Which has higher alternative and nuclear energy, Japan or United Arab Emirates?

United Arab Emirates, at 12.2% against 11.7% in Japan as of 2024.

What is the difference in alternative and nuclear energy between Japan and United Arab Emirates?

0.5%, with United Arab Emirates ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and United Arab Emirates?

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA), published as Alternative and nuclear energy (% of total energy use). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Japan vs United Arab Emirates: Alternative and nuclear energy (% of total energy use)

Japan

11.7%

in 2024

United Arab Emirates

12.2%

in 2024

Japan rank

47th

United Arab Emirates rank

45th

Alternative and nuclear energy (% of total energy use) over time

Japan
United Arab Emirates

How they compare

United Arab Emirates currently reports 12.2% against 11.7% in Japan, a difference of 0.5%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Japan ahead.

Japan ranks 47th and United Arab Emirates ranks 45th of 151 countries.

Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Japan	United Arab Emirates	Difference	Ahead
1990s	17.0%	0.0%	17.0%	Japan
2000s	16.8%	0.0%	16.8%	Japan
2010s	6.3%	0.1%	6.2%	Japan
2020s	9.4%	7.0%	2.4%	Japan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher alternative and nuclear energy, Japan or United Arab Emirates?: United Arab Emirates, at 12.2% against 11.7% in Japan as of 2024.
What is the difference in alternative and nuclear energy between Japan and United Arab Emirates?: 0.5%, with United Arab Emirates ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and United Arab Emirates?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Japan and United Arab Emirates rank globally for alternative and nuclear energy?: Japan ranks 47th and United Arab Emirates ranks 45th of 151 countries.
Where does this data come from?: IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA), published as Alternative and nuclear energy (% of total energy use). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Japan vs United Arab Emirates: Alternative and nuclear energy. Statizoid, drawing on IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA). Retrieved 24 October 2026, from https://energy.statizoid.com/compare/alternative-and-nuclear-energy-percent-of-total-energy-use/japan/united-arab-emirates/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://energy.statizoid.com/compare/alternative-and-nuclear-energy-percent-of-total-energy-use/japan/united-arab-emirates/">Japan vs United Arab Emirates: Alternative and nuclear energy</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Alternative and nuclear energy (% of total energy use)
Unit: % of total energy use
Source: IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 197 places, 6,790 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed: 15 October 2026

Clean energy is noncarbohydrate energy that does not produce carbon dioxide when generated. It includes hydropower and nuclear, geothermal, and solar power, among others. This is the share of total energy supply that is non-fossil.