Nuclear share of electricity — all countries

Nuclear share of electricity — Latin America & Caribbean

Nuclear share of electricity in Latin America & Caribbean in 2024 — 2.63%. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 0.56 pp.

2024 2.63% +0.59 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 3.01%2001
Period minimum 1.72%1994

Trend over time

1990–2024 · % of generation

Nuclear share of electricity — Latin America & Caribbean, 1990–20241.522.533.519901994199820022006201020142018202220241990: 2.07%1991: 2.11%1992: 1.95%1993: 1.9%1994: 1.72%1995: 2.36%1996: 2.22%1997: 2.54%1998: 2.23%1999: 2.27%2000: 2.03%2001: 3.01%2002: 2.85%2003: 2.89%2004: 2.53%2005: 2.32%2006: 2.61%2007: 2.33%2008: 2.34%2009: 2.37%2010: 1.97%2011: 2.18%2012: 2.05%2013: 2.15%2014: 1.96%2015: 2.08%2016: 2.15%2017: 1.99%2018: 2.16%2019: 2.15%2020: 2.19%2021: 2.18%2022: 1.94%2023: 2.04%2024: 2.63%
Change over the period: +0.56 pp Annual average: 0.02 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Latin America & Caribbean

Latin America & Caribbean 2.63%
World 15.52%
Nuclear share of electricity — Latin America & Caribbean, by year Latin America & Caribbean All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 2.63 +0.59 pp
2023 2.04 +0.1 pp
2022 1.94 −0.25 pp
2021 2.18 −0.01 pp
2020 2.19 +0.04 pp
2019 2.15 −0.01 pp
2018 2.16 +0.17 pp
2017 1.99 −0.16 pp
2016 2.15 +0.07 pp
2015 2.08 +0.13 pp
2014 1.96 −0.19 pp
2013 2.15 +0.1 pp
2012 2.05 −0.13 pp
2011 2.18 +0.22 pp
2010 1.97 −0.4 pp
2009 2.37 +0.03 pp
2008 2.34 +0.01 pp
2007 2.33 −0.29 pp
2006 2.61 +0.29 pp
2005 2.32 −0.21 pp
2004 2.53 −0.36 pp
2003 2.89 +0.04 pp
2002 2.85 −0.15 pp
2001 3.01 +0.97 pp
2000 2.03 −0.24 pp
1999 2.27 +0.04 pp
1998 2.23 −0.31 pp
1997 2.54 +0.33 pp
1996 2.22 −0.14 pp
1995 2.36 +0.64 pp
1994 1.72 −0.18 pp
1993 1.9 −0.04 pp
1992 1.95 −0.17 pp
1991 2.11 +0.04 pp
1990 2.07

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.