Nuclear share of electricity in the European Union in 2024 — 23.06%. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 9 pp.
1990–2024 · % of generation
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: European Union
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23.06 | +0.53 pp |
| 2023 | 22.53 | +0.94 pp |
| 2022 | 21.59 | −3.5 pp |
| 2021 | 25.09 | +0.59 pp |
| 2020 | 24.5 | −1.82 pp |
| 2019 | 26.32 | +0.44 pp |
| 2018 | 25.88 | +0.24 pp |
| 2017 | 25.64 | −0.58 pp |
| 2016 | 26.22 | −0.84 pp |
| 2015 | 27.06 | −1.33 pp |
| 2014 | 28.39 | +0.8 pp |
| 2013 | 27.6 | −0.03 pp |
| 2012 | 27.62 | −0.85 pp |
| 2011 | 28.47 | −0.16 pp |
| 2010 | 28.63 | −0.35 pp |
| 2009 | 28.98 | −0.52 pp |
| 2008 | 29.5 | +0.31 pp |
| 2007 | 29.19 | −1.56 pp |
| 2006 | 30.75 | −0.55 pp |
| 2005 | 31.3 | −0.63 pp |
| 2004 | 31.93 | −0.05 pp |
| 2003 | 31.97 | −0.76 pp |
| 2002 | 32.73 | +0.22 pp |
| 2001 | 32.51 | +0.16 pp |
| 2000 | 32.34 | −0.45 pp |
| 1999 | 32.79 | +0.24 pp |
| 1998 | 32.55 | −0.94 pp |
| 1997 | 33.49 | +0.18 pp |
| 1996 | 33.32 | +0.45 pp |
| 1995 | 32.86 | −0.06 pp |
| 1994 | 32.92 | −0.64 pp |
| 1993 | 33.56 | +0.97 pp |
| 1992 | 32.59 | +0.24 pp |
| 1991 | 32.35 | +0.29 pp |
| 1990 | 32.06 | — |
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.
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