Nuclear share of electricity — all countries

Nuclear share of electricity — G7

Nuclear share of electricity in the G7 in 2024 — 20.03%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 4.98 pp.

2024 20.03% +1.64 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 25.72%2001
Period minimum 17.47%2022

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of generation

Nuclear share of electricity — G7, 2000–20241517.52022.52527.52000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 25.01%2001: 25.72%2002: 24.85%2003: 23.74%2004: 24.39%2005: 24.19%2006: 24.19%2007: 22.91%2008: 22.91%2009: 23.69%2010: 23.09%2011: 20.61%2012: 19.08%2013: 19.25%2014: 19.46%2015: 19.6%2016: 19.21%2017: 19.23%2018: 19.42%2019: 19.5%2020: 18.7%2021: 18.81%2022: 17.47%2023: 18.39%2024: 20.03%
Change over the period: −4.98 pp Annual average: -0.21 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: G7

G7 20.03%
World 15.52%
Nuclear share of electricity — G7, by year G7 All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 20.03 +1.64 pp
2023 18.39 +0.92 pp
2022 17.47 −1.34 pp
2021 18.81 +0.11 pp
2020 18.7 −0.8 pp
2019 19.5 +0.08 pp
2018 19.42 +0.18 pp
2017 19.23 +0.02 pp
2016 19.21 −0.39 pp
2015 19.6 +0.14 pp
2014 19.46 +0.21 pp
2013 19.25 +0.17 pp
2012 19.08 −1.53 pp
2011 20.61 −2.48 pp
2010 23.09 −0.59 pp
2009 23.69 +0.78 pp
2008 22.91 +0 pp
2007 22.91 −1.29 pp
2006 24.19 +0 pp
2005 24.19 −0.2 pp
2004 24.39 +0.65 pp
2003 23.74 −1.11 pp
2002 24.85 −0.86 pp
2001 25.72 +0.7 pp
2000 25.01

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.