Nuclear share of electricity in South Africa in 2023 — 3.73%. Ranked 26 in the world out of 33. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 1.33 pp.
1990–2023 · % of generation
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: South Africa
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.73 | −0.73 pp |
| 2022 | 4.46 | −0.75 pp |
| 2021 | 5.2 | +1.07 pp |
| 2020 | 4.13 | −1.11 pp |
| 2019 | 5.25 | +0.73 pp |
| 2018 | 4.52 | −1.05 pp |
| 2017 | 5.56 | −0.38 pp |
| 2016 | 5.95 | +1.04 pp |
| 2015 | 4.9 | −0.56 pp |
| 2014 | 5.46 | −0.05 pp |
| 2013 | 5.51 | +0.87 pp |
| 2012 | 4.63 | −0.51 pp |
| 2011 | 5.14 | +0.48 pp |
| 2010 | 4.66 | −0.47 pp |
| 2009 | 5.13 | +0.1 pp |
| 2008 | 5.03 | +0.74 pp |
| 2007 | 4.3 | +0.34 pp |
| 2006 | 3.95 | −0.66 pp |
| 2005 | 4.61 | −0.85 pp |
| 2004 | 5.46 | +0.06 pp |
| 2003 | 5.41 | −0.03 pp |
| 2002 | 5.44 | +0.33 pp |
| 2001 | 5.1 | −1.07 pp |
| 2000 | 6.18 | −0.15 pp |
| 1999 | 6.32 | −0.3 pp |
| 1998 | 6.62 | +0.61 pp |
| 1997 | 6.01 | +0.17 pp |
| 1996 | 5.84 | −0.22 pp |
| 1995 | 6.05 | +0.72 pp |
| 1994 | 5.34 | +1.18 pp |
| 1993 | 4.15 | −1.37 pp |
| 1992 | 5.53 | +0.09 pp |
| 1991 | 5.43 | +0.38 pp |
| 1990 | 5.05 | — |
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.
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