Data for 2024

Nuclear Share of Electricity Generation, 2024

Name: Nuclear Share of Electricity Generation, 2024
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Nuclear Share of Electricity Generation, 2024 covers 162 countries on 4 measures. France is highest, at 67.4; 145 countries share the lowest reading, 0.0. The middle country reads 0.0. Against 2023, 17 values changed (8 up, 9 down), 8 left.

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Nuclear Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2024

HighestFrance

67.4

Lowest145 countries share it

0.0

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

162countries
4measures per country
2024the year it describes
18distinct values3 decimals, as published
Oct 2, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Values only

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Every country and every column of Nuclear Share of Electricity Generation, 2024, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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France`FRA`Western Europe	67.4	94.923	27.526	564.49
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	61.8	85.806	24.051	29.52
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	42.2	73.612	31.425	37.97
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	41.2	71.104	29.876	38.28
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	41.1	76.336	35.205	75.98
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	40.8	57.695	16.914	72.83
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	39.6	95.339	55.777	82.40
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	34.9	76.067	41.121	16.71
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	34.2	37.320	3.077	45.82
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	29.5	98.791	69.335	172.02
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	29.1	61.019	31.894	9.03
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	20.7	67.205	46.513	52.72
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	19.4	76.745	57.333	280.92
United States`USA`Northern America	17.8	41.869	24.063	4,391.02
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	15.3	56.473	41.130	151.01
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	4.5	37.655	33.158	10,025.01
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	2.9	53.663	50.745	122.34
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.0	86.869	86.869	0.99
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.0	100.000	100.000	8.34
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.0	1.069	1.069	96.36
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.0	5.556	5.556	0.18
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.0	73.701	73.701	15.59
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.0	8.108	8.108	0.37
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.0	17.000	17.000	1.00
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.0	86.226	86.226	78.48
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.0	11.746	11.746	27.84
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.0	0.889	0.889	2.25
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.0	0.264	0.264	37.95
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.0	1.887	1.887	101.74
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.0	9.009	9.009	1.11
Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.0	87.234	87.234	0.47
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.0	3.960	3.960	1.01
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.0	100.000	100.000	11.00
Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.0	33.999	33.999	13.53
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.0	0.292	0.292	3.43
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.0	0.180	0.180	5.56
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.0	17.160	17.160	1.69
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.0	75.510	75.510	0.49
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.0	30.769	30.769	0.52
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.0	73.140	73.140	7.26
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.0	4.225	4.225	0.71
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.0	5.405	5.405	0.37
Chile`CHL`South America	0.0	70.041	70.041	88.62
Colombia`COL`South America	0.0	61.342	61.342	89.14
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.0	50.000	50.000	0.04
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.0	99.909	99.909	11.00
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.0	28.916	28.916	10.79
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.0	73.435	73.435	15.28
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.0	4.014	4.014	19.43
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.0	23.823	23.823	5.78
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.0	89.233	89.233	35.20
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.0	35.000	35.000	0.20
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.0	18.851	18.851	24.03
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.0	100.000	100.000	15.92
Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.0	72.443	72.443	32.66
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.0	26.846	26.846	1.49
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.0	11.111	11.111	0.45
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.0	55.659	55.659	6.25
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.0	96.721	96.721	0.61
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.0	63.478	63.478	1.15
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.0	34.722	34.722	0.72
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.0	35.385	35.385	2.60
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.0	0.000	0.000	0.51
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.0	79.828	79.828	13.93
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.0	36.218	36.218	24.27
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.0	49.230	49.230	57.08
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.0	83.333	83.333	0.60
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.0	0.000	0.000	0.24
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.0	8.602	8.602	1.86
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.0	68.334	68.334	15.79
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.0	75.186	75.186	4.03
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.0	0.000	0.000	0.08
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.0	2.899	2.899	1.38
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.0	18.605	18.605	0.86
Honduras`HND`Central America	0.0	55.449	55.449	12.48
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.0	1.042	1.042	37.44
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.0	100.000	100.000	19.05
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.0	1.623	1.623	149.73
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.0	46.513	46.513	31.07
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.0	13.806	13.806	80.40
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.0	50.173	50.173	267.56
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.0	12.602	12.602	4.92
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.0	24.081	24.081	23.67
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.0	91.478	91.478	13.26
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.0	25.000	25.000	0.04
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.0	2.238	2.238	92.49
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.0	88.776	88.776	15.77
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.0	76.716	76.716	52.31
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.0	73.503	73.503	6.34
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.0	43.820	43.820	5.34
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.0	54.386	54.386	0.57
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.0	0.029	0.029	34.59
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.0	84.323	84.323	7.40
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.0	90.728	90.728	1.51
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.0	30.769	30.769	0.78
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.0	42.387	42.387	2.43
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	19.463	19.463	5.96
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.0	15.525	15.525	2.19
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.0	22.705	22.705	2.07
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.0	17.889	17.889	3.41
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.0	10.708	10.708	6.07
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.0	8.844	8.844	8.82
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.0	59.490	59.490	3.53
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.0	0.000	0.000	0.01
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.0	83.426	83.426	19.79
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.0	47.858	47.858	21.71
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.0	97.561	97.561	1.64
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.0	20.000	20.000	0.05
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.0	100.000	100.000	11.13
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	0.0	26.923	26.923	3.12
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.0	85.980	85.980	44.01
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.0	62.389	62.389	4.52
Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.0	3.158	3.158	0.95
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.0	25.000	25.000	37.56
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.0	63.358	63.358	27.10
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.0	39.461	39.461	6.31
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.0	98.606	98.606	157.11
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.0	4.888	4.888	49.10
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.0	39.394	39.394	0.99
Panama`PAN`Central America	0.0	67.982	67.982	13.43
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.0	23.679	23.679	4.73
Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.0	100.000	100.000	42.41
Peru`PER`South America	0.0	60.111	60.111	59.29
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.0	20.472	20.472	124.17
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.0	31.136	31.136	172.09
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.0	85.197	85.197	47.29
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.0	6.000	6.000	20.00
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.0	4.023	4.023	56.68
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.0	20.879	20.879	5.46
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.0	49.558	49.558	1.13
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.0	8.696	8.696	0.23
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
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.0	19.790	19.790	7.63
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.0	32.062	32.062	36.96
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.0	15.873	15.873	0.63
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.0	95.238	95.238	0.21
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.0	9.091	9.091	0.11
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.0	20.930	20.930	0.43
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.0	1.786	1.786	0.56
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.0	79.689	79.689	14.77
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.0	52.874	52.874	1.74
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.0	3.537	3.537	24.88
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.0	94.595	94.595	22.20
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.0	32.919	32.919	8.84
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.0	29.577	29.577	0.71
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.0	14.286	14.286	0.07
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.0	0.105	0.105	9.55
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.0	4.399	4.399	21.37
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.0	45.614	45.614	341.23
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.0	0.030	0.030	33.01
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.0	3.704	3.704	0.27
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.0	97.074	97.074	5.81
Uruguay`URY`South America	0.0	98.878	98.878	13.37
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.0	15.951	15.951	81.50
Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.0	91.139	91.139	80.13
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.0	11.238	11.238	5.25
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.0	87.475	87.475	19.72
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.0	57.115	57.115	10.26

02In 2024

At either end

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

Highest

France67.4
Slovakia61.8
Hungary42.2
Bulgaria41.2
Belgium41.1

Lowest

Zimbabweshared0.0
Zambiashared0.0
Yemenshared0.0
Samoashared0.0
Venezuelashared0.0

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
Lowest4 share it
Middle country: 37.488
Renewables (% of generation)
Highest6 share it
Lowest4 share it
Middle country: 31.978
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina10,025.01
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 8.93

032023 → 2024

Since 2023

What changed between 2023 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −8countries joined / left
17values changed, of 162 in both
8 · 9rose · fell
145unchanged

Rose most

Belarus28.1 → 34.2+6.1
France65.2 → 67.4+2.2
Romania19.6 → 20.7+1.0
Belgium40.1 → 41.1+1.0
Bulgaria40.3 → 41.2+0.9

Fell most

Hungary44.8 → 42.2−2.6
Finland42.1 → 39.6−2.5
Slovenia36.0 → 34.9−1.1
Spain20.4 → 19.4−1.0
United States18.2 → 17.8−0.4

− Central African Republic

− Comoros

− Dominica

− Faroe Islands

− São Tomé and Príncipe

− British Virgin Islands

− United States Virgin Islands

− Vanuatu

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

Read before you use

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

How values are stored

18 distinct values among 162
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 145 countries share 0.0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 162 countries has every column.

05The files

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Ember (2024). Nuclear Share of Electricity Generation, 2024 [data set], describing 2024. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/nuclear-electricity/2024

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