Nuclear share of electricity in the world in 2024 — 15.52%. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 1.44 pp.
1990–2024 · % of generation
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: World
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15.52 | +6.4 pp |
| 2023 | 9.11 | −0.05 pp |
| 2022 | 9.17 | −0.65 pp |
| 2021 | 9.81 | −0.08 pp |
| 2020 | 9.9 | −0.37 pp |
| 2019 | 10.27 | +0.16 pp |
| 2018 | 10.11 | −0.07 pp |
| 2017 | 10.18 | −0.21 pp |
| 2016 | 10.39 | −0.14 pp |
| 2015 | 10.53 | +0.02 pp |
| 2014 | 10.52 | −0.02 pp |
| 2013 | 10.53 | −0.23 pp |
| 2012 | 10.77 | −0.8 pp |
| 2011 | 11.57 | −1.19 pp |
| 2010 | 12.76 | −0.58 pp |
| 2009 | 13.34 | −0.14 pp |
| 2008 | 13.48 | −0.19 pp |
| 2007 | 13.67 | −0.96 pp |
| 2006 | 14.63 | −0.45 pp |
| 2005 | 15.07 | −0.48 pp |
| 2004 | 15.55 | −0.1 pp |
| 2003 | 15.66 | −0.73 pp |
| 2002 | 16.39 | −0.49 pp |
| 2001 | 16.88 | +0.18 pp |
| 2000 | 16.71 | −0.44 pp |
| 1999 | 17.15 | +0.11 pp |
| 1998 | 17.03 | −0.06 pp |
| 1997 | 17.09 | −0.54 pp |
| 1996 | 17.63 | +0.08 pp |
| 1995 | 17.55 | +0.1 pp |
| 1994 | 17.45 | −0.02 pp |
| 1993 | 17.46 | +0.14 pp |
| 1992 | 17.33 | −0.01 pp |
| 1991 | 17.34 | +0.38 pp |
| 1990 | 16.96 | — |
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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