Nuclear share of electricity — all countries

Nuclear share of electricity — Western Asia

Nuclear share of electricity in Western Asia in 2021 — 0.87%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 0.5 pp.

2021 0.87% +0.53 pp vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 0.87%2021
Period minimum 0.16%2018

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of generation

Nuclear share of electricity — Western Asia, 2000–202100.250.50.751200020032006200920122015201820212000: 0.37%2001: 0.37%2002: 0.39%2003: 0.32%2004: 0.33%2005: 0.38%2006: 0.35%2007: 0.32%2008: 0.31%2009: 0.29%2010: 0.26%2011: 0.26%2012: 0.22%2013: 0.22%2014: 0.22%2015: 0.23%2016: 0.19%2017: 0.2%2018: 0.16%2019: 0.16%2020: 0.34%2021: 0.87%
Change over the period: +0.5 pp Annual average: 0.02 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Western Asia 0.87%
World 9.81%
Nuclear share of electricity — Western Asia, by year Western Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 0.87 +0.53 pp
2020 0.34 +0.18 pp
2019 0.16 +0 pp
2018 0.16 −0.04 pp
2017 0.2 +0.01 pp
2016 0.19 −0.04 pp
2015 0.23 +0.02 pp
2014 0.22 −0.01 pp
2013 0.22 −0 pp
2012 0.22 −0.03 pp
2011 0.26 −0 pp
2010 0.26 −0.03 pp
2009 0.29 −0.02 pp
2008 0.31 −0 pp
2007 0.32 −0.03 pp
2006 0.35 −0.03 pp
2005 0.38 +0.05 pp
2004 0.33 +0.01 pp
2003 0.32 −0.07 pp
2002 0.39 +0.02 pp
2001 0.37 −0 pp
2000 0.37

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.