Nuclear share of electricity in high-income countries in 2021 — 16.91%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 5.23 pp.
2000–2021 · % of generation
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: High-income countries
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 16.91 | +0.01 pp |
| 2020 | 16.9 | −0.53 pp |
| 2019 | 17.43 | +0.28 pp |
| 2018 | 17.15 | −0.07 pp |
| 2017 | 17.22 | −0.13 pp |
| 2016 | 17.35 | −0.22 pp |
| 2015 | 17.57 | −0.06 pp |
| 2014 | 17.63 | +0.24 pp |
| 2013 | 17.38 | +0.01 pp |
| 2012 | 17.37 | −1.12 pp |
| 2011 | 18.49 | −1.68 pp |
| 2010 | 20.17 | −0.55 pp |
| 2009 | 20.71 | +0.35 pp |
| 2008 | 20.36 | +0.01 pp |
| 2007 | 20.36 | −1.01 pp |
| 2006 | 21.37 | −0.11 pp |
| 2005 | 21.48 | −0.27 pp |
| 2004 | 21.75 | +0.31 pp |
| 2003 | 21.44 | −0.72 pp |
| 2002 | 22.16 | −0.5 pp |
| 2001 | 22.67 | +0.53 pp |
| 2000 | 22.14 | — |
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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