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Nuclear share of electricity — all countries

Nuclear share of electricity — South Asia

Nuclear share of electricity in South Asia in 2023 — 2.27%. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 0.23 pp.

2023 2.27% −0.09 pp vs 2022
World rank —
Period maximum 3.2%2001
Period minimum 1.41%1994

Trend over time

1990–2023 · % of generation

Nuclear share of electricity — South Asia, 1990–202311.522.533.51990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 2.04%1991: 1.68%1992: 1.94%1993: 1.46%1994: 1.41%1995: 1.84%1996: 2%1997: 2.08%1998: 2.31%1999: 2.37%2000: 2.88%2001: 3.2%2002: 3.06%2003: 2.64%2004: 2.38%2005: 2.31%2006: 2.31%2007: 1.96%2008: 1.66%2009: 1.93%2010: 2.54%2011: 2.87%2012: 2.77%2013: 2.72%2014: 2.64%2015: 2.59%2016: 2.48%2017: 2.38%2018: 2.2%2019: 2.64%2020: 2.6%2021: 2.66%2022: 2.35%2023: 2.27%
Change over the period: +0.23 pp Annual average: 0.01 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

South Asia 2.27%
World 9.11%
Nuclear share of electricity — South Asia, by year South Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 2.27 −0.09 pp
2022 2.35 −0.31 pp
2021 2.66 +0.06 pp
2020 2.6 −0.04 pp
2019 2.64 +0.43 pp
2018 2.2 −0.18 pp
2017 2.38 −0.1 pp
2016 2.48 −0.11 pp
2015 2.59 −0.04 pp
2014 2.64 −0.08 pp
2013 2.72 −0.05 pp
2012 2.77 −0.1 pp
2011 2.87 +0.33 pp
2010 2.54 +0.61 pp
2009 1.93 +0.27 pp
2008 1.66 −0.3 pp
2007 1.96 −0.36 pp
2006 2.31 +0 pp
2005 2.31 −0.07 pp
2004 2.38 −0.26 pp
2003 2.64 −0.42 pp
2002 3.06 −0.14 pp
2001 3.2 +0.33 pp
2000 2.88 +0.5 pp
1999 2.37 +0.06 pp
1998 2.31 +0.22 pp
1997 2.08 +0.08 pp
1996 2 +0.16 pp
1995 1.84 +0.43 pp
1994 1.41 −0.05 pp
1993 1.46 −0.49 pp
1992 1.94 +0.26 pp
1991 1.68 −0.36 pp
1990 2.04 —

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.

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