Electricity production from nuclear sources in Brazil
Brazil: Electricity production from nuclear sources was 2.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
2.1%
Change on year
up 2.4%
World rank
30th
of 209 countries
All-time high
4.3%
in 2001
All-time low
0.0%
in 1994
Years of data
35
1990–2024
Electricity production from nuclear sources in Brazil, 1990–2024
Source: IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA). Measured in % of total.
Analysis
In 2024, electricity production from nuclear sources in Brazil stood at 2.1%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.4% on the previous year and down 18.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, electricity production from nuclear sources in Brazil peaked at 4.3% in 2001 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 1994.
Brazil ranks 30th of 209 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Electricity production from nuclear sources in Brazil, year by year
| Year | % of total | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1.0% | — |
| 1991 | 0.6% | -38.7% |
| 1992 | 0.7% | +18.3% |
| 1993 | 0.2% | -75.9% |
| 1994 | 0.0% | -87.9% |
| 1995 | 0.9% | +4221.4% |
| 1996 | 0.8% | -8.8% |
| 1997 | 1.0% | +23.5% |
| 1998 | 1.0% | -1.4% |
| 1999 | 1.2% | +17.1% |
| 2000 | 1.7% | +45.8% |
| 2001 | 4.3% | +150.8% |
| 2002 | 4.0% | -7.9% |
| 2003 | 3.7% | -8.4% |
| 2004 | 3.0% | -18.3% |
| 2005 | 2.4% | -18.4% |
| 2006 | 3.3% | +34.1% |
| 2007 | 2.8% | -15.4% |
| 2008 | 3.0% | +8.7% |
| 2009 | 2.8% | -7.9% |
| 2010 | 2.8% | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 2.9% | +4.6% |
| 2012 | 2.9% | -1.4% |
| 2013 | 2.7% | -6.8% |
| 2014 | 2.6% | -4.7% |
| 2015 | 2.5% | -2.6% |
| 2016 | 2.7% | +8.1% |
| 2017 | 2.6% | -2.7% |
| 2018 | 2.6% | -2.3% |
| 2019 | 2.5% | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 2.2% | -12.3% |
| 2021 | 2.2% | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 2.1% | -4.1% |
| 2023 | 2.0% | -4.6% |
| 2024 | 2.1% | +2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8% | 0.0% | 1.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.1% | 1.7% | 4.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.7% | 2.5% | 2.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.2% | 2.0% | 2.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
- 27 Mexico 3.1% compare
- 28 Netherlands 2.9% compare
- 29 India 2.4% compare
- 31 Iran, Islamic Republic of 1.6% compare
- 32 Germany 1.4% compare
- 33 Afghanistan 0.0%
- 33 Albania 0.0%
- 33 Algeria 0.0%
- 33 American Samoa 0.0%
- 33 Andorra 0.0%
- 33 Angola 0.0%
- 33 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0%
- 33 Aruba 0.0%
- 33 Australia 0.0%
- 33 Austria 0.0%
- 33 Azerbaijan 0.0%
- 33 Bahamas 0.0%
- 33 Bahrain 0.0%
- 33 Bangladesh 0.0%
- 33 Barbados 0.0%
- 33 Belize 0.0%
- 33 Benin 0.0%
- 33 Bhutan 0.0%
- 33 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.0%
- 33 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0%
- 33 Botswana 0.0%
- 33 British Virgin Islands 0.0%
- 33 Brunei Darussalam 0.0%
- 33 Burkina Faso 0.0%
- 33 Burundi 0.0%
- 33 Cape Verde 0.0%
- 33 Cambodia 0.0%
- 33 Cameroon 0.0%
- 33 Cayman Islands 0.0%
- 33 Central African Republic 0.0%
- 33 Chad 0.0%
- 33 Chile 0.0%
- 33 Colombia 0.0%
- 33 Comoros 0.0%
- 33 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.0%
- 33 Congo 0.0%
- 33 Costa Rica 0.0%
- 33 Côte d'Ivoire 0.0%
- 33 Croatia 0.0%
- 33 Cuba 0.0%
- 33 Curacao 0.0%
- 33 Cyprus 0.0%
- 33 Denmark 0.0%
- 33 Djibouti 0.0%
- 33 Dominica 0.0%
- 33 Dominican Republic 0.0%
- 33 Ecuador 0.0%
- 33 Egypt 0.0%
- 33 El Salvador 0.0%
- 33 Equatorial Guinea 0.0%
- 33 Eritrea 0.0%
- 33 Estonia 0.0%
- 33 Eswatini 0.0%
- 33 Ethiopia 0.0%
- 33 Faroe Islands 0.0%
- 33 Fiji 0.0%
- 33 French Polynesia 0.0%
- 33 Gabon 0.0%
- 33 Gambia 0.0%
- 33 Georgia 0.0%
- 33 Ghana 0.0%
- 33 Gibraltar 0.0%
- 33 Greece 0.0%
- 33 Greenland 0.0%
- 33 Grenada 0.0%
- 33 Guam 0.0%
- 33 Guatemala 0.0%
- 33 Guinea 0.0%
- 33 Guinea-Bissau 0.0%
- 33 Guyana 0.0%
- 33 Haiti 0.0%
- 33 Honduras 0.0%
- 33 Hong Kong 0.0%
- 33 Iceland 0.0%
- 33 Indonesia 0.0%
- 33 Iraq 0.0%
- 33 Ireland 0.0%
- 33 Israel 0.0%
- 33 Italy 0.0%
- 33 Jamaica 0.0%
- 33 Jordan 0.0%
- 33 Kazakhstan 0.0%
- 33 Kenya 0.0%
- 33 Kiribati 0.0%
- 33 North Korea 0.0%
- 33 Kosovo 0.0%
- 33 Kuwait 0.0%
- 33 Kyrgyzstan 0.0%
- 33 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.0%
- 33 Latvia 0.0%
- 33 Lebanon 0.0%
- 33 Lesotho 0.0%
- 33 Liberia 0.0%
- 33 Libya 0.0%
- 33 Lithuania 0.0% compare
- 33 Luxembourg 0.0%
- 33 Madagascar 0.0%
- 33 Malawi 0.0%
- 33 Malaysia 0.0%
- 33 Maldives 0.0%
- 33 Mali 0.0%
- 33 Malta 0.0%
- 33 Marshall Islands 0.0%
- 33 Mauritania 0.0%
- 33 Mauritius 0.0%
- 33 Micronesia, Federated States of 0.0%
- 33 Republic of Moldova 0.0%
- 33 Mongolia 0.0%
- 33 Montenegro 0.0%
- 33 Morocco 0.0%
- 33 Mozambique 0.0%
- 33 Myanmar 0.0%
- 33 Namibia 0.0%
- 33 Naoero 0.0%
- 33 Nepal 0.0%
- 33 New Caledonia 0.0%
- 33 New Zealand 0.0%
- 33 Nicaragua 0.0%
- 33 Niger 0.0%
- 33 Nigeria 0.0%
- 33 North Macedonia 0.0%
- 33 Norway 0.0%
- 33 Oman 0.0%
- 33 Palau 0.0%
- 33 Panama 0.0%
- 33 Papua New Guinea 0.0%
- 33 Paraguay 0.0%
- 33 Peru 0.0%
- 33 Philippines 0.0%
- 33 Poland 0.0%
- 33 Portugal 0.0%
- 33 Puerto Rico 0.0%
- 33 Qatar 0.0%
- 33 Rwanda 0.0%
- 33 Samoa 0.0%
- 33 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0%
- 33 Saudi Arabia 0.0%
- 33 Senegal 0.0%
- 33 Serbia 0.0%
- 33 Seychelles 0.0%
- 33 Sierra Leone 0.0%
- 33 Singapore 0.0%
- 33 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.0%
- 33 Solomon Islands 0.0%
- 33 Somalia 0.0%
- 33 South Sudan 0.0%
- 33 Sri Lanka 0.0%
- 33 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0%
- 33 Saint Lucia 0.0%
- 33 Saint Martin (French part) 0.0%
- 33 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0%
- 33 Sudan 0.0%
- 33 Suriname 0.0%
- 33 Syria 0.0%
- 33 Tajikistan 0.0%
- 33 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.0%
- 33 Thailand 0.0%
- 33 Timor-Leste 0.0%
- 33 Togo 0.0%
- 33 Tonga 0.0%
- 33 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0%
- 33 Tunisia 0.0%
- 33 Türkiye 0.0%
- 33 Turkmenistan 0.0%
- 33 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0%
- 33 Tuvalu 0.0%
- 33 Uganda 0.0%
- 33 Uruguay 0.0%
- 33 Uzbekistan 0.0%
- 33 Vanuatu 0.0%
- 33 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.0%
- 33 Viet Nam 0.0%
- 33 United States Virgin Islands 0.0%
- 33 Palestine, State of 0.0%
- 33 Yemen 0.0%
- 33 Zambia 0.0%
- 33 Zimbabwe 0.0%
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- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate 1.99 % change on previous year (2025)
- Coal consumption, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Coal consumption, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Coal production, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Coal production, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Fuel imports 11.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is electricity production from nuclear sources in Brazil?
- Electricity production from nuclear sources in Brazil was 2.1% in 2024, according to IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA).
- What is the highest electricity production from nuclear sources recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 4.3% in 2001.
- What is the lowest electricity production from nuclear sources recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 1994.
- How does Brazil rank for electricity production from nuclear sources?
- Brazil ranks 30th out of 209 countries with data for 2024.
- Is electricity production from nuclear sources rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Brazil data come from?
- The figures come from IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA), published as part of Electricity production from nuclear sources (% of total). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The share of electricity production from nuclear sources of total electricity production. Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Nuclear power refers to electricity produced by nuclear power plants.