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China vs India: Share of primary energy from nuclear

China
3.3%
in 2025
India
1.5%
in 2025
China rank
24th
India rank
27th

Share of primary energy from nuclear over time

  • China
  • India
0123196519952025

How they compare

China currently reports 3.3% against 1.5% in India, a difference of 1.8%.

That makes China's figure about 2.2 times India's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 61 shared years of data; in 1965 it was India ahead.

China ranks 24th and India ranks 27th 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.