* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Nuclear power generation, billion kilowatthours, 2022:

The average for 2022 based on 190 countries was 13.63 billion kilowatthours. The highest value was in the USA: 771.54 billion kilowatthours and the lowest value was in Afghanistan: 0 billion kilowatthours. The indicator is available from 1980 to 2022. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: billion kilowatthours; Source: The U.S. Energy Information Administration
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Countries Nuclear power generation, 2022 Global rank Available data
USA 771.54 1 1980 - 2022
China 417.79 2 1980 - 2022
France 278.96 3 1980 - 2022
Russia 223.37 4 1992 - 2022
South Korea 167.35 5 1980 - 2022
Canada 82.3 6 1980 - 2022
Ukraine 61.14 7 1992 - 2022
Spain 56.03 8 1980 - 2022
Japan 51.67 9 1980 - 2022
Sweden 50.06 10 1980 - 2022
India 46.2 11 1980 - 2022
UK 43.35 12 1980 - 2022
Belgium 41.62 13 1980 - 2022
Germany 31.89 14 1991 - 2022
Czechia 31.02 15 1993 - 2022
Finland 24.22 16 1980 - 2022
Switzerland 23.11 17 1980 - 2022
Taiwan 22.92 18 1980 - 2022
Pakistan 22.28 19 1980 - 2022
UA Emirates 19.3 20 1980 - 2022
Bulgaria 16.46 21 1980 - 2022
Slovakia 15.92 22 1993 - 2022
Hungary 14.95 23 1980 - 2022
Brazil 14.56 24 1980 - 2022
Mexico 10.54 25 1980 - 2022
Romania 10.2 26 1980 - 2022
South Africa 10.09 27 1980 - 2022
Argentina 7.47 28 1980 - 2022
Iran 6.01 29 1980 - 2022
Slovenia 5.31 30 1992 - 2022
Belarus 4.69 31 1992 - 2022
Netherlands 3.93 32 1980 - 2022
Armenia 2.63 33 1992 - 2022
Afghanistan 0 34 1980 - 2022
Albania 0 35 1980 - 2022
Algeria 0 36 1980 - 2022
Angola 0 37 1980 - 2022
Ant.& Barb. 0 38 1980 - 2022
Aruba 0 39 1986 - 2022
Australia 0 40 1980 - 2022
Austria 0 41 1980 - 2022
Azerbaijan 0 42 1992 - 2022
Bahamas 0 43 1980 - 2022
Bahrain 0 44 1980 - 2022
Bangladesh 0 45 1980 - 2022
Barbados 0 46 1980 - 2022
Belize 0 47 1980 - 2022
Benin 0 48 1980 - 2022
Bermuda 0 49 1980 - 2022
Bhutan 0 50 1980 - 2022
Bolivia 0 51 1980 - 2022
Bosnia & Herz. 0 52 1992 - 2022
Botswana 0 53 1980 - 2022
Brunei 0 54 1980 - 2022
Burkina Faso 0 55 1980 - 2022
Burma 0 56 1980 - 2022
Burundi 0 57 1980 - 2022
Cambodia 0 58 1980 - 2022
Cameroon 0 59 1980 - 2022
Cape Verde 0 60 1980 - 2022
C.A. Republic 0 61 1980 - 2022
Chad 0 62 1980 - 2022
Chile 0 63 1980 - 2022
Colombia 0 64 1980 - 2022
Comoros 0 65 1980 - 2022
Croatia 0 66 1992 - 2022
Cuba 0 67 1980 - 2022
Cyprus 0 68 1980 - 2022
DR Congo 0 69 1980 - 2022
Denmark 0 70 1980 - 2022
Djibouti 0 71 1980 - 2022
Dominica 0 72 1980 - 2022
Domin. Rep. 0 73 1980 - 2022
Ecuador 0 74 1980 - 2022
Egypt 0 75 1980 - 2022
El Salvador 0 76 1980 - 2022
Eq. Guinea 0 77 1980 - 2022
Eritrea 0 78 1994 - 2022
Estonia 0 79 1992 - 2022
Ethiopia 0 80 1980 - 2022
Faroe Isl. 0 81 1980 - 2022
Fiji 0 82 1980 - 2022
Gabon 0 83 1980 - 2022
Gambia 0 84 1980 - 2022
Georgia 0 85 1992 - 2022
Ghana 0 86 1980 - 2022
Gibraltar 0 87 1980 - 2022
Greece 0 88 1980 - 2022
Grenada 0 89 1980 - 2022
Guatemala 0 90 1980 - 2022
Guinea 0 91 1980 - 2022
G.-Bissau 0 92 1980 - 2022
Guyana 0 93 1980 - 2022
Haiti 0 94 1980 - 2022
Honduras 0 95 1980 - 2022
Hong Kong 0 96 1980 - 2022
Iceland 0 97 1980 - 2022
Indonesia 0 98 1980 - 2022
Iraq 0 99 1980 - 2022
Ireland 0 100 1980 - 2022
Israel 0 101 1980 - 2022
Italy 0 102 1980 - 2022
Ivory Coast 0 103 1980 - 2022
Jamaica 0 104 1980 - 2022
Jordan 0 105 1980 - 2022
Kazakhstan 0 106 1992 - 2022
Kenya 0 107 1980 - 2022
Kiribati 0 108 1980 - 2022
Kuwait 0 109 1980 - 2022
Kyrgyzstan 0 110 1992 - 2022
Laos 0 111 1980 - 2022
Latvia 0 112 1992 - 2022
Lebanon 0 113 1980 - 2022
Lesotho 0 114 1980 - 2022
Liberia 0 115 1980 - 2022
Libya 0 116 1980 - 2022
Lithuania 0 117 1992 - 2022
Luxembourg 0 118 1980 - 2022
Macao 0 119 1980 - 2022
Madagascar 0 120 1980 - 2022
Malawi 0 121 1980 - 2022
Malaysia 0 122 1980 - 2022
Maldives 0 123 1980 - 2022
Mali 0 124 1980 - 2022
Malta 0 125 1980 - 2022
Mauritania 0 126 1980 - 2022
Mauritius 0 127 1980 - 2022
Moldova 0 128 1992 - 2022
Mongolia 0 129 1980 - 2022
Montenegro 0 130 2006 - 2022
Montserrat 0 131 1980 - 2022
Morocco 0 132 1980 - 2022
Mozambique 0 133 1980 - 2022
Namibia 0 134 1990 - 2022
Nepal 0 135 1980 - 2022
N. Caledonia 0 136 1980 - 2022
New Zealand 0 137 1980 - 2022
Nicaragua 0 138 1980 - 2022
Niger 0 139 1980 - 2022
Nigeria 0 140 1980 - 2022
North Korea 0 141 1980 - 2022
North Macedonia 0 142 1992 - 2022
Norway 0 143 1980 - 2022
Oman 0 144 1980 - 2022
Panama 0 145 1980 - 2022
Papua N.G. 0 146 1980 - 2022
Paraguay 0 147 1980 - 2022
Peru 0 148 1980 - 2022
Philippines 0 149 1980 - 2022
Poland 0 150 1980 - 2022
Portugal 0 151 1980 - 2022
Puerto Rico 0 152 1980 - 2022
Qatar 0 153 1980 - 2022
R. of Congo 0 154 1980 - 2022
Rwanda 0 155 1980 - 2022
Saint Lucia 0 156 1980 - 2022
St. Vincent & ... 0 157 1980 - 2022
Samoa 0 158 1980 - 2022
S.T.&Principe 0 159 1980 - 2022
Saudi Arabia 0 160 1980 - 2022
Senegal 0 161 1980 - 2022
Serbia 0 162 2006 - 2022
Seychelles 0 163 1980 - 2022
Sierra Leone 0 164 1980 - 2022
Singapore 0 165 1980 - 2022
Solomon Isl. 0 166 1980 - 2022
Somalia 0 167 1980 - 2022
Sri Lanka 0 168 1980 - 2022
Sudan 0 169 1980 - 2022
Suriname 0 170 1980 - 2022
Swaziland 0 171 1980 - 2022
Syria 0 172 1980 - 2022
Tajikistan 0 173 1992 - 2022
Tanzania 0 174 1980 - 2022
Thailand 0 175 1980 - 2022
Togo 0 176 1980 - 2022
Tonga 0 177 1980 - 2022
Tr.&Tobago 0 178 1980 - 2022
Tunisia 0 179 1980 - 2022
Turkey 0 180 1980 - 2022
Turkmenistan 0 181 1992 - 2022
Uganda 0 182 1980 - 2022
Uruguay 0 183 1980 - 2022
Uzbekistan 0 184 1992 - 2022
Vanuatu 0 185 1980 - 2022
Venezuela 0 186 1980 - 2022
Vietnam 0 187 1980 - 2022
Yemen 0 188 1980 - 2022
Zambia 0 189 1980 - 2022
Zimbabwe 0 190 1980 - 2022



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