* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Nuclear power generation, billion kilowatthours, 2022:

The average for 2022 based on 189 countries was 13.73 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 2023. 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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* indicates monthly or quarterly data series


Countries Nuclear power generation, 2022 Global rank Available data
USA 771.54 1 1980 - 2023
China 417.79 2 1980 - 2023
France 278.96 3 1980 - 2023
Russia 223.37 4 1992 - 2023
South Korea 167.35 5 1980 - 2023
Canada 82.3 6 1980 - 2023
Ukraine 62.07 7 1992 - 2023
Japan 56.07 8 1980 - 2023
Spain 56.03 9 1980 - 2023
Sweden 50.06 10 1980 - 2023
India 46.2 11 1980 - 2023
UK 43.35 12 1980 - 2023
Belgium 41.62 13 1980 - 2023
Germany 31.89 14 1991 - 2023
Czechia 31.02 15 1993 - 2023
Finland 24.22 16 1980 - 2023
Switzerland 23.11 17 1980 - 2023
Taiwan 22.92 18 1980 - 2023
Pakistan 22.28 19 1980 - 2023
UA Emirates 19.3 20 1980 - 2023
Bulgaria 16.46 21 1980 - 2023
Slovakia 15.92 22 1993 - 2023
Hungary 14.95 23 1980 - 2023
Brazil 14.56 24 1980 - 2023
Mexico 10.54 25 1980 - 2023
Romania 10.2 26 1980 - 2023
South Africa 10.09 27 1980 - 2023
Argentina 7.47 28 1980 - 2023
Iran 6.01 29 1980 - 2023
Slovenia 5.31 30 1992 - 2023
Belarus 4.69 31 1992 - 2023
Netherlands 3.93 32 1980 - 2023
Armenia 2.63 33 1992 - 2023
Afghanistan 0 34 1980 - 2023
Albania 0 35 1980 - 2023
Algeria 0 36 1980 - 2023
Angola 0 37 1980 - 2023
Ant.& Barb. 0 38 1980 - 2023
Aruba 0 39 1986 - 2023
Australia 0 40 1980 - 2023
Austria 0 41 1980 - 2023
Azerbaijan 0 42 1992 - 2023
Bahamas 0 43 1980 - 2023
Bahrain 0 44 1980 - 2023
Bangladesh 0 45 1980 - 2023
Barbados 0 46 1980 - 2023
Belize 0 47 1980 - 2023
Benin 0 48 1980 - 2023
Bermuda 0 49 1980 - 2023
Bhutan 0 50 1980 - 2023
Bolivia 0 51 1980 - 2023
Bosnia & Herz. 0 52 1992 - 2023
Botswana 0 53 1980 - 2023
Brunei 0 54 1980 - 2023
Burkina Faso 0 55 1980 - 2023
Burma 0 56 1980 - 2023
Burundi 0 57 1980 - 2023
Cambodia 0 58 1980 - 2023
Cameroon 0 59 1980 - 2023
Cape Verde 0 60 1980 - 2023
C.A. Republic 0 61 1980 - 2023
Chad 0 62 1980 - 2023
Chile 0 63 1980 - 2023
Colombia 0 64 1980 - 2023
Comoros 0 65 1980 - 2023
Croatia 0 66 1992 - 2023
Cuba 0 67 1980 - 2023
Cyprus 0 68 1980 - 2023
DR Congo 0 69 1980 - 2023
Denmark 0 70 1980 - 2023
Djibouti 0 71 1980 - 2023
Dominica 0 72 1980 - 2023
Domin. Rep. 0 73 1980 - 2023
Ecuador 0 74 1980 - 2023
Egypt 0 75 1980 - 2023
El Salvador 0 76 1980 - 2023
Eq. Guinea 0 77 1980 - 2023
Eritrea 0 78 1994 - 2023
Estonia 0 79 1992 - 2023
Ethiopia 0 80 1980 - 2023
Faroe Isl. 0 81 1980 - 2023
Fiji 0 82 1980 - 2023
Gabon 0 83 1980 - 2023
Gambia 0 84 1980 - 2023
Georgia 0 85 1992 - 2023
Ghana 0 86 1980 - 2023
Gibraltar 0 87 1980 - 2023
Greece 0 88 1980 - 2023
Grenada 0 89 1980 - 2023
Guatemala 0 90 1980 - 2023
Guinea 0 91 1980 - 2023
G.-Bissau 0 92 1980 - 2023
Guyana 0 93 1980 - 2023
Haiti 0 94 1980 - 2023
Honduras 0 95 1980 - 2023
Hong Kong 0 96 1980 - 2023
Iceland 0 97 1980 - 2023
Indonesia 0 98 1980 - 2023
Iraq 0 99 1980 - 2023
Ireland 0 100 1980 - 2023
Israel 0 101 1980 - 2023
Italy 0 102 1980 - 2023
Ivory Coast 0 103 1980 - 2023
Jamaica 0 104 1980 - 2023
Jordan 0 105 1980 - 2023
Kazakhstan 0 106 1992 - 2023
Kenya 0 107 1980 - 2023
Kiribati 0 108 1980 - 2023
Kuwait 0 109 1980 - 2023
Kyrgyzstan 0 110 1992 - 2023
Laos 0 111 1980 - 2023
Latvia 0 112 1992 - 2023
Lesotho 0 113 1980 - 2023
Liberia 0 114 1980 - 2023
Libya 0 115 1980 - 2023
Lithuania 0 116 1992 - 2023
Luxembourg 0 117 1980 - 2023
Macao 0 118 1980 - 2023
Madagascar 0 119 1980 - 2023
Malawi 0 120 1980 - 2023
Malaysia 0 121 1980 - 2023
Maldives 0 122 1980 - 2023
Mali 0 123 1980 - 2023
Malta 0 124 1980 - 2023
Mauritania 0 125 1980 - 2023
Mauritius 0 126 1980 - 2023
Moldova 0 127 1992 - 2023
Mongolia 0 128 1980 - 2023
Montenegro 0 129 2006 - 2023
Montserrat 0 130 1980 - 2023
Morocco 0 131 1980 - 2023
Mozambique 0 132 1980 - 2023
Namibia 0 133 1990 - 2023
Nepal 0 134 1980 - 2023
N. Caledonia 0 135 1980 - 2023
New Zealand 0 136 1980 - 2023
Nicaragua 0 137 1980 - 2023
Niger 0 138 1980 - 2023
Nigeria 0 139 1980 - 2023
North Korea 0 140 1980 - 2023
North Macedonia 0 141 1992 - 2023
Norway 0 142 1980 - 2023
Oman 0 143 1980 - 2023
Panama 0 144 1980 - 2023
Papua N.G. 0 145 1980 - 2023
Paraguay 0 146 1980 - 2023
Peru 0 147 1980 - 2023
Philippines 0 148 1980 - 2023
Poland 0 149 1980 - 2023
Portugal 0 150 1980 - 2023
Puerto Rico 0 151 1980 - 2023
Qatar 0 152 1980 - 2023
R. of Congo 0 153 1980 - 2023
Rwanda 0 154 1980 - 2023
Saint Lucia 0 155 1980 - 2023
St. Vincent & ... 0 156 1980 - 2023
Samoa 0 157 1980 - 2023
S.T.&Principe 0 158 1980 - 2023
Saudi Arabia 0 159 1980 - 2023
Senegal 0 160 1980 - 2023
Serbia 0 161 2006 - 2023
Seychelles 0 162 1980 - 2023
Sierra Leone 0 163 1980 - 2023
Singapore 0 164 1980 - 2023
Solomon Isl. 0 165 1980 - 2023
Somalia 0 166 1980 - 2023
Sri Lanka 0 167 1980 - 2023
Sudan 0 168 1980 - 2023
Suriname 0 169 1980 - 2023
Swaziland 0 170 1980 - 2023
Syria 0 171 1980 - 2023
Tajikistan 0 172 1992 - 2023
Tanzania 0 173 1980 - 2023
Thailand 0 174 1980 - 2023
Togo 0 175 1980 - 2023
Tonga 0 176 1980 - 2023
Tr.&Tobago 0 177 1980 - 2023
Tunisia 0 178 1980 - 2023
Turkey 0 179 1980 - 2023
Turkmenistan 0 180 1992 - 2023
Uganda 0 181 1980 - 2023
Uruguay 0 182 1980 - 2023
Uzbekistan 0 183 1992 - 2023
Vanuatu 0 184 1980 - 2023
Venezuela 0 185 1980 - 2023
Vietnam 0 186 1980 - 2023
Yemen 0 187 1980 - 2023
Zambia 0 188 1980 - 2023
Zimbabwe 0 189 1980 - 2023


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