Nuclear share of electricity — all countries

Nuclear share of electricity — Eastern Asia

Nuclear share of electricity in Eastern Asia in 2021 — 6.12%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 10.23 pp.

2021 6.12% +0.18 pp vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 16.36%2000
Period minimum 3.64%2013

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of generation

Nuclear share of electricity — Eastern Asia, 2000–202105101520200020032006200920122015201820212000: 16.36%2001: 15.68%2002: 14.33%2003: 12.35%2004: 12.55%2005: 12.6%2006: 11.56%2007: 9.79%2008: 9.69%2009: 9.52%2010: 8.66%2011: 5.31%2012: 3.92%2013: 3.64%2014: 3.87%2015: 4.6%2016: 4.99%2017: 5.12%2018: 5.55%2019: 6.07%2020: 5.95%2021: 6.12%
Change over the period: −10.23 pp Annual average: -0.49 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Eastern Asia 6.12%
World 9.81%
Nuclear share of electricity — Eastern Asia, by year Eastern Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 6.12 +0.18 pp
2020 5.95 −0.12 pp
2019 6.07 +0.52 pp
2018 5.55 +0.43 pp
2017 5.12 +0.12 pp
2016 4.99 +0.39 pp
2015 4.6 +0.73 pp
2014 3.87 +0.23 pp
2013 3.64 −0.29 pp
2012 3.92 −1.39 pp
2011 5.31 −3.35 pp
2010 8.66 −0.86 pp
2009 9.52 −0.17 pp
2008 9.69 −0.1 pp
2007 9.79 −1.78 pp
2006 11.56 −1.04 pp
2005 12.6 +0.05 pp
2004 12.55 +0.2 pp
2003 12.35 −1.97 pp
2002 14.33 −1.36 pp
2001 15.68 −0.67 pp
2000 16.36

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.