Nuclear share of electricity — all countries

Nuclear share of electricity — OECD

Nuclear share of electricity in the OECD in 2024 — 16.53%. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 5.92 pp.

2024 16.53% +0.13 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 23.77%1995
Period minimum 15.78%2022

Trend over time

1990–2024 · % of generation

Nuclear share of electricity — OECD, 1990–202414161820222419901994199820022006201020142018202220241990: 22.45%1991: 23.07%1992: 23.15%1993: 23.44%1994: 23.53%1995: 23.77%1996: 23.75%1997: 23.11%1998: 23.18%1999: 23.43%2000: 22.86%2001: 23.47%2002: 22.86%2003: 22.08%2004: 22.45%2005: 22.15%2006: 22.05%2007: 20.95%2008: 20.91%2009: 21.3%2010: 20.71%2011: 18.91%2012: 17.71%2013: 17.78%2014: 18.05%2015: 17.88%2016: 17.68%2017: 17.51%2018: 17.42%2019: 17.72%2020: 17%2021: 16.95%2022: 15.78%2023: 16.4%2024: 16.53%
Change over the period: −5.92 pp Annual average: -0.17 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

OECD 16.53%
World 15.52%
Nuclear share of electricity — OECD, by year OECD All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 16.53 +0.13 pp
2023 16.4 +0.61 pp
2022 15.78 −1.17 pp
2021 16.95 −0.05 pp
2020 17 −0.72 pp
2019 17.72 +0.3 pp
2018 17.42 −0.09 pp
2017 17.51 −0.17 pp
2016 17.68 −0.19 pp
2015 17.88 −0.17 pp
2014 18.05 +0.27 pp
2013 17.78 +0.07 pp
2012 17.71 −1.2 pp
2011 18.91 −1.81 pp
2010 20.71 −0.58 pp
2009 21.3 +0.39 pp
2008 20.91 −0.04 pp
2007 20.95 −1.1 pp
2006 22.05 −0.1 pp
2005 22.15 −0.3 pp
2004 22.45 +0.37 pp
2003 22.08 −0.79 pp
2002 22.86 −0.61 pp
2001 23.47 +0.61 pp
2000 22.86 −0.56 pp
1999 23.43 +0.25 pp
1998 23.18 +0.06 pp
1997 23.11 −0.63 pp
1996 23.75 −0.02 pp
1995 23.77 +0.24 pp
1994 23.53 +0.09 pp
1993 23.44 +0.28 pp
1992 23.15 +0.09 pp
1991 23.07 +0.62 pp
1990 22.45

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.