Data for 2012

Nuclear Share of Electricity Generation, 2012

Name: Nuclear Share of Electricity Generation, 2012
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Nuclear Share of Electricity Generation, 2012 covers 171 countries on 4 measures. France is highest, at 75; 155 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 0. Against 2011, 16 values changed (10 up, 6 down), 1 country joined.

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Nuclear Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2012

HighestFrance

Lowest155 countries share it

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

171countries
4measures per country
2012the year it describes
17distinct values3 decimals, as published
Oct 2, 2026read from the publisher
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France`FRA`Western Europe	75	89.97	15.02	567.59
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	55	74.06	19.33	28.30
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	49	62.32	12.89	81.51
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	46	53.24	7.63	34.62
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	38	97.54	59.07	166.44
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	36	63.41	27.85	15.55
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	35	44.34	9.32	86.58
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	34	45.27	11.30	46.46
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	33	73.21	40.56	70.41
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	27	56.52	29.41	7.82
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	21	50.50	29.59	293.95
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	20	45.10	25.50	58.54
United States`USA`Northern America	19	31.22	12.18	4,040.67
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	5	37.09	31.71	98.10
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	4	16.02	12.19	102.27
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	2	21.92	19.94	4,978.24
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0	84.09	84.09	0.88
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0	100.00	100.00	4.72
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0	1.08	1.08	57.40
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0	0.00	0.00	0.16
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0	70.98	70.98	7.72
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0	0.00	0.00	0.33
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0	15.22	15.22	0.92
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0	74.77	74.77	68.65
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0	7.84	7.84	22.97
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0	0.00	0.00	1.90
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0	0.00	0.00	24.77
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0	1.87	1.87	48.62
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0	0.00	0.00	1.13
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0	0.68	0.68	30.81
Belize`BLZ`Central America	0	92.11	92.11	0.38
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0	0.00	0.00	0.05
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0	100.00	100.00	6.74
Bolivia`BOL`South America	0	32.52	32.52	7.41
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0	0.00	0.00	0.35
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0	0.00	0.00	0.20
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0	0.00	0.00	3.93
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0	17.19	17.19	0.64
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0	100.00	100.00	0.15
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0	18.42	18.42	0.38
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0	78.64	78.64	5.43
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0	0.00	0.00	0.61
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0	83.33	83.33	0.18
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0	4.17	4.17	0.24
Chile`CHL`South America	0	36.28	36.28	69.57
Colombia`COL`South America	0	77.89	77.89	63.06
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0	0.00	0.00	0.06
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0	0.00	0.00	0.03
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0	91.79	91.79	10.11
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0	26.29	26.29	7.00
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0	49.76	49.76	10.57
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0	3.74	3.74	18.43
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0	5.51	5.51	4.72
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0	48.54	48.54	30.57
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0	0.00	0.00	0.39
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0	20.00	20.00	0.15
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0	12.13	12.13	16.90
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0	99.87	99.87	7.52
Ecuador`ECU`South America	0	53.41	53.41	22.73
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0	14.82	14.82	0.54
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0	0.00	0.00	0.32
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0	12.29	12.29	11.96
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0	92.31	92.31	0.52
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0	37.93	37.93	0.29
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0	66.28	66.28	0.86
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0	29.17	29.17	0.72
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0	42.13	42.13	2.16
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0	0.00	0.00	0.25
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0	74.32	74.32	9.62
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0	65.93	65.93	12.15
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0	16.91	16.91	59.91
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0	75.56	75.56	0.45
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0	0.00	0.00	0.20
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0	0.00	0.00	1.78
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0	66.67	66.67	9.36
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0	67.12	67.12	0.73
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0	0.00	0.00	0.03
Guyana`GUY`South America	0	4.17	4.17	0.96
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0	20.00	20.00	1.10
Honduras`HND`Central America	0	46.43	46.43	7.84
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0	0.10	0.10	38.53
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0	100.00	100.00	17.29
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0	9.54	9.54	46.02
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0	19.59	19.59	27.16
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0	0.78	0.78	63.01
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0	31.24	31.24	295.25
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0	10.21	10.21	4.31
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0	0.42	0.42	16.59
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0	77.48	77.48	8.17
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0	0.00	0.00	0.02
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0	0.00	0.00	61.12
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0	93.41	93.41	15.03
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0	100.00	100.00	12.93
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0	66.61	66.61	6.17
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0	6.08	6.08	16.46
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0	100.00	100.00	0.49
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0	0.00	0.00	0.30
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0	0.03	0.03	34.29
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0	26.22	26.22	4.50
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0	11.23	11.23	2.76
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0	41.07	41.07	0.56
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0	49.36	49.36	1.56
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0	93.66	93.66	2.05
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0	0.00	0.00	0.40
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0	57.14	57.14	2.31
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0	1.30	1.30	2.30
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0	14.58	14.58	0.96
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0	20.43	20.43	2.79
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0	4.65	4.65	5.81
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0	1.25	1.25	4.81
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0	51.93	51.93	2.85
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0	0.00	0.00	0.01
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0	99.27	99.27	14.97
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0	71.33	71.33	11.16
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0	97.01	97.01	1.67
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0	0.00	0.00	0.02
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0	99.43	99.43	3.53
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	0	20.09	20.09	2.29
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0	71.73	71.73	43.75
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0	42.68	42.68	4.03
Niger`NER`Western Africa	0	0.00	0.00	0.39
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0	19.80	19.80	28.74
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0	62.55	62.55	21.36
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0	16.61	16.61	6.26
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0	98.23	98.23	146.18
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0	0.00	0.00	25.02
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0	0.00	0.00	0.46
Panama`PAN`Central America	0	62.95	62.95	8.61
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0	36.73	36.73	3.73
Paraguay`PRY`South America	0	100.00	100.00	60.23
Peru`PER`South America	0	55.26	55.26	39.96
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0	28.45	28.45	72.89
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0	10.45	10.45	161.48
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0	42.63	42.63	45.44
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0	0.54	0.54	22.30
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0	0.03	0.03	34.80
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0	58.72	58.72	1.72
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0	46.15	46.15	0.39
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0	4.55	4.55	0.22
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0	0.00	0.00	0.38
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0	20.00	20.00	0.15
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0	36.36	36.36	0.11
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0	12.50	12.50	0.08
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0	9.39	9.39	3.62
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0	25.70	25.70	36.19
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0	0.00	0.00	0.41
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0	66.67	66.67	0.18
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0	0.00	0.00	0.08
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0	0.00	0.00	0.34
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0	0.00	0.00	0.44
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0	70.32	70.32	9.50
Suriname`SUR`South America	0	49.10	49.10	1.67
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0	9.27	9.27	32.27
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0	99.59	99.59	16.97
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0	32.45	32.45	5.67
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0	28.13	28.13	0.32
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0	0.00	0.00	0.05
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0	0.00	0.00	9.12
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0	1.74	1.74	17.84
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0	27.23	27.23	239.49
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0	0.00	0.00	17.75
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0	0.00	0.00	0.21
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0	90.00	90.00	2.90
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0	0.00	0.00	0.87
Uruguay`URY`South America	0	64.62	64.62	10.60
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0	12.55	12.55	53.00
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0	0.00	0.00	0.06
Venezuela`VEN`South America	0	63.95	63.95	128.31
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0	0.00	0.00	7.07
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0	99.84	99.84	12.37
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0	60.22	60.22	9.15

02In 2012

At either end

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

Highest

Lowest

Zimbabweshared0
Zambiashared0
Yemenshared0
Samoashared0
Vanuatushared0

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Low-carbon: renewables + nuclear (% of generation)
Highest7 share it
Lowest39 share it
Middle country: 25.70
Renewables (% of generation)
Highest7 share it
Lowest39 share it
Middle country: 19.80
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina4,978.24
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 5.81

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
16values changed, of 170 in both
10 · 6rose · fell
154unchanged

Rose most

Czechia33 → 35+2
Hungary44 → 46+2
Pakistan4 → 5+1
Bulgaria33 → 34+1
Spain20 → 21+1

Fell most

Armenia33 → 27−6
Belgium54 → 49−5
Slovenia39 → 36−4
France78 → 75−3
Sweden40 → 38−2

+ South Sudan

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

17 distinct values among 171
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 155 countries share 0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 171 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

Ember (2012). Nuclear Share of Electricity Generation, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/nuclear-electricity/2012

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