Annual change in primary energy from nuclear by country

Change in total energy supply relative to the previous year, measured in terawatt-hours.

Countries reporting
36
Highest
104.18 terawatt-hours
China
Lowest
-27.1 terawatt-hours
Taiwan
Median
0.1262 terawatt-hours
Years covered
60
1966–2025
Data points
10,533

What the numbers show

Annual change in primary energy from nuclear is currently reported for 36 countries. The highest value is 104.18 terawatt-hours in China; the lowest is -27.1 terawatt-hours in Taiwan.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.1262 terawatt-hours, and the mean is 5.25 terawatt-hours.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.

Over the past decade 19 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in United States (up 24,317.9%), and the largest decrease in Mexico (down 210.9%).

Annual change in primary energy from nuclear: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 104.18 terawatt-hours 2025 down 9.9% volatile
2 USSR 98.19 terawatt-hours 1984 up 353.2% volatile
3 France 29.09 terawatt-hours 2025 up 911.7% volatile
4 Japan 27.75 terawatt-hours 2025 up 102.4% volatile
5 United States 9.3 terawatt-hours 2025 up 24,317.9% volatile
6 Russia 8.82 terawatt-hours 2025 down 80.2% volatile
7 South Africa 7.68 terawatt-hours 2025 up 262.8% volatile
8 Czechia 7.18 terawatt-hours 2025 up 168.0% volatile
9 Belarus 3.94 terawatt-hours 2025 volatile
10 Ukraine 3.33 terawatt-hours 2025 up 244.4% volatile
11 Slovakia 3.22 terawatt-hours 2025 up 400.8% volatile
12 Pakistan 2.56 terawatt-hours 2025 up 331.3% volatile
13 Netherlands 1.34 terawatt-hours 2025 up 3,445.6% volatile
14 Argentina 0.9441 terawatt-hours 2025 down 79.6% volatile
15 Finland 0.6187 terawatt-hours 2025 up 160.9% volatile
16 Romania 0.303 terawatt-hours 2025 up 380.9% volatile
17 Hungary 0.2452 terawatt-hours 2025 down 56.5% volatile
18 United Arab Emirates 0.1599 terawatt-hours 2025 volatile
19 Brazil 0.0925 terawatt-hours 2025 up 104.7% volatile
20 Lithuania 0 terawatt-hours 2025 volatile
20 Kazakhstan 0 terawatt-hours 2025 volatile
20 Italy 0 terawatt-hours 2025 volatile
20 Germany 0 terawatt-hours 2025 up 100.0% volatile
207 Slovenia -0.003 terawatt-hours 2025 up 99.9% volatile
208 Canada -0.5136 terawatt-hours 2025 up 96.9% volatile
209 Spain -0.8807 terawatt-hours 2025 volatile
210 Bulgaria -1.34 terawatt-hours 2025 up 8.5% volatile
211 India -2.69 terawatt-hours 2025 down 124.5% volatile
212 Iran -5 terawatt-hours 2025 down 187.1% volatile
213 Mexico -6.67 terawatt-hours 2025 down 210.9% volatile
214 Sweden -12.19 terawatt-hours 2025 up 52.8% volatile
215 South Korea -12.31 terawatt-hours 2025 down 148.6% volatile
216 Switzerland -13.95 terawatt-hours 2025 down 2.3% volatile
217 United Kingdom -14.35 terawatt-hours 2025 down 171.8% volatile
218 Belgium -22.82 terawatt-hours 2025 up 0.9% volatile
219 Taiwan -27.1 terawatt-hours 2025 down 51.1% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Annual change in primary energy from nuclear
Unit
terawatt-hours
Source
Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
221 places, 10,533 data points, 1966–2025
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Change in total energy supply relative to the previous year, measured in terawatt-hours.