Electricity generation from nuclear per person by country

Measured in kilowatt-hours per person.

Countries reporting
37
Highest
5,882 kilowatt-hours
France
Lowest
0 kilowatt-hours
Germany
Median
887.43 kilowatt-hours
Years covered
106
1920–2025
Data points
8,338

What the numbers show

Electricity generation from nuclear per person is currently reported for 37 countries. The highest value is 5,882 kilowatt-hours in France; the lowest is 0 kilowatt-hours in Germany.

The median across all reporting countries is 887.43 kilowatt-hours, and the mean is 1,511 kilowatt-hours.

Over the past decade 17 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in Japan (up 2,052.2%), and the largest decrease in Germany (down 100.0%).

Electricity generation from nuclear per person: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 France 5,882 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 12.7% volatile
2 Finland 5,836 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 37.6% volatile
3 Sweden 4,420 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 23.1% volatile
4 United Arab Emirates 3,685 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
5 South Korea 3,574 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 10.6% volatile
6 Slovakia 3,531 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 26.3% volatile
7 Czechia 3,011 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 18.1% volatile
8 Slovenia 2,754 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 0.4% rising
9 United States 2,260 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 7.6% rising
10 Bulgaria 2,212 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 3.2% volatile
11 Switzerland 2,166 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 22.3% rising
12 Canada 2,126 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 24.4% rising
13 Belgium 2,050 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 11.4% volatile
14 Belarus 1,886 kilowatt-hours 2025 volatile
15 Hungary 1,671 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 3.9% volatile
16 Russia 1,518 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 12.9% rising
17 Ukraine 1,515 kilowatt-hours 2022 down 22.3% rising
18 Spain 1,129 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 7.9% volatile
19 Armenia 887.43 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 0.9% rising
20 Japan 764.32 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 2,052.2% volatile
21 Romania 539.43 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 7.9% volatile
22 United Kingdom 523.07 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 51.4% volatile
23 USSR 522.48 kilowatt-hours 1984 up 511.0% volatile
24 China 344.33 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 180.5% volatile
25 Argentina 234.67 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 44.9% volatile
26 Netherlands 217.48 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 8.8% rising
27 South Africa 157.69 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 26.9% volatile
28 Taiwan 140.62 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 90.9% volatile
29 Pakistan 92.9 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 366.2% volatile
30 Iran 79.53 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 87.7% volatile
31 Mexico 77 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 19.5% volatile
32 Brazil 74.57 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 2.1% volatile
33 India 36.77 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 27.5% volatile
34 Lithuania 0 kilowatt-hours 2025 volatile
34 Kazakhstan 0 kilowatt-hours 2025 volatile
34 Italy 0 kilowatt-hours 2025 volatile
34 Germany 0 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Electricity generation from nuclear per person
Unit
kilowatt-hours
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, 8,338 data points, 1920–2025
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Measured in kilowatt-hours per person.