Nuclear share of electricity — all countries

Nuclear share of electricity — Lower-middle-income countries

Nuclear share of electricity in lower-middle-income countries in 2021 — 4.42%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 3 pp.

2021 4.42% +0.37 pp vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 7.41%2000
Period minimum 4.05%2020

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of generation

Nuclear share of electricity — Lower-middle-income countries, 2000–202145678200020032006200920122015201820212000: 7.41%2001: 7.24%2002: 6.99%2003: 6.73%2004: 6.68%2005: 6.53%2006: 6.3%2007: 6.09%2008: 5.58%2009: 5.28%2010: 5.58%2011: 5.64%2012: 5.4%2013: 5.07%2014: 5.05%2015: 4.77%2016: 4.5%2017: 4.59%2018: 4.29%2019: 4.38%2020: 4.05%2021: 4.42%
Change over the period: −3 pp Annual average: -0.14 pp

Comparison, 2021

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Lower-middle-income countries

Lower-middle-income countries 4.42%
World 9.81%
Nuclear share of electricity — Lower-middle-income countries, by year Lower-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 4.42 +0.37 pp
2020 4.05 −0.34 pp
2019 4.38 +0.1 pp
2018 4.29 −0.3 pp
2017 4.59 +0.08 pp
2016 4.5 −0.27 pp
2015 4.77 −0.27 pp
2014 5.05 −0.02 pp
2013 5.07 −0.33 pp
2012 5.4 −0.25 pp
2011 5.64 +0.07 pp
2010 5.58 +0.3 pp
2009 5.28 −0.31 pp
2008 5.58 −0.5 pp
2007 6.09 −0.22 pp
2006 6.3 −0.23 pp
2005 6.53 −0.15 pp
2004 6.68 −0.05 pp
2003 6.73 −0.26 pp
2002 6.99 −0.25 pp
2001 7.24 −0.17 pp
2000 7.41

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.