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Nuclear Share of Electricity Generation, 2023

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Nuclear Share of Electricity Generation, 2023 covers 170 countries on 4 measures. France is highest, at 65.20; 153 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 0.00. Against 2022, 17 values changed (10 up, 7 down), 1 left.

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Nuclear Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2023

HighestFrance

65.20

Lowest153 countries share it

0.00

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

170countries
4measures per country
2023the year it describes
18distinct values3 decimals, as published
Oct 2, 2026read from the publisher
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France`FRA`Western Europe	65.20	92.085	26.890	518.75
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	62.07	84.795	22.723	29.53
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	44.80	71.187	26.393	35.54
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	42.09	93.977	51.889	81.52
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	40.32	65.394	25.075	40.08
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	40.12	54.815	14.697	75.80
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	40.10	73.530	33.435	82.13
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	36.01	76.527	40.514	15.55
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	29.19	98.597	69.407	166.05
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	29.02	56.994	27.977	8.65
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	28.10	31.313	3.210	41.74
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	20.38	71.889	51.514	279.11
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	19.65	69.447	49.798	56.95
United States`USA`Northern America	18.22	40.894	22.679	4,253.91
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	15.36	51.902	36.545	148.01
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	4.62	34.624	30.001	9,402.74
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	3.33	50.709	47.382	119.96
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.00	86.598	86.598	0.97
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.00	100.000	100.000	9.01
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.00	0.949	0.949	95.88
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.00	0.000	0.000	0.17
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.00	74.032	74.032	15.75
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.00	5.556	5.556	0.36
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.00	17.000	17.000	1.00
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.00	84.756	84.756	70.98
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.00	6.531	6.531	29.09
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.00	0.905	0.905	2.21
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.00	0.240	0.240	37.47
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.00	1.708	1.708	100.73
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.00	8.182	8.182	1.10
Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.00	88.889	88.889	0.45
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.00	3.000	3.000	1.00
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.00	100.000	100.000	11.16
Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.00	33.307	33.307	12.55
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.00	0.310	0.310	3.23
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	0.000	0.17
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.00	0.000	0.000	5.60
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.00	15.976	15.976	1.69
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.00	76.000	76.000	0.50
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.00	28.000	28.000	0.50
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.00	73.269	73.269	7.22
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.00	2.857	2.857	0.70
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.00	100.000	100.000	0.14
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.00	5.556	5.556	0.36
Chile`CHL`South America	0.00	63.140	63.140	89.23
Colombia`COL`South America	0.00	66.121	66.121	84.36
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.000	0.000	0.14
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.00	50.000	50.000	0.04
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.00	99.915	99.915	11.72
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.00	30.146	30.146	10.98
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.00	70.126	70.126	17.44
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.00	3.647	3.647	19.74
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.00	20.450	20.450	5.33
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.00	86.397	86.397	33.89
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.00	35.000	35.000	0.20
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.00	13.333	13.333	0.15
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.00	17.264	17.264	24.56
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.00	100.000	100.000	15.63
Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.00	73.618	73.618	35.82
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.00	24.476	24.476	1.43
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.00	10.204	10.204	0.49
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.00	48.780	48.780	5.74
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.00	96.970	96.970	0.66
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.00	46.939	46.939	0.49
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.00	63.478	63.478	1.15
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.00	33.803	33.803	0.71
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.00	35.521	35.521	2.59
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.00	0.000	0.000	0.51
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.00	76.091	76.091	14.43
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.00	38.519	38.519	24.30
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.00	49.826	49.826	48.93
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.00	81.967	81.967	0.61
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	0.000	0.24
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.00	7.778	7.778	1.80
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.00	67.270	67.270	14.91
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.00	74.500	74.500	4.00
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.00	0.000	0.000	0.08
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.00	2.899	2.899	1.38
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.00	22.353	22.353	0.85
Honduras`HND`Central America	0.00	54.363	54.363	12.49
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.00	0.954	0.954	37.75
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.00	100.000	100.000	19.81
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.00	1.214	1.214	145.01
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.00	45.276	45.276	31.54
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.00	11.791	11.791	77.43
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.00	44.550	44.550	261.55
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.00	12.159	12.159	4.77
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.00	21.960	21.960	23.77
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.00	89.766	89.766	12.80
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.00	25.000	25.000	0.04
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.00	2.128	2.128	89.76
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.00	86.471	86.471	13.60
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.00	76.711	76.711	52.30
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.00	77.743	77.743	6.38
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.00	34.076	34.076	6.28
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.00	57.377	57.377	0.61
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.00	0.030	0.030	33.75
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.00	83.774	83.774	5.30
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.00	89.362	89.362	1.41
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.00	33.333	33.333	0.66
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.00	43.952	43.952	2.48
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.00	95.628	95.628	1.83
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.00	7.059	7.059	0.85
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.00	19.800	19.800	6.01
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.00	13.617	13.617	2.35
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.00	21.531	21.531	2.09
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.00	17.431	17.431	3.27
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.00	9.606	9.606	6.35
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.00	9.168	9.168	8.29
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.00	60.859	60.859	4.19
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	0.000	0.01
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.00	83.567	83.567	19.96
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.00	46.493	46.493	21.10
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.00	97.884	97.884	1.89
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.00	0.000	0.000	0.04
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.00	100.000	100.000	10.70
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	0.00	26.214	26.214	3.09
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.00	89.625	89.625	42.89
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.00	62.389	62.389	4.52
Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.00	2.062	2.062	0.97
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.00	22.678	22.678	40.92
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.00	62.687	62.687	26.72
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.00	32.174	32.174	6.90
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.00	98.470	98.470	153.63
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.00	4.889	4.889	45.00
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.00	40.000	40.000	0.85
Panama`PAN`Central America	0.00	60.641	60.641	13.11
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.00	23.679	23.679	4.73
Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.00	100.000	100.000	53.04
Peru`PER`South America	0.00	54.378	54.378	60.87
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.00	21.426	21.426	116.73
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.00	27.707	27.707	165.52
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.00	74.469	74.469	46.14
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.00	5.377	5.377	19.90
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.00	3.565	3.565	56.38
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.00	23.507	23.507	5.36
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.00	49.091	49.091	1.10
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.00	4.545	4.545	0.22
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.00	2.500	2.500	0.40
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.00	13.333	13.333	0.15
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.00	40.000	40.000	0.15
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.00	11.111	11.111	0.09
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.00	16.951	16.951	8.20
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.00	34.961	34.961	39.33
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.00	14.516	14.516	0.62
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.00	95.238	95.238	0.21
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.00	9.091	9.091	0.11
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.00	19.048	19.048	0.42
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.00	1.786	1.786	0.56
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.00	80.979	80.979	14.51
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.00	53.179	53.179	1.73
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.00	3.517	3.517	25.02
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.00	94.206	94.206	21.23
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.00	26.490	26.490	10.57
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.00	26.761	26.761	0.71
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.00	14.286	14.286	0.07
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.00	0.105	0.105	9.52
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.00	3.947	3.947	21.28
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.00	42.009	42.009	319.79
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.00	0.031	0.031	32.60
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	0.000	0.26
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.00	97.054	97.054	5.77
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.00	2.941	2.941	0.68
Uruguay`URY`South America	0.00	92.434	92.434	12.82
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.00	9.896	9.896	76.80
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.00	25.000	25.000	0.08
Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.00	90.342	90.342	71.96
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.00	10.156	10.156	5.12
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.00	89.003	89.003	19.46
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.00	56.156	56.156	9.99

02In 2023

At either end

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

Highest

France65.20
Slovakia62.07
Hungary44.80
Finland42.09
Bulgaria40.32

Lowest

Zimbabweshared0.00
Zambiashared0.00
Yemenshared0.00
Samoashared0.00
Vanuatushared0.00

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.00. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Low-carbon: renewables + nuclear (% of generation)
Highest7 share it
Lowest10 share it
Middle country: 34.350
Renewables (% of generation)
Highest7 share it
Lowest10 share it
Middle country: 27.989
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina9,402.74
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 7.71

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −1countries joined / left
17values changed, of 170 in both
10 · 7rose · fell
153unchanged

Rose most

Belarus12.59 → 28.10+15.52
Bulgaria32.74 → 40.32+7.58
Finland35.11 → 42.09+6.98
Czechia37.05 → 40.12+3.07
Armenia26.62 → 29.02+2.40

Fell most

Belgium46.52 → 40.10−6.42
Slovenia41.99 → 36.01−5.98
Sweden30.01 → 29.19−0.82
Romania20.26 → 19.65−0.61
Netherlands3.47 → 3.33−0.14

− Lesotho

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 0.00. 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 (2023). Nuclear Share of Electricity Generation, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/nuclear-electricity/2023

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