Share of nuclear in electricity generation

180 countries, 2024. Unit: % of generation.

First in the ranking
67.4 %
France
Median country
0.0 %
half above, half below
World
9.0 %
Ember aggregate
Range
0.0 to 67.4
Aruba - France

How to read it

Across 180 countries worldwide, the highest value is in France (67.4 %) and the lowest in Aruba (0.0 %).

The median country is at 0.0 %: half are above, half below.

For the world as a whole, the value fell from 16.6 % in 2000 to 8.8 % in 2025.

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Source: Ember, Yearly Electricity Data · licence

Nuclear power over time

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Ranking of countries

2024
In chart Continent Share of the highest value
1France67.4Europe
2Slovakia61.8Europe
3Hungary42.2Europe
4Bulgaria41.2Europe
5Belgium41.1Europe
6Czechia40.8Europe
7Finland39.6Europe
8Slovenia34.9Europe
9Belarus34.2Europe
10Switzerland30.6Europe
11South Korea30.2Asia
12Sweden29.5Europe
13Armenia29.1Asia
14United Arab Emirates22.9Asia
15Romania20.7Europe
16Spain19.4Europe
17Russia17.8Europe
18United States17.8North America
19Pakistan15.3Asia
20United Kingdom14.3Europe
21Canada13.4North America
22Japan8.4Asia
23Argentina6.9South America
24China4.5Asia
25Mexico3.5North America
26South Africa3.2Africa
27Netherlands2.9Europe
28India2.7Asia
29Brazil2.1South America
30Iran1.9Asia
31Aruba0.0North America
32Afghanistan0.0Asia
33Angola0.0Africa
34Albania0.0Europe
35American Samoa0.0Oceania
36Antigua and Barbuda0.0North America
37Australia0.0Oceania
38Austria0.0Europe
39Azerbaijan0.0Asia
40Burundi0.0Africa
41Benin0.0Africa
42Burkina Faso0.0Africa
43Bangladesh0.0Asia
44Bahrain0.0Asia
45Bahamas0.0North America
46Bosnia and Herzegovina0.0Europe
47Belize0.0North America
48Bolivia0.0South America
49Barbados0.0North America
50Brunei0.0Asia
51Bhutan0.0Asia
52Botswana0.0Africa
53Chile0.0South America
54Côte d'Ivoire0.0Africa
55Cameroon0.0Africa
56Democratic Republic of the Congo0.0Africa
57Republic of the Congo0.0Africa
58Colombia0.0South America
59Cabo Verde0.0Africa
60Costa Rica0.0North America
61Cuba0.0North America
62Cayman Islands0.0North America
63Cyprus0.0Asia
64Germany0.0Europe
65Djibouti0.0Africa
66Denmark0.0Europe
67Dominican Republic0.0North America
68Algeria0.0Africa
69Ecuador0.0South America
70Eritrea0.0Africa
71Estonia0.0Europe
72Ethiopia0.0Africa
73Fiji0.0Oceania
74Gabon0.0Africa
75Georgia0.0Asia
76Ghana0.0Africa
77Guinea0.0Africa
78The Gambia0.0Africa
79Guinea-Bissau0.0Africa
80Equatorial Guinea0.0Africa
81Greece0.0Europe
82Grenada0.0North America
83Greenland0.0North America
84Guatemala0.0North America
85Guam0.0Oceania
86Guyana0.0South America
87Hong Kong0.0Asia
88Honduras0.0North America
89Croatia0.0Europe
90Haiti0.0North America
91Ireland0.0Europe
92Iraq0.0Asia
93Iceland0.0Europe
94Israel0.0Asia
95Italy0.0Europe
96Jamaica0.0North America
97Jordan0.0Asia
98Kenya0.0Africa
99Kyrgyzstan0.0Asia
100Kiribati0.0Oceania
101Saint Kitts and Nevis0.0North America
102Kuwait0.0Asia
103Laos0.0Asia
104Lebanon0.0Asia
105Liberia0.0Africa
106Libya0.0Africa
107Saint Lucia0.0North America
108Lithuania0.0Europe
109Luxembourg0.0Europe
110Latvia0.0Europe
111Macao0.0Asia
112Morocco0.0Africa
113Moldova0.0Europe
114Madagascar0.0Africa
115Maldives0.0Asia
116North Macedonia0.0Europe
117Mali0.0Africa
118Malta0.0Europe
119Myanmar0.0Asia
120Montenegro0.0Europe
121Mongolia0.0Asia
122Mozambique0.0Africa
123Mauritania0.0Africa
124Mauritius0.0Africa
125Malawi0.0Africa
126Namibia0.0Africa
127New Caledonia0.0Oceania
128Niger0.0Africa
129Nigeria0.0Africa
130Nicaragua0.0North America
131Norway0.0Europe
132Nepal0.0Asia
133Nauru0.0Oceania
134New Zealand0.0Oceania
135Oman0.0Asia
136Panama0.0North America
137Peru0.0South America
138Philippines0.0Asia
139Papua New Guinea0.0Oceania
140Poland0.0Europe
141Puerto Rico0.0North America
142North Korea0.0Asia
143Portugal0.0Europe
144Paraguay0.0South America
145Palestine0.0Asia
146French Polynesia0.0Oceania
147Qatar0.0Asia
148Rwanda0.0Africa
149Sudan0.0Africa
150Senegal0.0Africa
151Solomon Islands0.0Oceania
152Sierra Leone0.0Africa
153Somalia0.0Africa
154Serbia0.0Europe
155South Sudan0.0Africa
156Suriname0.0South America
157Eswatini0.0Africa
158Seychelles0.0Africa
159Syria0.0Asia
160Turks and Caicos Islands0.0North America
161Chad0.0Africa
162Togo0.0Africa
163Tajikistan0.0Asia
164Turkmenistan0.0Asia
165Tonga0.0Oceania
166Trinidad and Tobago0.0North America
167Tunisia0.0Africa
168Türkiye0.0Asia
169Tanzania0.0Africa
170Uganda0.0Africa
171Uruguay0.0South America
172Uzbekistan0.0Asia
173Saint Vincent and the Grenadines0.0North America
174Venezuela0.0South America
175Vietnam0.0Asia
176Samoa0.0Oceania
177Kosovo0.0Europe
178Yemen0.0Asia
179Zambia0.0Africa
180Zimbabwe0.0Africa
Ember · 2024 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

Biggest changes, 2014-2024

change in percentage points · 180 countries

Largest increase

  1. Belarus 0.0 → 34.2 +34.2 pp
  2. United Arab Emirates 0.0 → 22.9 +22.9 pp
  3. Pakistan 4.2 → 15.3 +11.1 pp
  4. Japan 0.0 → 8.4 +8.4 pp
  5. Bulgaria 33.8 → 41.2 +7.4 pp

Largest decrease

  1. Germany 15.7 → 0.0 −15.7 pp
  2. Sweden 42.3 → 29.5 −12.8 pp
  3. Hungary 53.2 → 42.2 −11.1 pp
  4. France 77.1 → 67.4 −9.7 pp
  5. Switzerland 39.3 → 30.6 −8.7 pp

Continents over time

median country of each continent

Nuclear power - continent medians

%

Africa Asia Europe North America South America Oceania

-1.0 -0.5 0.0 0.5 1.0 2000 Africa: 0 Asia: 0 Europe: 0 North America: 0 South America: 0 Oceania: 0 2001 Africa: 0 Asia: 0 Europe: 0 North America: 0 South America: 0 Oceania: 0 2002 Africa: 0 Asia: 0 Europe: 0 North America: 0 South America: 0 Oceania: 0 2003 Africa: 0 Asia: 0 Europe: 0 North America: 0 South America: 0 Oceania: 0 2004 Africa: 0 Asia: 0 Europe: 0 North America: 0 South America: 0 Oceania: 0 2005 Africa: 0 Asia: 0 Europe: 0 North America: 0 South America: 0 Oceania: 0 2006 Africa: 0 Asia: 0 Europe: 0 North America: 0 South America: 0 Oceania: 0 2007 Africa: 0 Asia: 0 Europe: 0 North America: 0 South America: 0 Oceania: 0 2008 Africa: 0 Asia: 0 Europe: 0 North America: 0 South America: 0 Oceania: 0 2009 Africa: 0 Asia: 0 Europe: 0 North America: 0 South America: 0 Oceania: 0 2010 Africa: 0 Asia: 0 Europe: 0 North America: 0 South America: 0 Oceania: 0 2011 Africa: 0 Asia: 0 Europe: 0 North America: 0 South America: 0 Oceania: 0 2012 Africa: 0 Asia: 0 Europe: 0 North America: 0 South America: 0 Oceania: 0 2013 Africa: 0 Asia: 0 Europe: 0 North America: 0 South America: 0 Oceania: 0 2014 Africa: 0 Asia: 0 Europe: 0 North America: 0 South America: 0 Oceania: 0 2015 Africa: 0 Asia: 0 Europe: 0 North America: 0 South America: 0 Oceania: 0 2016 Africa: 0 Asia: 0 Europe: 0 North America: 0 South America: 0 Oceania: 0 2017 Africa: 0 Asia: 0 Europe: 0 North America: 0 South America: 0 Oceania: 0 2018 Africa: 0 Asia: 0 Europe: 0 North America: 0 South America: 0 Oceania: 0 2019 Africa: 0 Asia: 0 Europe: 0 North America: 0 South America: 0 Oceania: 0 2020 Africa: 0 Asia: 0 Europe: 0 North America: 0 South America: 0 Oceania: 0 2021 Africa: 0 Asia: 0 Europe: 0 North America: 0 South America: 0 Oceania: 0 2022 Africa: 0 Asia: 0 Europe: 0 North America: 0 South America: 0 Oceania: 0 2023 Africa: 0 Asia: 0 Europe: 0 North America: 0 South America: 0 Oceania: 0 2024 Africa: 0 Asia: 0 Europe: 0 North America: 0 South America: 0 Oceania: 0 2000 2008 2012 2016 2024

By continent

median country
Africa 0.0 %
Asia 0.0 %
Europe 0.0 %
North America 0.0 %
South America 0.0 %
Oceania 0.0 %

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