Electricity production from nuclear sources in Germany
Germany: Electricity production from nuclear sources was 1.4% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Latest (2023)
1.4%
Change on year
down 76.5%
World rank
32nd
of 209 countries
All-time high
30.9%
in 1997
All-time low
1.4%
in 2023
Years of data
34
1990–2023
Electricity production from nuclear sources in Germany, 1990–2023
Source: IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA). Measured in % of total.
Analysis
Germany recorded 1.4% for electricity production from nuclear sources in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 34 years on record.
That represents a change of down 76.5% on the previous year and down 90.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, electricity production from nuclear sources in Germany peaked at 30.9% in 1997 and was at its lowest, 1.4%, in 2023.
That places Germany 32nd out of 209 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 34 years of available data.
Electricity production from nuclear sources in Germany, year by year
| Year | % of total | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 27.7% | — |
| 1991 | 27.3% | -1.6% |
| 1992 | 29.5% | +8.3% |
| 1993 | 29.1% | -1.4% |
| 1994 | 28.5% | -2.2% |
| 1995 | 28.5% | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 28.8% | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 30.9% | +7.2% |
| 1998 | 29.1% | -5.9% |
| 1999 | 30.6% | +5.2% |
| 2000 | 29.4% | -3.7% |
| 2001 | 29.2% | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 28.1% | -3.8% |
| 2003 | 27.1% | -3.6% |
| 2004 | 27.0% | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 26.2% | -3.2% |
| 2006 | 26.1% | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 21.9% | -16.1% |
| 2008 | 23.2% | +5.7% |
| 2009 | 22.6% | -2.3% |
| 2010 | 22.2% | -1.9% |
| 2011 | 17.6% | -20.7% |
| 2012 | 15.8% | -10.1% |
| 2013 | 15.2% | -3.8% |
| 2014 | 15.5% | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 14.2% | -8.5% |
| 2016 | 13.0% | -8.1% |
| 2017 | 11.7% | -10.3% |
| 2018 | 11.9% | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 12.4% | +4.2% |
| 2020 | 11.2% | -9.6% |
| 2021 | 11.7% | +4.2% |
| 2022 | 6.0% | -48.6% |
| 2023 | 1.4% | -76.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 29.0% | 27.3% | 30.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 26.1% | 21.9% | 29.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 14.9% | 11.7% | 22.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.6% | 1.4% | 11.7% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Germany
- 29 India 2.4% compare
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- 31 Iran 1.6% 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 0.0%
- 33 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0%
- 33 Botswana 0.0%
- 33 British Virgin Islands 0.0%
- 33 Brunei 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 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.0%
- 33 Congo 0.0%
- 33 Costa Rica 0.0%
- 33 Cote 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 Laos 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 (country) 0.0%
- 33 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 Nauru 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 0.0%
- 33 Thailand 0.0%
- 33 East Timor 0.0%
- 33 Togo 0.0%
- 33 Tonga 0.0%
- 33 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0%
- 33 Tunisia 0.0%
- 33 Turkey 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 0.0%
- 33 Vietnam 0.0%
- 33 United States Virgin Islands 0.0%
- 33 Palestine 0.0%
- 33 Yemen 0.0%
- 33 Zambia 0.0%
- 33 Zimbabwe 0.0%
More energy & mining data for Germany
- Fuel imports 8.0% (2024)
- Ores and metals imports 4.0% (2024)
- Ores and metals exports 2.7% (2024)
- Gas production 37.37 terawatt-hours (2025)
- Fossil fuel production per person, by fuel 444.51 kilowatt-hours per person (2025)
- Fossil fuel production by fuel 37.37 terawatt-hours (2025)
- Gas production per person 444.51 kilowatt-hours per person (2025)
- Fossil fuel production by fuel, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Fossil fuel production by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gas production, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is electricity production from nuclear sources in Germany?
- Electricity production from nuclear sources in Germany was 1.4% in 2023, according to IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA).
- What is the highest electricity production from nuclear sources recorded in Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 30.9% in 1997.
- What is the lowest electricity production from nuclear sources recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.4% in 2023.
- How does Germany rank for electricity production from nuclear sources?
- Germany ranks 32nd out of 209 countries with data for 2023.
- Is electricity production from nuclear sources rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is down 90.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Germany 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.