Canada vs Japan: Share of electricity generation from nuclear

Canada
13.1%
in 2025
Japan
9.1%
in 2025
Canada rank
20th
Japan rank
23rd

Share of electricity generation from nuclear over time

  • Canada
  • Japan
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How they compare

Canada currently reports 13.1% against 9.1% in Japan, a difference of 3.9%.

That makes Canada's figure about 1.4 times Japan's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 41 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Japan ahead.

Canada ranks 20th and Japan ranks 23rd of 207 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Share of electricity generation from nuclear
Unit
%
Source
Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
209 places, 6,536 data points, 1920–2025
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Measured as a percentage of total electricity produced in the country or region.