Nuclear share of electricity — all countries

Nuclear share of electricity — Middle East & North Africa

Nuclear share of electricity in Middle East & North Africa in 2023 — 3.16%. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 3.08 pp.

2023 3.16% +0.5 pp vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 3.16%2023
Period minimum 0.05%1998

Trend over time

1990–2023 · % of generation

Nuclear share of electricity — Middle East & North Africa, 1990–2023012341990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.08%1991: 0.1%1992: 0.14%1993: 0.11%1994: 0.11%1995: 0.1%1996: 0.06%1997: 0.07%1998: 0.05%1999: 0.06%2000: 0.29%2001: 0.32%2002: 0.22%2003: 0.21%2004: 0.32%2005: 0.26%2006: 0.23%2007: 0.29%2008: 0.15%2009: 0.25%2010: 0.27%2011: 0.43%2012: 0.46%2013: 0.67%2014: 0.68%2015: 0.47%2016: 0.83%2017: 1.01%2018: 0.98%2019: 0.96%2020: 0.9%2021: 1.74%2022: 2.66%2023: 3.16%
Change over the period: +3.08 pp Annual average: 0.09 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Middle East & North Africa

Middle East & North Africa 3.16%
World 9.11%
Nuclear share of electricity — Middle East & North Africa, by year Middle East & North Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 3.16 +0.5 pp
2022 2.66 +0.92 pp
2021 1.74 +0.84 pp
2020 0.9 −0.06 pp
2019 0.96 −0.02 pp
2018 0.98 −0.02 pp
2017 1.01 +0.18 pp
2016 0.83 +0.36 pp
2015 0.47 −0.2 pp
2014 0.68 +0.01 pp
2013 0.67 +0.21 pp
2012 0.46 +0.03 pp
2011 0.43 +0.16 pp
2010 0.27 +0.02 pp
2009 0.25 +0.1 pp
2008 0.15 −0.15 pp
2007 0.29 +0.06 pp
2006 0.23 −0.04 pp
2005 0.26 −0.06 pp
2004 0.32 +0.11 pp
2003 0.21 −0.01 pp
2002 0.22 −0.09 pp
2001 0.32 +0.02 pp
2000 0.29 +0.23 pp
1999 0.06 +0.02 pp
1998 0.05 −0.02 pp
1997 0.07 +0 pp
1996 0.06 −0.03 pp
1995 0.1 −0.01 pp
1994 0.11 −0 pp
1993 0.11 −0.03 pp
1992 0.14 +0.04 pp
1991 0.1 +0.02 pp
1990 0.08

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.