Nuclear share of electricity — all countries

Nuclear share of electricity — Southern Europe

Nuclear share of electricity in Southern Europe in 2021 — 8.03%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 1.87 pp.

2021 8.03% −0.61 pp vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 9.93%2001
Period minimum 7.35%2009

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of generation

Nuclear share of electricity — Southern Europe, 2000–202178910200020032006200920122015201820212000: 9.91%2001: 9.93%2002: 9.61%2003: 9.05%2004: 8.92%2005: 7.99%2006: 8.08%2007: 7.45%2008: 7.81%2009: 7.35%2010: 8.26%2011: 7.95%2012: 8.4%2013: 7.84%2014: 8.36%2015: 8.21%2016: 8.23%2017: 8.22%2018: 7.89%2019: 8.35%2020: 8.64%2021: 8.03%
Change over the period: −1.87 pp Annual average: -0.09 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Southern Europe 8.03%
World 9.81%
Nuclear share of electricity — Southern Europe, by year Southern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 8.03 −0.61 pp
2020 8.64 +0.29 pp
2019 8.35 +0.46 pp
2018 7.89 −0.33 pp
2017 8.22 −0.01 pp
2016 8.23 +0.02 pp
2015 8.21 −0.15 pp
2014 8.36 +0.52 pp
2013 7.84 −0.56 pp
2012 8.4 +0.45 pp
2011 7.95 −0.31 pp
2010 8.26 +0.92 pp
2009 7.35 −0.46 pp
2008 7.81 +0.36 pp
2007 7.45 −0.63 pp
2006 8.08 +0.09 pp
2005 7.99 −0.93 pp
2004 8.92 −0.12 pp
2003 9.05 −0.56 pp
2002 9.61 −0.32 pp
2001 9.93 +0.03 pp
2000 9.91

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.