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Nuclear Share of Electricity Generation, 2022

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Nuclear Share of Electricity Generation, 2022 covers 171 countries on 4 measures. France is highest, at 62.9; 154 countries share the lowest reading, 0.0. The middle country reads 0.0. Against 2021, 17 values changed (8 up, 9 down), the same countries are covered.

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Nuclear Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2022

HighestFrance

62.9

Lowest154 countries share it

0.0

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

171countries
4measures per country
2022the year it describes
18distinct values3 decimals, as published
Oct 2, 2026read from the publisher
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01Values only

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France`FRA`Western Europe	62.9	87.115	24.188	468.37
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	60.0	81.914	21.929	26.54
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	46.5	72.416	25.898	94.33
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	44.2	65.595	21.409	35.78
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	42.0	72.455	30.464	13.36
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	37.0	49.910	12.863	83.73
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	35.1	88.680	53.568	72.17
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	32.7	51.889	19.153	50.28
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	30.0	98.336	68.321	173.05
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	26.6	60.729	34.109	9.88
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	20.4	63.207	42.803	287.15
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	20.3	63.409	43.149	54.74
United States`USA`Northern America	18.0	40.348	22.350	4,286.89
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	14.8	46.142	31.294	152.01
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	12.6	15.976	3.389	37.18
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	4.7	34.324	29.576	8,800.42
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	3.5	43.565	40.097	119.96
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.0	86.458	86.458	0.96
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.0	100.000	100.000	6.97
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.0	0.940	0.940	91.47
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.0	5.556	5.556	0.18
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.0	75.563	75.563	17.31
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.0	5.556	5.556	0.36
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.0	17.000	17.000	1.00
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.0	78.191	78.191	64.47
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.0	6.358	6.358	28.94
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.0	0.976	0.976	2.05
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.0	0.224	0.224	35.68
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.0	1.555	1.555	102.25
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.0	7.339	7.339	1.09
Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.0	87.234	87.234	0.47
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.0	2.020	2.020	0.99
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.0	100.000	100.000	10.77
Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.0	35.733	35.733	11.67
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.0	0.391	0.391	2.56
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.0	0.000	0.000	0.17
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.0	0.000	0.000	5.60
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.0	15.385	15.385	1.69
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.0	69.231	69.231	0.39
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.0	28.000	28.000	0.50
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.0	64.908	64.908	8.15
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.0	2.857	2.857	0.70
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.0	100.000	100.000	0.14
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.0	5.128	5.128	0.39
Chile`CHL`South America	0.0	55.327	55.327	91.04
Colombia`COL`South America	0.0	74.354	74.354	82.86
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.0	0.000	0.000	0.14
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.0	50.000	50.000	0.04
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.0	100.000	100.000	12.44
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.0	27.359	27.359	12.61
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.0	63.475	63.475	14.10
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.0	4.281	4.281	15.65
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.0	16.730	16.730	5.26
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.0	80.859	80.859	35.16
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.0	35.000	35.000	0.20
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.0	13.333	13.333	0.15
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.0	18.448	18.448	22.17
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.0	100.000	100.000	15.31
Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.0	76.013	76.013	33.06
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.0	31.788	31.788	1.51
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.0	11.364	11.364	0.44
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.0	31.991	31.991	8.94
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.0	96.364	96.364	0.55
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.0	45.833	45.833	0.48
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.0	60.748	60.748	1.07
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.0	33.803	33.803	0.71
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.0	47.962	47.962	3.19
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.0	0.000	0.000	0.51
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.0	76.211	76.211	14.25
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.0	36.047	36.047	23.22
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.0	43.449	43.449	51.67
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.0	87.037	87.037	0.54
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.0	0.000	0.000	0.24
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.0	7.778	7.778	1.80
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.0	84.644	84.644	13.48
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.0	74.500	74.500	4.00
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.0	0.000	0.000	0.08
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.0	2.344	2.344	1.28
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.0	18.812	18.812	1.01
Honduras`HND`Central America	0.0	59.665	59.665	11.33
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.0	0.914	0.914	36.10
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.0	100.000	100.000	19.87
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.0	2.264	2.264	133.86
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.0	39.213	39.213	33.79
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.0	9.718	9.718	76.87
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.0	35.857	35.857	280.17
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.0	12.918	12.918	4.49
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.0	23.128	23.128	22.57
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.0	87.809	87.809	12.96
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.0	25.000	25.000	0.04
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.0	2.228	2.228	85.29
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.0	86.107	86.107	13.82
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.0	76.136	76.136	51.04
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.0	75.944	75.944	5.03
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.0	45.538	45.538	4.37
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.0	100.000	100.000	0.48
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.0	33.333	33.333	0.39
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.0	0.028	0.028	35.11
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.0	74.752	74.752	4.04
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.0	85.950	85.950	1.21
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.0	40.816	40.816	0.49
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.0	35.227	35.227	2.64
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.0	95.628	95.628	1.83
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.0	7.059	7.059	0.85
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.0	42.857	42.857	4.34
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.0	13.043	13.043	2.30
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.0	27.439	27.439	1.64
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.0	19.551	19.551	3.12
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.0	9.568	9.568	5.33
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.0	9.806	9.806	7.75
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.0	53.172	53.172	3.31
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.0	0.000	0.000	0.01
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.0	83.691	83.691	19.56
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.0	40.860	40.860	23.25
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.0	98.485	98.485	1.32
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.0	0.000	0.000	0.04
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.0	100.000	100.000	10.70
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	0.0	26.214	26.214	3.09
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.0	86.936	86.936	43.25
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.0	64.120	64.120	4.32
Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.0	2.532	2.532	0.79
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.0	24.711	24.711	38.00
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.0	63.089	63.089	26.55
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.0	27.104	27.104	5.94
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.0	98.645	98.645	145.42
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.0	4.481	4.481	42.40
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.0	33.333	33.333	1.02
Panama`PAN`Central America	0.0	77.224	77.224	12.25
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.0	21.133	21.133	4.59
Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.0	100.000	100.000	44.11
Peru`PER`South America	0.0	55.242	55.242	59.90
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.0	22.160	22.160	111.55
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.0	21.103	21.103	178.60
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.0	59.594	59.594	46.33
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.0	5.377	5.377	19.90
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.0	1.315	1.315	54.75
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.0	21.818	21.818	4.95
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.0	57.692	57.692	1.04
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.0	4.545	4.545	0.22
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.0	2.500	2.500	0.40
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.0	13.333	13.333	0.15
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.0	43.750	43.750	0.16
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.0	11.111	11.111	0.09
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.0	19.693	19.693	7.16
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.0	28.186	28.186	34.84
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.0	14.516	14.516	0.62
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.0	95.000	95.000	0.20
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.0	9.091	9.091	0.11
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.0	19.048	19.048	0.42
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.0	1.961	1.961	0.51
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.0	71.752	71.752	16.78
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.0	44.550	44.550	2.11
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.0	4.382	4.382	20.08
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.0	92.694	92.694	21.49
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.0	30.353	30.353	9.62
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.0	20.000	20.000	0.90
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.0	12.500	12.500	0.08
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.0	0.105	0.105	9.50
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.0	3.036	3.036	21.41
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.0	41.911	41.911	320.56
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.0	0.031	0.031	32.60
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.0	0.000	0.000	0.26
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.0	97.391	97.391	5.75
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.0	2.941	2.941	0.68
Uruguay`URY`South America	0.0	90.781	90.781	14.86
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.0	9.218	9.218	75.07
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.0	25.000	25.000	0.08
Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.0	78.363	78.363	82.36
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.0	16.832	16.832	3.03
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.0	88.906	88.906	19.47
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.0	67.338	67.338	8.94

02In 2022

At either end

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

Highest

France62.9
Slovakia60.0
Belgium46.5
Hungary44.2
Slovenia42.0

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)
Highest9 share it
Lowest9 share it
Middle country: 34.324
Renewables (% of generation)
Highest9 share it
Lowest9 share it
Middle country: 28.186
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina8,800.42
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 7.16

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
17values changed, of 171 in both
8 · 9rose · fell
154unchanged

Rose most

Slovakia53.0 → 60.0+7.0
Slovenia36.6 → 42.0+5.4
Pakistan9.6 → 14.8+5.2
Armenia24.0 → 26.6+2.7
Finland32.7 → 35.1+2.4

Fell most

France68.9 → 62.9−6.0
Belgium50.6 → 46.5−4.1
Bulgaria34.9 → 32.7−2.2
Belarus14.0 → 12.6−1.4
Sweden30.8 → 30.0−0.8

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 171
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 154 countries share 0.0. 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 (2022). Nuclear Share of Electricity Generation, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/nuclear-electricity/2022

0625 held

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