22.16

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.