Nuclear share of electricity — all countries

Nuclear share of electricity — Sub-Saharan Africa

Nuclear share of electricity in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2023 — 1.74%. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 1.95 pp.

2023 1.74% −0.41 pp vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 4.85%1998
Period minimum 1.74%2023

Trend over time

1990–2023 · % of generation

Nuclear share of electricity — Sub-Saharan Africa, 1990–2023123451990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 3.68%1991: 3.91%1992: 3.99%1993: 3.02%1994: 3.91%1995: 4.41%1996: 4.33%1997: 4.48%1998: 4.85%1999: 4.52%2000: 4.33%2001: 3.49%2002: 3.67%2003: 3.75%2004: 3.72%2005: 3.1%2006: 2.65%2007: 2.9%2008: 3.35%2009: 3.34%2010: 2.96%2011: 3.22%2012: 2.81%2013: 3.23%2014: 3.05%2015: 2.65%2016: 3.16%2017: 3.01%2018: 2.38%2019: 2.7%2020: 2.03%2021: 2.52%2022: 2.15%2023: 1.74%
Change over the period: −1.95 pp Annual average: -0.06 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sub-Saharan Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa 1.74%
World 9.11%
Nuclear share of electricity — Sub-Saharan Africa, by year Sub-Saharan Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 1.74 −0.41 pp
2022 2.15 −0.37 pp
2021 2.52 +0.5 pp
2020 2.03 −0.67 pp
2019 2.7 +0.32 pp
2018 2.38 −0.63 pp
2017 3.01 −0.15 pp
2016 3.16 +0.51 pp
2015 2.65 −0.4 pp
2014 3.05 −0.18 pp
2013 3.23 +0.42 pp
2012 2.81 −0.41 pp
2011 3.22 +0.26 pp
2010 2.96 −0.37 pp
2009 3.34 −0.02 pp
2008 3.35 +0.45 pp
2007 2.9 +0.24 pp
2006 2.65 −0.45 pp
2005 3.1 −0.62 pp
2004 3.72 −0.02 pp
2003 3.75 +0.08 pp
2002 3.67 +0.18 pp
2001 3.49 −0.84 pp
2000 4.33 −0.19 pp
1999 4.52 −0.33 pp
1998 4.85 +0.37 pp
1997 4.48 +0.15 pp
1996 4.33 −0.08 pp
1995 4.41 +0.5 pp
1994 3.91 +0.89 pp
1993 3.02 −0.97 pp
1992 3.99 +0.08 pp
1991 3.91 +0.22 pp
1990 3.68

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.