Electricity generation from nuclear per person in Brazil
Brazil: Electricity generation from nuclear per person was 74.57 kilowatt-hours in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2025)
74.57 kilowatt-hours
Change on year
up 0.2%
World rank
32nd
of 209 countries
All-time high
81.47 kilowatt-hours
in 2012
All-time low
0 kilowatt-hours
in 1965
Years of data
61
1965–2025
Electricity generation from nuclear per person in Brazil, 1965–2025
Source: Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in kilowatt-hours.
Analysis
The most recent figure for electricity generation from nuclear per person in Brazil is 74.57 kilowatt-hours, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, electricity generation from nuclear per person in Brazil peaked at 81.47 kilowatt-hours in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0 kilowatt-hours, in 1965.
That places Brazil 32nd out of 209 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Electricity generation from nuclear per person in Brazil, year by year
| Year | kilowatt-hours | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 0 kilowatt-hours | — |
| 1966 | 0 kilowatt-hours | — |
| 1967 | 0 kilowatt-hours | — |
| 1968 | 0 kilowatt-hours | — |
| 1969 | 0 kilowatt-hours | — |
| 1970 | 0 kilowatt-hours | — |
| 1971 | 0 kilowatt-hours | — |
| 1972 | 0 kilowatt-hours | — |
| 1973 | 0 kilowatt-hours | — |
| 1974 | 0 kilowatt-hours | — |
| 1975 | 0 kilowatt-hours | — |
| 1976 | 0 kilowatt-hours | — |
| 1977 | 0 kilowatt-hours | — |
| 1978 | 0 kilowatt-hours | — |
| 1979 | 0 kilowatt-hours | — |
| 1980 | 0 kilowatt-hours | — |
| 1981 | 0 kilowatt-hours | — |
| 1982 | 0 kilowatt-hours | — |
| 1983 | 0 kilowatt-hours | — |
| 1984 | 12.39 kilowatt-hours | — |
| 1985 | 24.95 kilowatt-hours | +101.4% |
| 1986 | 1.04 kilowatt-hours | -95.8% |
| 1987 | 6.9 kilowatt-hours | +562.4% |
| 1988 | 4.23 kilowatt-hours | -38.7% |
| 1989 | 12.49 kilowatt-hours | +195.5% |
| 1990 | 15 kilowatt-hours | +20.1% |
| 1991 | 9.5 kilowatt-hours | -36.6% |
| 1992 | 11.4 kilowatt-hours | +20.0% |
| 1993 | 2.82 kilowatt-hours | -75.3% |
| 1994 | 0.3453 kilowatt-hours | -87.7% |
| 1995 | 15.57 kilowatt-hours | +4410.1% |
| 1996 | 14.78 kilowatt-hours | -5.1% |
| 1997 | 19.01 kilowatt-hours | +28.6% |
| 1998 | 19.3 kilowatt-hours | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 23.17 kilowatt-hours | +20.0% |
| 2000 | 34.77 kilowatt-hours | +50.0% |
| 2001 | 81 kilowatt-hours | +133.0% |
| 2002 | 77.53 kilowatt-hours | -4.3% |
| 2003 | 73.97 kilowatt-hours | -4.6% |
| 2004 | 63.56 kilowatt-hours | -14.1% |
| 2005 | 53.33 kilowatt-hours | -16.1% |
| 2006 | 73.67 kilowatt-hours | +38.1% |
| 2007 | 65.5 kilowatt-hours | -11.1% |
| 2008 | 73.38 kilowatt-hours | +12.0% |
| 2009 | 67.47 kilowatt-hours | -8.1% |
| 2010 | 74.96 kilowatt-hours | +11.1% |
| 2011 | 80.19 kilowatt-hours | +7.0% |
| 2012 | 81.47 kilowatt-hours | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 77.84 kilowatt-hours | -4.5% |
| 2014 | 76.87 kilowatt-hours | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 73.04 kilowatt-hours | -5.0% |
| 2016 | 78.04 kilowatt-hours | +6.9% |
| 2017 | 76.89 kilowatt-hours | -1.5% |
| 2018 | 76.03 kilowatt-hours | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 77.75 kilowatt-hours | +2.3% |
| 2020 | 67.33 kilowatt-hours | -13.4% |
| 2021 | 70.15 kilowatt-hours | +4.2% |
| 2022 | 69.23 kilowatt-hours | -1.3% |
| 2023 | 68.67 kilowatt-hours | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 74.43 kilowatt-hours | +8.4% |
| 2025 | 74.57 kilowatt-hours | +0.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Electricity generation from nuclear per person in Brazil changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | +4410.1% | 0.3453 kilowatt-hours | 15.57 kilowatt-hours |
| 1987 | +562.4% | 1.04 kilowatt-hours | 6.9 kilowatt-hours |
| 1989 | +195.5% | 4.23 kilowatt-hours | 12.49 kilowatt-hours |
| 2001 | +133.0% | 34.77 kilowatt-hours | 81 kilowatt-hours |
| 1985 | +101.4% | 12.39 kilowatt-hours | 24.95 kilowatt-hours |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 kilowatt-hours | 0 kilowatt-hours | 0 kilowatt-hours | 5 |
| 1970s | 0 kilowatt-hours | 0 kilowatt-hours | 0 kilowatt-hours | 10 |
| 1980s | 6.2 kilowatt-hours | 0 kilowatt-hours | 24.95 kilowatt-hours | 10 |
| 1990s | 13.09 kilowatt-hours | 0.3453 kilowatt-hours | 23.17 kilowatt-hours | 10 |
| 2000s | 66.42 kilowatt-hours | 34.77 kilowatt-hours | 81 kilowatt-hours | 10 |
| 2010s | 77.31 kilowatt-hours | 73.04 kilowatt-hours | 81.47 kilowatt-hours | 10 |
| 2020s | 70.73 kilowatt-hours | 67.33 kilowatt-hours | 74.57 kilowatt-hours | 6 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
- 29 Pakistan 92.9 kilowatt-hours compare
- 30 Iran 79.53 kilowatt-hours compare
- 31 Mexico 77 kilowatt-hours compare
- 33 India 36.77 kilowatt-hours compare
- 34 Afghanistan 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Albania 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Algeria 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 American Samoa 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Angola 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Antigua and Barbuda 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Aruba 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Australia 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Austria 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Azerbaijan 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Bahamas 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Bahrain 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Bangladesh 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Barbados 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Belize 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Benin 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Bermuda 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Bhutan 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Bolivia 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Botswana 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 British Virgin Islands 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Brunei 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Burkina Faso 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Burundi 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Cameroon 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Cape Verde 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Cayman Islands 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Central African Republic 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Chad 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Chile 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Colombia 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Comoros 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Congo 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Cook Islands 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Costa Rica 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Cote d'Ivoire 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Croatia 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Cuba 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Cyprus 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Democratic Republic of Congo 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Denmark 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Djibouti 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Dominica 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Dominican Republic 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 East Timor 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Ecuador 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Egypt 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Equatorial Guinea 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Eritrea 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Estonia 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Eswatini 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Ethiopia 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Falkland Islands 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Faroe Islands 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Fiji 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 French Polynesia 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Gabon 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Gambia 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Georgia 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Germany 0 kilowatt-hours compare
- 34 Ghana 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Gibraltar 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Greece 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Greenland 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Grenada 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Guam 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Guatemala 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Guinea 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Guinea-Bissau 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Guyana 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Haiti 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Honduras 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Hong Kong 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Iceland 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Indonesia 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Iraq 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Ireland 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Israel 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Italy 0 kilowatt-hours compare
- 34 Jamaica 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Jordan 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Kazakhstan 0 kilowatt-hours compare
- 34 Kenya 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Kiribati 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Kuwait 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Kyrgyzstan 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Laos 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Latvia 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Lebanon 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Lesotho 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Liberia 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Libya 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Lithuania 0 kilowatt-hours compare
- 34 Luxembourg 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Macao 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Madagascar 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Malawi 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Malaysia 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Maldives 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Mali 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Malta 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Mauritania 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Mauritius 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Moldova 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Mongolia 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Montenegro 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Montserrat 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Morocco 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Mozambique 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Myanmar 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Namibia 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Nauru 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Nepal 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 New Caledonia 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 New Zealand 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Nicaragua 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Niger 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Nigeria 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Niue 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 North Korea 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 North Macedonia 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Norway 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Oman 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Palestine 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Panama 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Papua New Guinea 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Paraguay 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Peru 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Philippines 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Poland 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Portugal 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Puerto Rico 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Qatar 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Rwanda 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Saint Helena 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Saint Lucia 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Samoa 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Sao Tome and Principe 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Saudi Arabia 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Senegal 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Serbia 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Seychelles 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Sierra Leone 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Singapore 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Solomon Islands 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Somalia 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 South Sudan 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Sri Lanka 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Sudan 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Suriname 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Syria 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Tajikistan 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Tanzania 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Thailand 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Togo 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Tonga 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Trinidad and Tobago 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Tunisia 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Turkey 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Turkmenistan 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Uganda 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 United States Virgin Islands 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Uruguay 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Uzbekistan 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Vanuatu 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Venezuela 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Vietnam 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Western Sahara 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Yemen 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Zambia 0 kilowatt-hours
- 34 Zimbabwe 0 kilowatt-hours
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- Coal consumption, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Coal production, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is electricity generation from nuclear per person in Brazil?
- Electricity generation from nuclear per person in Brazil was 74.57 kilowatt-hours in 2025, according to Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest electricity generation from nuclear per person recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 81.47 kilowatt-hours in 2012.
- What is the lowest electricity generation from nuclear per person recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 kilowatt-hours in 1965.
- How does Brazil rank for electricity generation from nuclear per person?
- Brazil ranks 32nd out of 209 countries with data for 2025.
- Is electricity generation from nuclear per person rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Brazil data come from?
- The figures come from Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Electricity generation from nuclear per person. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Measured in kilowatt-hours per person.