Electricity generation from nuclear by country

Measured in terawatt-hours.

Countries reporting
37
Highest
784.78 terawatt-hours
United States
Lowest
0 terawatt-hours
Germany
Median
19.42 terawatt-hours
Years covered
106
1920–2025
Data points
8,460

What the numbers show

Electricity generation from nuclear is currently reported for 37 countries. The highest value is 784.78 terawatt-hours in United States; the lowest is 0 terawatt-hours in Germany.

The median across all reporting countries is 19.42 terawatt-hours, and the mean is 80.13 terawatt-hours.

Over the past decade 16 countries rose and 16 fell. The largest increase was in Japan (up 1,981.6%), and the largest decrease in Germany (down 100.0%).

Electricity generation from nuclear: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 United States 784.78 terawatt-hours 2025 down 1.6% volatile
2 China 487.61 terawatt-hours 2025 up 184.5% volatile
3 France 392.07 terawatt-hours 2025 down 10.4% volatile
4 Russia 218.65 terawatt-hours 2025 up 11.9% rising
5 South Korea 184.67 terawatt-hours 2025 up 12.1% volatile
6 USSR 143.8 terawatt-hours 1984 up 570.1% volatile
7 Japan 94.09 terawatt-hours 2025 up 1,981.6% volatile
8 Canada 85.32 terawatt-hours 2025 down 15.6% volatile
9 Ukraine 62.18 terawatt-hours 2022 down 31.0% rising
10 Spain 54.07 terawatt-hours 2025 down 5.5% volatile
11 India 53.83 terawatt-hours 2025 up 40.5% volatile
12 Sweden 47.1 terawatt-hours 2025 down 16.4% volatile
13 United Arab Emirates 40.63 terawatt-hours 2024 volatile
14 United Kingdom 36.38 terawatt-hours 2025 down 48.3% volatile
15 Finland 32.82 terawatt-hours 2025 up 41.2% volatile
16 Czechia 31.94 terawatt-hours 2025 up 19.0% volatile
17 Belgium 24.11 terawatt-hours 2025 down 7.6% volatile
18 Pakistan 23.71 terawatt-hours 2025 up 447.6% volatile
19 Switzerland 19.42 terawatt-hours 2025 down 15.9% rising
20 Slovakia 19.33 terawatt-hours 2025 up 27.6% volatile
21 Belarus 16.97 terawatt-hours 2025 volatile
22 Hungary 16.1 terawatt-hours 2025 up 1.7% volatile
23 Brazil 15.87 terawatt-hours 2025 up 7.7% volatile
24 Bulgaria 14.85 terawatt-hours 2025 down 3.4% volatile
25 Argentina 10.76 terawatt-hours 2025 up 52.8% volatile
26 South Africa 10.21 terawatt-hours 2025 down 16.6% volatile
27 Romania 10.2 terawatt-hours 2025 down 12.4% volatile
28 Mexico 10.16 terawatt-hours 2025 down 12.3% volatile
29 Iran 7.35 terawatt-hours 2025 up 110.0% volatile
30 Slovenia 5.83 terawatt-hours 2025 up 3.2% rising
31 Netherlands 3.99 terawatt-hours 2025 down 2.2% rising
32 Taiwan 3.25 terawatt-hours 2025 down 91.1% volatile
33 Armenia 2.62 terawatt-hours 2025 up 1.9% rising
34 Lithuania 0 terawatt-hours 2025 volatile
34 Kazakhstan 0 terawatt-hours 2025 volatile
34 Italy 0 terawatt-hours 2025 volatile
34 Germany 0 terawatt-hours 2025 down 100.0% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Electricity generation from nuclear
Unit
terawatt-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
211 places, 8,460 data points, 1920–2025
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Measured in terawatt-hours.