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Nuclear Share of Electricity Generation, 2005

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Nuclear Share of Electricity Generation, 2005 covers 170 countries on 4 measures. France is highest, at 79.3; 153 countries share the lowest reading, 0.0. The middle country reads 0.0. Against 2004, 17 values changed (9 up, 8 down), 1 country joined.

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Nuclear Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2005

HighestFrance

79.3

Lowest153 countries share it

0.0

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

170countries
4measures per country
2005the year it describes
18distinct values3 decimals, as published
Oct 2, 2026read from the publisher
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France`FRA`Western Europe	79.3	89.00	9.660	569.14
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	71.7	74.90	3.190	14.42
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	56.6	71.51	14.933	31.34
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	56.4	58.91	2.501	84.38
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	45.7	96.99	51.288	158.36
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	42.5	52.29	9.797	43.89
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	41.1	69.90	28.783	6.08
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	38.9	62.54	23.627	15.11
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	38.7	43.92	5.231	35.75
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	33.0	66.23	33.248	70.56
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	30.2	34.01	3.820	81.93
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	19.9	34.48	14.603	289.46
United States`USA`Northern America	19.4	28.13	8.749	4,034.99
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	9.4	43.44	34.081	59.33
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	4.1	11.63	7.571	98.53
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	2.5	36.24	33.693	94.56
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	2.1	18.30	16.173	2,500.26
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.0	71.95	71.951	0.82
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.0	98.70	98.701	5.39
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.0	1.62	1.622	33.91
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.0	0.00	0.000	0.19
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.0	84.41	84.411	2.63
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.0	0.00	0.000	0.24
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.0	0.00	0.000	0.91
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.0	63.51	63.508	64.37
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.0	13.05	13.047	22.84
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.0	0.00	0.000	2.09
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.0	0.00	0.000	19.37
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.0	4.75	4.748	26.96
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.0	0.00	0.000	0.99
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.0	0.13	0.129	30.96
Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.0	43.75	43.750	0.16
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.0	0.00	0.000	0.11
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.0	100.00	100.000	2.62
Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.0	40.90	40.900	4.89
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.0	0.00	0.000	1.06
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.0	0.00	0.000	0.16
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.0	0.00	0.000	3.26
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.0	19.23	19.231	0.52
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.0	100.00	100.000	0.09
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.0	4.17	4.167	0.24
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.0	94.19	94.192	3.96
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.0	0.00	0.000	0.48
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.0	81.25	81.250	0.16
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.0	0.00	0.000	0.12
Chile`CHL`South America	0.0	53.66	53.658	52.22
Colombia`COL`South America	0.0	80.02	80.016	49.94
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.0	0.00	0.000	0.05
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.0	0.00	0.000	0.03
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.0	96.70	96.703	8.19
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.0	26.98	26.984	5.67
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.0	54.10	54.100	13.05
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.0	3.19	3.192	15.35
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.0	0.00	0.000	4.38
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.0	27.16	27.162	36.08
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.0	0.00	0.000	0.30
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.0	25.00	25.000	0.12
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.0	15.44	15.442	13.34
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.0	99.86	99.864	7.33
Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.0	54.04	54.035	12.64
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.0	10.00	10.000	0.10
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.0	0.00	0.000	0.29
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.0	1.08	1.078	10.20
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.0	96.77	96.774	0.62
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.0	44.00	44.000	0.25
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.0	52.81	52.809	0.89
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.0	35.29	35.294	0.51
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.0	51.59	51.592	1.57
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.0	0.00	0.000	0.20
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.0	85.69	85.694	7.20
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.0	82.79	82.789	6.74
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.0	10.91	10.914	58.73
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.0	58.82	58.824	0.34
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.0	0.00	0.000	0.15
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.0	0.00	0.000	1.90
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.0	56.12	56.115	6.95
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.0	62.03	62.025	0.79
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.0	0.00	0.000	0.03
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.0	1.54	1.538	0.65
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.0	47.27	47.273	0.55
Honduras`HND`Central America	0.0	33.09	33.092	5.53
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.0	0.00	0.000	38.38
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.0	100.00	100.000	8.61
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.0	19.74	19.737	30.40
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.0	7.38	7.383	25.60
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.0	0.08	0.082	48.61
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.0	16.44	16.438	294.63
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.0	3.61	3.614	7.47
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.0	0.62	0.622	9.65
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.0	66.72	66.716	6.70
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.0	0.00	0.000	0.02
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.0	0.00	0.000	43.73
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.0	85.48	85.483	14.81
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.0	100.00	100.000	3.51
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.0	69.51	69.512	4.92
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.0	8.87	8.866	11.73
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.0	100.00	100.000	0.46
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.0	0.00	0.000	0.20
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.0	0.00	0.000	22.32
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.0	6.27	6.269	3.35
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.0	7.88	7.882	2.03
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.0	61.32	61.321	1.06
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.0	89.54	89.542	1.53
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.0	0.00	0.000	0.27
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.0	33.56	33.557	1.49
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.0	0.00	0.000	2.24
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.0	9.43	9.434	0.53
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.0	24.78	24.779	2.26
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.0	6.03	6.030	5.97
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.0	0.00	0.000	3.40
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.0	65.16	65.157	2.87
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.0	0.00	0.000	0.01
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.0	99.85	99.848	13.15
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.0	49.83	49.834	6.02
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.0	98.23	98.225	1.69
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.0	0.00	0.000	0.03
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.0	99.20	99.203	2.51
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	0.0	19.15	19.149	1.88
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.0	64.41	64.407	42.48
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.0	35.66	35.664	2.86
Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.0	0.00	0.000	0.23
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.0	33.04	33.036	23.55
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.0	57.09	57.093	22.77
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.0	21.47	21.470	6.94
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.0	99.47	99.468	137.25
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.0	0.00	0.000	12.65
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.0	0.00	0.000	0.50
Panama`PAN`Central America	0.0	64.26	64.261	5.82
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.0	32.60	32.597	3.62
Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.0	100.00	100.000	51.17
Peru`PER`South America	0.0	72.28	72.275	25.50
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.0	32.37	32.367	56.57
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.0	2.48	2.479	155.29
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.0	17.93	17.931	46.01
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.0	0.56	0.561	24.96
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.0	0.00	0.000	14.40
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.0	81.40	81.395	0.43
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.0	52.63	52.632	0.19
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.0	0.00	0.000	0.19
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.0	0.00	0.000	0.32
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.0	21.43	21.429	0.14
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.0	45.46	45.455	0.11
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.0	0.00	0.000	0.04
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.0	11.70	11.698	2.65
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.0	31.82	31.818	35.86
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.0	0.00	0.000	0.30
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.0	25.00	25.000	0.08
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.0	0.00	0.000	0.07
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.0	0.00	0.000	0.29
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.0	35.10	35.101	3.96
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.0	48.52	48.521	1.69
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.0	12.06	12.057	36.08
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.0	99.30	99.298	17.09
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.0	50.00	50.000	3.66
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.0	36.84	36.842	0.19
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.0	0.00	0.000	0.05
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.0	0.28	0.284	7.05
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.0	1.42	1.422	12.66
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.0	24.59	24.587	161.63
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.0	0.00	0.000	12.82
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.0	0.00	0.000	0.13
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.0	96.43	96.429	1.96
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.0	0.00	0.000	0.97
Uruguay`URY`South America	0.0	87.50	87.500	7.68
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.0	18.73	18.733	47.67
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.0	0.00	0.000	0.05
Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.0	73.28	73.280	105.39
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.0	0.00	0.000	4.77
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.0	99.33	99.329	8.94
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.0	52.46	52.457	9.36

02In 2005

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

France79.3
Lithuania71.7
Slovakia56.6
Belgium56.4
Sweden45.7

Lowest

Zimbabweshared0.0
Zambiashared0.0
Yemenshared0.0
Samoashared0.0
Vanuatushared0.0

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.0. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Low-carbon: renewables + nuclear (% of generation)
Highest6 share it
Lowest47 share it
Middle country: 24.89
Renewables (% of generation)
Highest6 share it
Lowest47 share it
Middle country: 17.185
Total generation (TWh)
HighestUnited States4,034.99
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 4.57

032004 → 2005

Since 2004

What changed between 2004 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
17values changed, of 169 in both
9 · 8rose · fell
152unchanged

Rose most

Finland26.5 → 33.0+6.5
Hungary35.3 → 38.7+3.4
Slovenia35.8 → 38.9+3.2
Armenia38.0 → 41.1+3.1
Bulgaria40.7 → 42.5+1.8

Fell most

Lithuania80.5 → 71.7−8.8
Sweden51.1 → 45.7−5.4
Spain23.0 → 19.9−3.1
Czechia31.4 → 30.2−1.2
Belgium57.1 → 56.4−0.7

+ Montenegro

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

18 distinct values among 170
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 153 countries share 0.0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 170 countries has every column.

05The files

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Ember (2005). Nuclear Share of Electricity Generation, 2005 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/nuclear-electricity/2005

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