Nuclear share of electricity — all countries

Nuclear share of electricity — Northern Europe

Nuclear share of electricity in Northern Europe in 2021 — 15.11%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 5.84 pp.

2021 15.11% −0.33 pp vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 23.34%2001
Period minimum 15.11%2021

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of generation

Nuclear share of electricity — Northern Europe, 2000–20211517.52022.525200020032006200920122015201820212000: 20.95%2001: 23.34%2002: 22.81%2003: 23.14%2004: 22.92%2005: 21.66%2006: 20.34%2007: 18.64%2008: 17.1%2009: 18.75%2010: 16.91%2011: 18.59%2012: 18.61%2013: 19.63%2014: 19.07%2015: 18.56%2016: 19.46%2017: 19.25%2018: 19.17%2019: 18.45%2020: 15.44%2021: 15.11%
Change over the period: −5.84 pp Annual average: -0.28 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Northern Europe 15.11%
World 9.81%
Nuclear share of electricity — Northern Europe, by year Northern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 15.11 −0.33 pp
2020 15.44 −3.01 pp
2019 18.45 −0.72 pp
2018 19.17 −0.09 pp
2017 19.25 −0.21 pp
2016 19.46 +0.91 pp
2015 18.56 −0.51 pp
2014 19.07 −0.56 pp
2013 19.63 +1.01 pp
2012 18.61 +0.02 pp
2011 18.59 +1.68 pp
2010 16.91 −1.84 pp
2009 18.75 +1.65 pp
2008 17.1 −1.54 pp
2007 18.64 −1.7 pp
2006 20.34 −1.32 pp
2005 21.66 −1.27 pp
2004 22.92 −0.22 pp
2003 23.14 +0.33 pp
2002 22.81 −0.53 pp
2001 23.34 +2.39 pp
2000 20.95

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.