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Nuclear electricity capacity, million kilowatts, 2021 - Country rankings:

The average for 2021 based on 189 countries was 1.99 million kilowatts.The highest value was in the USA: 95.49 million kilowatts and the lowest value was in Afghanistan: 0 million kilowatts. The indicator is available from 1980 to 2021. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: million kilowatts; Source: The U.S. Energy Information Administration
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Countries Nuclear electricity capacity, 2021 Global rank Available data
USA 95.49 1 1980 - 2021
France 61.37 2 1980 - 2021
China 53.26 3 1980 - 2021
Russia 27.73 4 1992 - 2021
South Korea 24.43 5 1980 - 2021
Canada 13.62 6 1980 - 2021
Ukraine 13.11 7 1992 - 2021
Japan 9.49 8 1980 - 2021
Germany 8.11 9 1991 - 2021
Spain 7.12 10 1980 - 2021
Sweden 6.89 11 1980 - 2021
UK 6.85 12 1980 - 2021
India 6.78 13 1980 - 2021
Belgium 5.94 14 1980 - 2021
Czechia 3.93 15 1993 - 2021
Switzerland 2.97 16 1980 - 2021
Taiwan 2.89 17 1980 - 2021
Finland 2.79 18 1980 - 2021
UA Emirates 2.76 19 1980 - 2021
Pakistan 2.33 20 1980 - 2021
Bulgaria 2.01 21 1980 - 2021
Hungary 1.92 22 1980 - 2021
Brazil 1.88 23 1980 - 2021
Slovakia 1.87 24 1993 - 2021
South Africa 1.85 25 1980 - 2021
Argentina 1.64 26 1980 - 2021
Mexico 1.55 27 1980 - 2021
Romania 1.3 28 1980 - 2021
Belarus 1.11 29 1992 - 2021
Iran 0.92 30 1980 - 2021
Slovenia 0.69 31 1992 - 2021
Netherlands 0.48 32 1980 - 2021
Armenia 0.45 33 1992 - 2021
Afghanistan 0 34 1980 - 2021
Albania 0 35 1980 - 2021
Algeria 0 36 1980 - 2021
Angola 0 37 1980 - 2021
Ant.& Barb. 0 38 1980 - 2021
Aruba 0 39 1986 - 2021
Australia 0 40 1980 - 2021
Austria 0 41 1980 - 2021
Azerbaijan 0 42 1992 - 2021
Bahamas 0 43 1980 - 2021
Bahrain 0 44 1980 - 2021
Bangladesh 0 45 1980 - 2021
Barbados 0 46 1980 - 2021
Belize 0 47 1980 - 2021
Benin 0 48 1980 - 2021
Bermuda 0 49 1980 - 2021
Bhutan 0 50 1980 - 2021
Bolivia 0 51 1980 - 2021
Bosnia & Herz. 0 52 1992 - 2021
Botswana 0 53 1980 - 2021
Brunei 0 54 1980 - 2021
Burkina Faso 0 55 1980 - 2021
Burma 0 56 1980 - 2021
Burundi 0 57 1980 - 2021
Cambodia 0 58 1980 - 2021
Cameroon 0 59 1980 - 2021
Cape Verde 0 60 1980 - 2021
C.A. Republic 0 61 1980 - 2021
Chad 0 62 1980 - 2021
Chile 0 63 1980 - 2021
Colombia 0 64 1980 - 2021
Comoros 0 65 1980 - 2021
Croatia 0 66 1992 - 2021
Cuba 0 67 1980 - 2021
Cyprus 0 68 1980 - 2021
DR Congo 0 69 1980 - 2021
Denmark 0 70 1980 - 2021
Djibouti 0 71 1980 - 2021
Dominica 0 72 1980 - 2021
Domin. Rep. 0 73 1980 - 2021
Ecuador 0 74 1980 - 2021
Egypt 0 75 1980 - 2021
El Salvador 0 76 1980 - 2021
Eq. Guinea 0 77 1980 - 2021
Eritrea 0 78 1994 - 2021
Estonia 0 79 1992 - 2021
Ethiopia 0 80 1980 - 2021
Faroe Isl. 0 81 1980 - 2021
Fiji 0 82 1980 - 2021
Gabon 0 83 1980 - 2021
Gambia 0 84 1980 - 2021
Georgia 0 85 1992 - 2021
Ghana 0 86 1980 - 2021
Gibraltar 0 87 1980 - 2021
Greece 0 88 1980 - 2021
Grenada 0 89 1980 - 2021
Guatemala 0 90 1980 - 2021
Guinea 0 91 1980 - 2021
G.-Bissau 0 92 1980 - 2021
Guyana 0 93 1980 - 2021
Haiti 0 94 1980 - 2021
Honduras 0 95 1980 - 2021
Hong Kong 0 96 1980 - 2021
Iceland 0 97 1980 - 2021
Indonesia 0 98 1980 - 2021
Iraq 0 99 1980 - 2021
Ireland 0 100 1980 - 2021
Israel 0 101 1980 - 2021
Italy 0 102 1980 - 2021
Ivory Coast 0 103 1980 - 2021
Jamaica 0 104 1980 - 2021
Jordan 0 105 1980 - 2021
Kazakhstan 0 106 1992 - 2021
Kenya 0 107 1980 - 2021
Kuwait 0 108 1980 - 2021
Kyrgyzstan 0 109 1992 - 2021
Laos 0 110 1980 - 2021
Latvia 0 111 1992 - 2021
Lebanon 0 112 1980 - 2021
Lesotho 0 113 1980 - 2021
Liberia 0 114 1980 - 2021
Libya 0 115 1980 - 2021
Lithuania 0 116 1992 - 2021
Luxembourg 0 117 1980 - 2021
Macao 0 118 1980 - 2021
Madagascar 0 119 1980 - 2021
Malawi 0 120 1980 - 2021
Malaysia 0 121 1980 - 2021
Maldives 0 122 1980 - 2021
Mali 0 123 1980 - 2021
Malta 0 124 1980 - 2021
Mauritania 0 125 1980 - 2021
Mauritius 0 126 1980 - 2021
Moldova 0 127 1992 - 2021
Mongolia 0 128 1980 - 2021
Montenegro 0 129 2006 - 2021
Montserrat 0 130 1980 - 2021
Morocco 0 131 1980 - 2021
Mozambique 0 132 1980 - 2021
Namibia 0 133 1990 - 2021
Nepal 0 134 1980 - 2021
N. Caledonia 0 135 1980 - 2021
New Zealand 0 136 1980 - 2021
Nicaragua 0 137 1980 - 2021
Niger 0 138 1980 - 2021
Nigeria 0 139 1980 - 2021
North Korea 0 140 1980 - 2021
North Macedonia 0 141 1992 - 2021
Norway 0 142 1980 - 2021
Oman 0 143 1980 - 2021
Panama 0 144 1980 - 2021
Papua N.G. 0 145 1980 - 2021
Paraguay 0 146 1980 - 2021
Peru 0 147 1980 - 2021
Philippines 0 148 1980 - 2021
Poland 0 149 1980 - 2021
Portugal 0 150 1980 - 2021
Puerto Rico 0 151 1980 - 2021
Qatar 0 152 1980 - 2021
R. of Congo 0 153 1980 - 2021
Rwanda 0 154 1980 - 2021
Saint Lucia 0 155 1980 - 2021
St. Vincent & ... 0 156 1980 - 2021
Samoa 0 157 1980 - 2021
S.T.&Principe 0 158 1980 - 2021
Saudi Arabia 0 159 1980 - 2021
Senegal 0 160 1980 - 2021
Serbia 0 161 2006 - 2021
Seychelles 0 162 1980 - 2021
Sierra Leone 0 163 1980 - 2021
Singapore 0 164 1980 - 2021
Solomon Isl. 0 165 1980 - 2021
Somalia 0 166 1980 - 2021
Sri Lanka 0 167 1980 - 2021
Sudan 0 168 1980 - 2021
Suriname 0 169 1980 - 2021
Swaziland 0 170 1980 - 2021
Syria 0 171 1980 - 2021
Tajikistan 0 172 1992 - 2021
Tanzania 0 173 1980 - 2021
Thailand 0 174 1980 - 2021
Togo 0 175 1980 - 2021
Tonga 0 176 1980 - 2021
Tr.&Tobago 0 177 1980 - 2021
Tunisia 0 178 1980 - 2021
Turkey 0 179 1980 - 2021
Turkmenistan 0 180 1992 - 2021
Uganda 0 181 1980 - 2021
Uruguay 0 182 1980 - 2021
Uzbekistan 0 183 1992 - 2021
Vanuatu 0 184 1980 - 2021
Venezuela 0 185 1980 - 2021
Vietnam 0 186 1980 - 2021
Yemen 0 187 1980 - 2021
Zambia 0 188 1980 - 2021
Zimbabwe 0 189 1980 - 2021


Definition: Installed capacity to produce hydroelectricity in million kilowatts.
95.49
61.37
53.26
27.73
24.43
13.62
13.11
9.49
8.11
7.12
6.89
6.85
6.78
5.94
3.93
2.97
2.89
2.79
2.76
2.33
2.01
1.92
1.88
1.87
1.85
1.64
1.55
1.30
1.11
0.92
0.69
0.48
0.45
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0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
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0.00
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23.9
47.7
71.6
95.49
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