Nuclear share of electricity in upper-middle-income countries in 2021 — 4.05%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 1.77 pp.
2000–2021 · % of generation
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Upper-middle-income countries
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4.05 | +0.09 pp |
| 2020 | 3.96 | +0.07 pp |
| 2019 | 3.89 | +0.39 pp |
| 2018 | 3.5 | +0.3 pp |
| 2017 | 3.2 | +0.14 pp |
| 2016 | 3.06 | +0.39 pp |
| 2015 | 2.67 | +0.42 pp |
| 2014 | 2.25 | +0.12 pp |
| 2013 | 2.13 | +0.08 pp |
| 2012 | 2.06 | +0 pp |
| 2011 | 2.05 | +0.1 pp |
| 2010 | 1.95 | −0.23 pp |
| 2009 | 2.18 | −0.06 pp |
| 2008 | 2.25 | +0.08 pp |
| 2007 | 2.17 | −0.19 pp |
| 2006 | 2.36 | −0.11 pp |
| 2005 | 2.47 | −0.18 pp |
| 2004 | 2.65 | −0.15 pp |
| 2003 | 2.8 | +0.23 pp |
| 2002 | 2.57 | +0.09 pp |
| 2001 | 2.48 | +0.2 pp |
| 2000 | 2.28 | — |
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.
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