Nuclear power generation - Country rankings
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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 |
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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 |
Definition: Nuclear electricity net generation (Net generation excludes the energy consumed by the generating units)
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