Russia vs USSR: Electricity generation from nuclear

Russia

218.65 terawatt-hours

in 2025

USSR

143.8 terawatt-hours

in 1984

Russia rank

4th

USSR rank

3rd

Electricity generation from nuclear over time

Russia currently reports 218.65 terawatt-hours against 143.8 terawatt-hours in USSR, a difference of 74.85 terawatt-hours.

That makes Russia's figure about 1.5 times USSR's.

Russia ranks 4th and USSR ranks 3rd of 208 countries.

Indicator: Electricity generation from nuclear
Unit: terawatt-hours
Source: Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 211 places, 8,460 data points, 1920–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Measured in terawatt-hours.