Nuclear share of electricity — all countries

Nuclear share of electricity — Eastern Europe

Nuclear share of electricity in Eastern Europe in 2023 — 22.15%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 3.21 pp.

2023 22.15% −2.35 pp vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 24.5%2022
Period minimum 18.94%2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of generation

Nuclear share of electricity — Eastern Europe, 2000–202318202224262000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 18.94%2001: 19.19%2002: 19.96%2003: 20.23%2004: 19.95%2005: 20.1%2006: 19.98%2007: 19.82%2008: 19.97%2009: 20.64%2010: 20.46%2011: 20.42%2012: 20.66%2013: 20.15%2014: 21.03%2015: 21.73%2016: 20.97%2017: 21.84%2018: 21.57%2019: 21.94%2020: 22.68%2021: 22.47%2022: 24.5%2023: 22.15%
Change over the period: +3.21 pp Annual average: 0.14 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Eastern Europe 22.15%
World 9.11%
Nuclear share of electricity — Eastern Europe, by year Eastern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 22.15 −2.35 pp
2022 24.5 +2.04 pp
2021 22.47 −0.21 pp
2020 22.68 +0.74 pp
2019 21.94 +0.37 pp
2018 21.57 −0.27 pp
2017 21.84 +0.87 pp
2016 20.97 −0.76 pp
2015 21.73 +0.7 pp
2014 21.03 +0.88 pp
2013 20.15 −0.5 pp
2012 20.66 +0.24 pp
2011 20.42 −0.05 pp
2010 20.46 −0.18 pp
2009 20.64 +0.67 pp
2008 19.97 +0.15 pp
2007 19.82 −0.16 pp
2006 19.98 −0.12 pp
2005 20.1 +0.15 pp
2004 19.95 −0.28 pp
2003 20.23 +0.27 pp
2002 19.96 +0.77 pp
2001 19.19 +0.25 pp
2000 18.94

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.