Nuclear share of electricity by country

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United States: 17.4% in 2025, 12th of 38 OECD members (highest first). 19th of all 190 with data.

Highest: France (68.3%, 2025) · Lowest: Aruba (0.0%, 2024) · 190 countries and territories with data.

Share of the year's electricity generation from nuclear power.

Ranking

Latest value for each country (within 5 years).

Over time

United States: rank over time

Rank among the countries with data in each year (highest first).

World ranking (highest first)

RankCountryValueYear
1France68.3%2025
2Slovakia66.4%2025
3Ukraine55.8%2022
4Czechia42.3%2025
5Hungary40.1%2025
6Finland39.8%2025
7Slovenia39.3%2025
8Bulgaria39.0%2025
9Belarus37.4%2025
10Belgium33.5%2025
11Armenia31.4%2025
12Switzerland29.9%2025
13South Korea29.4%2025
14Sweden27.4%2025
15United Arab Emirates21.2%2025
16Romania20.5%2025
17Spain18.8%2025
18Russia18.3%2025
19United States17.4%2025
20Pakistan14.0%2025
21Canada12.8%2025
22United Kingdom12.4%2025
23Japan9.2%2025
24Argentina7.0%2025
25China4.6%2025
26South Africa4.2%2025
27Netherlands3.0%2025
28Mexico2.6%2025
29India2.6%2025
30Brazil2.1%2025
31Iran1.4%2025
32Aruba0.0%2024
33Afghanistan0.0%2024
34Angola0.0%2024
35Albania0.0%2024
36American Samoa0.0%2024
37Antigua and Barbuda0.0%2024
38Australia0.0%2025
39Austria0.0%2025
40Azerbaijan0.0%2025
41Burundi0.0%2024
42Benin0.0%2024
43Burkina Faso0.0%2024
44Bangladesh0.0%2025
45Bahrain0.0%2024
46Bahamas0.0%2024
47Bosnia and Herzegovina0.0%2025
48Belize0.0%2024
49Bolivia0.0%2025
50Barbados0.0%2024
51Brunei0.0%2024
52Bhutan0.0%2024
53Botswana0.0%2024
54Central African Republic0.0%2023
55Chile0.0%2025
56Côte d'Ivoire0.0%2024
57Cameroon0.0%2024
58DR Congo0.0%2024
59Republic of the Congo0.0%2024
60Colombia0.0%2025
61Comoros0.0%2023
62Cabo Verde0.0%2024
63Costa Rica0.0%2025
64Cuba0.0%2024
65Cayman Islands0.0%2024
66Cyprus0.0%2025
67Germany0.0%2025
68Djibouti0.0%2024
69Dominica0.0%2023
70Denmark0.0%2025
71Dominican Republic0.0%2025
72Algeria0.0%2024
73Ecuador0.0%2025
74Eritrea0.0%2024
75Estonia0.0%2025
76Ethiopia0.0%2025
77Fiji0.0%2024
78Faroe Islands0.0%2023
79Gabon0.0%2024
80Georgia0.0%2025
81Ghana0.0%2024
82Guinea0.0%2024
83Gambia0.0%2024
84Guinea-Bissau0.0%2024
85Equatorial Guinea0.0%2024
86Greece0.0%2025
87Grenada0.0%2024
88Greenland0.0%2024
89Guatemala0.0%2024
90Guam0.0%2024
91Guyana0.0%2024
92Hong Kong0.0%2024
93Honduras0.0%2024
94Croatia0.0%2025
95Haiti0.0%2024
96Ireland0.0%2025
97Iraq0.0%2024
98Iceland0.0%2025
99Israel0.0%2025
100Italy0.0%2025
101Jamaica0.0%2024
102Jordan0.0%2024
103Kenya0.0%2025
104Kyrgyzstan0.0%2025
105Kiribati0.0%2024
106St. Kitts and Nevis0.0%2024
107Kuwait0.0%2025
108Laos0.0%2024
109Lebanon0.0%2024
110Liberia0.0%2024
111Libya0.0%2024
112St. Lucia0.0%2024
113Lesotho0.0%2022
114Lithuania0.0%2025
115Luxembourg0.0%2025
116Latvia0.0%2025
117Macao0.0%2024
118Morocco0.0%2025
119Moldova0.0%2025
120Madagascar0.0%2024
121Maldives0.0%2024
122North Macedonia0.0%2025
123Mali0.0%2024
124Malta0.0%2025
125Myanmar0.0%2024
126Montenegro0.0%2025
127Mongolia0.0%2025
128Mozambique0.0%2024
129Mauritania0.0%2024
130Mauritius0.0%2024
131Malawi0.0%2024
132Namibia0.0%2024
133New Caledonia0.0%2024
134Niger0.0%2024
135Nigeria0.0%2025
136Nicaragua0.0%2024
137Norway0.0%2025
138Nepal0.0%2024
139Nauru0.0%2024
140New Zealand0.0%2025
141Oman0.0%2025
142Panama0.0%2024
143Peru0.0%2025
144Philippines0.0%2025
145Papua New Guinea0.0%2024
146Poland0.0%2025
147Puerto Rico0.0%2025
148North Korea0.0%2024
149Portugal0.0%2025
150Paraguay0.0%2025
151West Bank and Gaza0.0%2024
152French Polynesia0.0%2024
153Qatar0.0%2024
154Rwanda0.0%2024
155Sudan0.0%2024
156Senegal0.0%2024
157Solomon Islands0.0%2024
158Sierra Leone0.0%2024
159Somalia0.0%2024
160Serbia0.0%2025
161South Sudan0.0%2024
162São Tomé and Príncipe0.0%2023
163Suriname0.0%2024
164Eswatini0.0%2024
165Seychelles0.0%2024
166Syria0.0%2024
167Turks and Caicos Islands0.0%2024
168Chad0.0%2024
169Togo0.0%2024
170Tajikistan0.0%2025
171Turkmenistan0.0%2024
172Tonga0.0%2024
173Trinidad and Tobago0.0%2024
174Tunisia0.0%2025
175Türkiye0.0%2025
176Tanzania0.0%2024
177Uganda0.0%2024
178Uruguay0.0%2025
179Uzbekistan0.0%2025
180St. Vincent and the Grenadines0.0%2024
181Venezuela0.0%2024
182British Virgin Islands0.0%2023
183U.S. Virgin Islands0.0%2023
184Vietnam0.0%2025
185Vanuatu0.0%2023
186Samoa0.0%2024
187Kosovo0.0%2025
188Yemen0.0%2024
189Zambia0.0%2024
190Zimbabwe0.0%2024

Source: Ember, Yearly Electricity Data. License: CC BY 4.0. Data retrieved: 2026-10-28.

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