Nuclear share of electricity — all countries

Nuclear share of electricity — Southern Africa

Nuclear share of electricity in Southern Africa in 2021 — 5.1%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 0.97 pp.

2021 5.1% +1.05 pp vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 6.07%2000
Period minimum 3.89%2006

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of generation

Nuclear share of electricity — Southern Africa, 2000–202134567200020032006200920122015201820212000: 6.07%2001: 5.02%2002: 5.35%2003: 5.33%2004: 5.39%2005: 4.54%2006: 3.89%2007: 4.24%2008: 4.97%2009: 5.06%2010: 4.6%2011: 5.08%2012: 4.58%2013: 5.44%2014: 5.36%2015: 4.8%2016: 5.83%2017: 5.44%2018: 4.42%2019: 5.15%2020: 4.05%2021: 5.1%
Change over the period: −0.97 pp Annual average: -0.05 pp

Comparison, 2021

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Southern Africa

Southern Africa 5.1%
World 9.81%
Nuclear share of electricity — Southern Africa, by year Southern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 5.1 +1.05 pp
2020 4.05 −1.1 pp
2019 5.15 +0.73 pp
2018 4.42 −1.02 pp
2017 5.44 −0.39 pp
2016 5.83 +1.03 pp
2015 4.8 −0.56 pp
2014 5.36 −0.08 pp
2013 5.44 +0.86 pp
2012 4.58 −0.5 pp
2011 5.08 +0.48 pp
2010 4.6 −0.46 pp
2009 5.06 +0.1 pp
2008 4.97 +0.73 pp
2007 4.24 +0.34 pp
2006 3.89 −0.65 pp
2005 4.54 −0.85 pp
2004 5.39 +0.06 pp
2003 5.33 −0.02 pp
2002 5.35 +0.33 pp
2001 5.02 −1.05 pp
2000 6.07

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.