Nuclear share of electricity — all countries

Nuclear share of electricity — OPEC

Nuclear share of electricity in OPEC in 2021 — 1.08%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 1.08 pp.

2021 1.08% +0.51 pp vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 1.08%2021
Period minimum 0%2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of generation

Nuclear share of electricity — OPEC, 2000–202100.511.5200020032006200920122015201820212000: 0%2001: 0%2002: 0%2003: 0%2004: 0%2005: 0%2006: 0%2007: 0%2008: 0%2009: 0%2010: 0%2011: 0.03%2012: 0.18%2013: 0.43%2014: 0.41%2015: 0.25%2016: 0.55%2017: 0.6%2018: 0.6%2019: 0.52%2020: 0.57%2021: 1.08%
Change over the period: +1.08 pp Annual average: 0.05 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

OPEC 1.08%
World 9.81%
Nuclear share of electricity — OPEC, by year OPEC All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 1.08 +0.51 pp
2020 0.57 +0.05 pp
2019 0.52 −0.08 pp
2018 0.6 +0.01 pp
2017 0.6 +0.04 pp
2016 0.55 +0.3 pp
2015 0.25 −0.16 pp
2014 0.41 −0.02 pp
2013 0.43 +0.25 pp
2012 0.18 +0.15 pp
2011 0.03 +0.03 pp
2010 0 +0 pp
2009 0 +0 pp
2008 0 +0 pp
2007 0 +0 pp
2006 0 +0 pp
2005 0 +0 pp
2004 0 +0 pp
2003 0 +0 pp
2002 0 +0 pp
2001 0 +0 pp
2000 0

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.