Electricity generation from nuclear by country

Measured in terawatt-hours.

Countries reporting
205
Highest
784.78 terawatt-hours
United States
Lowest
0 terawatt-hours
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Median
0 terawatt-hours
Years covered
106
1920–2025
Data points
8,460

What the numbers show

Electricity generation from nuclear is currently reported for 205 countries. The highest value is 784.78 terawatt-hours in United States; the lowest is 0 terawatt-hours in Saint Pierre and Miquelon.

The median across all reporting countries is 0 terawatt-hours, and the mean is 13.76 terawatt-hours.

Over the past decade 15 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 Japan 94.09 terawatt-hours 2025 up 1,981.6% volatile
7 Canada 85.32 terawatt-hours 2025 down 15.6% volatile
8 Ukraine 62.18 terawatt-hours 2022 down 31.0% rising
9 Spain 54.07 terawatt-hours 2025 down 5.5% volatile
10 India 53.83 terawatt-hours 2025 up 40.5% volatile
11 Sweden 47.1 terawatt-hours 2025 down 16.4% volatile
12 United Arab Emirates 40.63 terawatt-hours 2024 volatile
13 United Kingdom 36.38 terawatt-hours 2025 down 48.3% volatile
14 Finland 32.82 terawatt-hours 2025 up 41.2% volatile
15 Czechia 31.94 terawatt-hours 2025 up 19.0% volatile
16 Belgium 24.11 terawatt-hours 2025 down 7.6% volatile
17 Pakistan 23.71 terawatt-hours 2025 up 447.6% volatile
18 Switzerland 19.42 terawatt-hours 2025 down 15.9% rising
19 Slovakia 19.33 terawatt-hours 2025 up 27.6% volatile
20 Belarus 16.97 terawatt-hours 2025 volatile
21 Hungary 16.1 terawatt-hours 2025 up 1.7% volatile
22 Brazil 15.87 terawatt-hours 2025 up 7.7% volatile
23 Bulgaria 14.85 terawatt-hours 2025 down 3.4% volatile
24 Argentina 10.76 terawatt-hours 2025 up 52.8% volatile
25 South Africa 10.21 terawatt-hours 2025 down 16.6% volatile
26 Romania 10.2 terawatt-hours 2025 down 12.4% volatile
27 Mexico 10.16 terawatt-hours 2025 down 12.3% volatile
28 Iran 7.35 terawatt-hours 2025 up 110.0% volatile
29 Slovenia 5.83 terawatt-hours 2025 up 3.2% rising
30 Netherlands 3.99 terawatt-hours 2025 down 2.2% rising
31 Taiwan 3.25 terawatt-hours 2025 down 91.1% volatile
32 Armenia 2.62 terawatt-hours 2025 up 1.9% rising
33 Aruba 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
33 Afghanistan 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
33 Angola 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 Albania 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
33 American Samoa 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
33 Antigua and Barbuda 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
33 Australia 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 Austria 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 Azerbaijan 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 Burundi 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
33 Benin 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
33 Burkina Faso 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
33 Bangladesh 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 Bahrain 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 Bahamas 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
33 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 Belize 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
33 Bermuda 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
33 Bolivia 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 Barbados 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
33 Brunei 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 Bhutan 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
33 Botswana 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
33 Central African Republic 0 terawatt-hours 2023 flat
33 Chile 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 Cote d'Ivoire 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
33 Cameroon 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
33 Democratic Republic of Congo 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 Congo 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 Colombia 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 Comoros 0 terawatt-hours 2023 flat
33 Cape Verde 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
33 Costa Rica 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 Cuba 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 Cayman Islands 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
33 Cyprus 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 Germany 0 terawatt-hours 2025 down 100.0% volatile
33 Djibouti 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
33 Dominica 0 terawatt-hours 2023 flat
33 Denmark 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 Dominican Republic 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 Algeria 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 Ecuador 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 Egypt 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 Eritrea 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
33 Estonia 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 Ethiopia 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 Fiji 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
33 Faroe Islands 0 terawatt-hours 2023 flat
33 Gabon 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 Georgia 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 Ghana 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
33 Gibraltar 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
33 Guinea 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
33 Gambia 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
33 Guinea-Bissau 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
33 Equatorial Guinea 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 Greece 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 Grenada 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
33 Greenland 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
33 Guatemala 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
33 Guam 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
33 Guyana 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 Hong Kong 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 Honduras 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
33 Croatia 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 Haiti 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
33 Indonesia 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 Iraq 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 Iceland 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 Israel 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 Italy 0 terawatt-hours 2025 volatile
33 Jamaica 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
33 Jordan 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
33 Kazakhstan 0 terawatt-hours 2025 volatile
33 Kenya 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 Kyrgyzstan 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 Kiribati 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
33 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
33 Kuwait 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 Laos 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
33 Lebanon 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
33 Liberia 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
33 Libya 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 Saint Lucia 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
33 Sri Lanka 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 Lesotho 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
33 Lithuania 0 terawatt-hours 2025 volatile
33 Latvia 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 Macao 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
33 Morocco 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 Moldova 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 Madagascar 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 Maldives 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
33 North Macedonia 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 Mali 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
33 Myanmar 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 Montenegro 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 Mongolia 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 Mozambique 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 Mauritania 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
33 Mauritius 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
33 Malawi 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
33 Malaysia 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 Namibia 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
33 New Caledonia 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
33 Niger 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
33 Nigeria 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 Nicaragua 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
33 Norway 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 Nepal 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
33 Nauru 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
33 New Zealand 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 Oman 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 Panama 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
33 Peru 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 Philippines 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 Papua New Guinea 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
33 Poland 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 Puerto Rico 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 North Korea 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
33 Portugal 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 Paraguay 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 Palestine 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
33 French Polynesia 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
33 Qatar 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 Rwanda 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
33 Saudi Arabia 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 Sudan 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 Senegal 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
33 Singapore 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 Solomon Islands 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
33 Sierra Leone 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
33 Somalia 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
33 Serbia 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 South Sudan 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 Sao Tome and Principe 0 terawatt-hours 2023 flat
33 Suriname 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
33 Eswatini 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
33 Seychelles 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
33 Syria 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
33 Chad 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 Togo 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
33 Thailand 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 Tajikistan 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 Turkmenistan 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 East Timor 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
33 Tonga 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
33 Trinidad and Tobago 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 Tunisia 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 Turkey 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 Tanzania 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
33 Uganda 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
33 Uruguay 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 Uzbekistan 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
33 Venezuela 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 British Virgin Islands 0 terawatt-hours 2023 flat
33 United States Virgin Islands 0 terawatt-hours 2023 flat
33 Vietnam 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 Vanuatu 0 terawatt-hours 2023 flat
33 Samoa 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
33 Yemen 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 Zambia 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 Zimbabwe 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
33 Western Sahara 0 terawatt-hours 2009 flat
33 Cook Islands 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
33 Montserrat 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
33 Niue 0 terawatt-hours 2023 flat
33 Falkland Islands 0 terawatt-hours 2023 flat
33 Saint Helena 0 terawatt-hours 2023 flat
33 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 terawatt-hours 2023 flat

Regions and income groups

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

About this data

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
Last refreshed

Measured in terawatt-hours.