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Nuclear electricity capacity, percent, 2023:

The average for 2023 based on 189 countries was 1.93 percent. The highest value was in France: 43.23 percent and the lowest value was in Afghanistan: 0 percent. The indicator is available from 2000 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: percent; Source: The Global Economy, U.S. EIA
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Countries Nuclear electricity capacity, percent, 2023 Global rank Available data
France 43.23 1 2000 - 2023
Slovakia 33.17 2 2000 - 2023
Ukraine 22.54 3 2000 - 2023
Switzerland 21.24 4 2000 - 2023
Czechia 19.9 5 2000 - 2023
Finland 18.52 6 2000 - 2023
South Korea 18 7 2000 - 2023
Belarus 17.74 8 2000 - 2023
Bulgaria 16.68 9 2000 - 2023
Slovenia 15.41 10 2000 - 2023
Belgium 14.99 11 2000 - 2023
Sweden 13.69 12 2000 - 2023
Hungary 13.4 13 2000 - 2023
UA Emirates 11.98 14 2000 - 2023
Armenia 9.75 15 2000 - 2023
Russia 8.96 16 2000 - 2023
Canada 8.61 17 2000 - 2023
USA 8.09 18 2000 - 2023
Pakistan 7.57 19 2000 - 2023
Romania 6.77 20 2000 - 2023
Spain 5.81 21 2000 - 2023
UK 5.63 22 2000 - 2023
Japan 4.83 23 2000 - 2023
Argentina 3.55 24 2000 - 2023
Taiwan 3.11 25 2000 - 2023
South Africa 2.94 26 2000 - 2023
China 1.89 27 2000 - 2023
Germany 1.56 28 2000 - 2023
Mexico 1.48 29 2000 - 2023
India 1.43 30 2000 - 2023
Iran 1.08 31 2000 - 2023
Brazil 0.85 32 2000 - 2023
Netherlands 0.82 33 2000 - 2023
Afghanistan 0 34 2000 - 2023
Albania 0 35 2000 - 2023
Algeria 0 36 2000 - 2023
Angola 0 37 2000 - 2023
Ant.& Barb. 0 38 2000 - 2023
Aruba 0 39 2000 - 2023
Australia 0 40 2000 - 2023
Austria 0 41 2000 - 2023
Azerbaijan 0 42 2000 - 2023
Bahamas 0 43 2000 - 2023
Bahrain 0 44 2000 - 2023
Bangladesh 0 45 2000 - 2023
Barbados 0 46 2000 - 2023
Belize 0 47 2000 - 2023
Benin 0 48 2000 - 2023
Bermuda 0 49 2000 - 2023
Bhutan 0 50 2000 - 2023
Bolivia 0 51 2000 - 2023
Bosnia & Herz. 0 52 2000 - 2023
Botswana 0 53 2000 - 2023
Brunei 0 54 2000 - 2023
Burkina Faso 0 55 2000 - 2023
Burma 0 56 2000 - 2023
Burundi 0 57 2000 - 2023
Cambodia 0 58 2000 - 2023
Cameroon 0 59 2000 - 2023
Cape Verde 0 60 2000 - 2023
C.A. Republic 0 61 2000 - 2023
Chad 0 62 2000 - 2023
Chile 0 63 2000 - 2023
Colombia 0 64 2000 - 2023
Comoros 0 65 2000 - 2023
Croatia 0 66 2000 - 2023
Cuba 0 67 2000 - 2023
Cyprus 0 68 2000 - 2023
DR Congo 0 69 2000 - 2023
Denmark 0 70 2000 - 2023
Djibouti 0 71 2000 - 2023
Dominica 0 72 2000 - 2023
Domin. Rep. 0 73 2000 - 2023
Ecuador 0 74 2000 - 2023
Egypt 0 75 2000 - 2023
El Salvador 0 76 2000 - 2023
Eq. Guinea 0 77 2000 - 2023
Eritrea 0 78 2000 - 2023
Estonia 0 79 2000 - 2023
Ethiopia 0 80 2000 - 2023
Faroe Isl. 0 81 2000 - 2023
Fiji 0 82 2000 - 2023
Gabon 0 83 2000 - 2023
Gambia 0 84 2000 - 2023
Georgia 0 85 2000 - 2023
Ghana 0 86 2000 - 2023
Gibraltar 0 87 2000 - 2023
Greece 0 88 2001 - 2023
Grenada 0 89 2000 - 2023
Guatemala 0 90 2000 - 2023
Guinea 0 91 2000 - 2023
G.-Bissau 0 92 2000 - 2023
Guyana 0 93 2000 - 2023
Haiti 0 94 2000 - 2023
Honduras 0 95 2000 - 2023
Hong Kong 0 96 2000 - 2023
Iceland 0 97 2000 - 2023
Indonesia 0 98 2000 - 2023
Iraq 0 99 2000 - 2023
Ireland 0 100 2000 - 2023
Israel 0 101 2000 - 2023
Italy 0 102 2000 - 2023
Ivory Coast 0 103 2000 - 2023
Jamaica 0 104 2000 - 2023
Jordan 0 105 2000 - 2023
Kazakhstan 0 106 2000 - 2023
Kenya 0 107 2000 - 2023
Kiribati 0 108 2000 - 2023
Kuwait 0 109 2000 - 2023
Kyrgyzstan 0 110 2000 - 2023
Laos 0 111 2000 - 2023
Latvia 0 112 2000 - 2023
Lesotho 0 113 2000 - 2023
Liberia 0 114 2000 - 2023
Libya 0 115 2000 - 2023
Lithuania 0 116 2000 - 2023
Luxembourg 0 117 2000 - 2023
Macao 0 118 2000 - 2023
Madagascar 0 119 2000 - 2023
Malawi 0 120 2000 - 2023
Malaysia 0 121 2000 - 2023
Maldives 0 122 2000 - 2023
Mali 0 123 2000 - 2023
Malta 0 124 2000 - 2023
Mauritania 0 125 2000 - 2023
Mauritius 0 126 2000 - 2023
Moldova 0 127 2000 - 2023
Mongolia 0 128 2000 - 2023
Montenegro 0 129 2006 - 2023
Montserrat 0 130 2000 - 2023
Morocco 0 131 2000 - 2023
Mozambique 0 132 2000 - 2023
Namibia 0 133 2000 - 2023
Nepal 0 134 2000 - 2023
N. Caledonia 0 135 2000 - 2023
New Zealand 0 136 2000 - 2023
Nicaragua 0 137 2000 - 2023
Niger 0 138 2000 - 2023
Nigeria 0 139 2000 - 2023
North Korea 0 140 2000 - 2023
North Macedonia 0 141 2000 - 2023
Norway 0 142 2000 - 2023
Oman 0 143 2000 - 2023
Panama 0 144 2000 - 2023
Papua N.G. 0 145 2000 - 2023
Paraguay 0 146 2000 - 2023
Peru 0 147 2000 - 2023
Philippines 0 148 2000 - 2023
Poland 0 149 2000 - 2023
Portugal 0 150 2000 - 2023
Puerto Rico 0 151 2000 - 2023
Qatar 0 152 2000 - 2023
R. of Congo 0 153 2000 - 2023
Rwanda 0 154 2000 - 2023
Saint Lucia 0 155 2000 - 2023
St. Vincent & ... 0 156 2000 - 2023
Samoa 0 157 2000 - 2023
S.T.&Principe 0 158 2000 - 2023
Saudi Arabia 0 159 2000 - 2023
Senegal 0 160 2000 - 2023
Serbia 0 161 2006 - 2023
Seychelles 0 162 2000 - 2023
Sierra Leone 0 163 2000 - 2023
Singapore 0 164 2000 - 2023
Solomon Isl. 0 165 2000 - 2023
Somalia 0 166 2000 - 2023
Sri Lanka 0 167 2000 - 2023
Sudan 0 168 2000 - 2023
Suriname 0 169 2000 - 2023
Swaziland 0 170 2000 - 2023
Syria 0 171 2000 - 2023
Tajikistan 0 172 2000 - 2023
Tanzania 0 173 2000 - 2023
Thailand 0 174 2000 - 2023
Togo 0 175 2000 - 2023
Tonga 0 176 2000 - 2023
Tr.&Tobago 0 177 2000 - 2023
Tunisia 0 178 2000 - 2023
Turkey 0 179 2000 - 2023
Turkmenistan 0 180 2000 - 2023
Uganda 0 181 2000 - 2023
Uruguay 0 182 2000 - 2023
Uzbekistan 0 183 2000 - 2023
Vanuatu 0 184 2000 - 2023
Venezuela 0 185 2000 - 2023
Vietnam 0 186 2000 - 2023
Yemen 0 187 2000 - 2023
Zambia 0 188 2000 - 2023
Zimbabwe 0 189 2000 - 2023


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