Statizoid

Canada vs Japan: Share of primary energy from nuclear

Canada
7.7%
in 2025
Japan
6.2%
in 2025
Canada rank
19th
Japan rank
21st

Share of primary energy from nuclear over time

  • Canada
  • Japan
051015196519952025

How they compare

Canada currently reports 7.7% against 6.2% in Japan, a difference of 1.5%.

That makes Canada's figure about 1.2 times Japan's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 61 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Canada ahead.

Canada ranks 19th and Japan ranks 21st of 215 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Share of primary energy from nuclear
Unit
%
Source
Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017); U.S. Energy Information Administration (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
218 places, 10,361 data points, 1965–2025
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Measured as a percentage of total energy supply.