Nuclear share of electricity — all countries

Nuclear share of electricity — NATO

Nuclear share of electricity in NATO in 2021 — 19.46%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 3.65 pp.

2021 19.46% −0.28 pp vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 23.92%2001
Period minimum 19.46%2021

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of generation

Nuclear share of electricity — NATO, 2000–202118202224200020032006200920122015201820212000: 23.1%2001: 23.92%2002: 23.52%2003: 23.08%2004: 23.24%2005: 22.56%2006: 22.48%2007: 21.69%2008: 21.68%2009: 21.98%2010: 21.5%2011: 21.29%2012: 20.89%2013: 21.14%2014: 21.34%2015: 20.95%2016: 20.74%2017: 20.56%2018: 20.22%2019: 20.49%2020: 19.74%2021: 19.46%
Change over the period: −3.65 pp Annual average: -0.17 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

NATO 19.46%
World 9.81%
Nuclear share of electricity — NATO, by year NATO All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 19.46 −0.28 pp
2020 19.74 −0.75 pp
2019 20.49 +0.27 pp
2018 20.22 −0.34 pp
2017 20.56 −0.18 pp
2016 20.74 −0.21 pp
2015 20.95 −0.39 pp
2014 21.34 +0.2 pp
2013 21.14 +0.25 pp
2012 20.89 −0.4 pp
2011 21.29 −0.21 pp
2010 21.5 −0.48 pp
2009 21.98 +0.29 pp
2008 21.68 −0.01 pp
2007 21.69 −0.79 pp
2006 22.48 −0.08 pp
2005 22.56 −0.68 pp
2004 23.24 +0.16 pp
2003 23.08 −0.43 pp
2002 23.52 −0.41 pp
2001 23.92 +0.82 pp
2000 23.1

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.