Electricity production from nuclear sources in Low & middle income
Low & middle income: Electricity production from nuclear sources was 2.2% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Latest (2024)
2.2%
Change on year
down 38.6%
Rank
30th
of 47 groups
All-time high
4.0%
in 2021
All-time low
2.2%
in 2024
Years of data
35
1990–2024
Electricity production from nuclear sources in Low & middle income, 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 Low & middle income stood at 2.2%. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is down 38.6% on the previous year and down 17.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, electricity production from nuclear sources in Low & middle income peaked at 4.0% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 2.2%, in 2024.
Low & middle income ranks 30th of 47 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Electricity production from nuclear sources in Low & middle income, year by year
| Year | % of total | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 3.7% | — |
| 1991 | 3.5% | -3.9% |
| 1992 | 3.4% | -3.5% |
| 1993 | 3.3% | -4.3% |
| 1994 | 3.4% | +3.1% |
| 1995 | 3.4% | +2.7% |
| 1996 | 3.6% | +5.9% |
| 1997 | 3.6% | -1.1% |
| 1998 | 3.4% | -5.5% |
| 1999 | 3.3% | -4.5% |
| 2000 | 3.3% | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 3.4% | +2.1% |
| 2002 | 3.4% | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 3.5% | +4.1% |
| 2004 | 3.4% | -2.9% |
| 2005 | 3.2% | -6.5% |
| 2006 | 3.0% | -4.8% |
| 2007 | 2.9% | -4.7% |
| 2008 | 2.8% | -2.8% |
| 2009 | 2.7% | -4.2% |
| 2010 | 2.6% | -3.6% |
| 2011 | 2.7% | +3.4% |
| 2012 | 2.6% | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 2.6% | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 2.7% | +3.5% |
| 2015 | 3.0% | +9.9% |
| 2016 | 3.2% | +7.7% |
| 2017 | 3.4% | +4.1% |
| 2018 | 3.5% | +4.6% |
| 2019 | 3.8% | +9.1% |
| 2020 | 3.8% | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 4.0% | +4.6% |
| 2022 | 3.8% | -5.4% |
| 2023 | 3.7% | -3.1% |
| 2024 | 2.2% | -38.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.5% | 3.3% | 3.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.2% | 2.7% | 3.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.0% | 2.6% | 3.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.5% | 2.2% | 4.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Low & middle income
- 27 Mexico 3.1% compare
- 28 Netherlands 2.9% compare
- 29 India 2.4% compare
- 30 Brazil 2.1% 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 Curaçao 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, China 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 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 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 Syrian Arab Republic 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%
- 33 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.0%
More energy & mining data for Low & middle income
- Fuel imports 18.2% (2024)
- Ores and metals imports 8.2% (2024)
- Ores and metals exports 4.2% (2024)
- Fuel exports 8.3% (2024)
- Electric power transmission and distribution losses 13.1% (2024)
- Mineral rents 1.2% (2021)
- Natural gas rents 0.5% (2021)
- Total natural resources rents 4.1% (2021)
- Alternative and nuclear energy 13.4% (2024)
- Electric power consumption 2,450 kWh per capita (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is electricity production from nuclear sources in Low & middle income?
- Electricity production from nuclear sources in Low & middle income was 2.2% in 2024, according to IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA).
- What is the highest electricity production from nuclear sources recorded in Low & middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 4.0% in 2021.
- What is the lowest electricity production from nuclear sources recorded in Low & middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.2% in 2024.
- How does Low & middle income rank for electricity production from nuclear sources?
- Low & middle income ranks 30th out of 47 groups with data for 2024.
- Is electricity production from nuclear sources rising or falling in Low & middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Low & middle income 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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About this data
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.