Electricity generation from nuclear in Netherlands
Netherlands: Electricity generation from nuclear was 3.99 terawatt-hours in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
3.99 terawatt-hours
Change on year
up 11.8%
World rank
31st
of 209 countries
All-time high
4.25 terawatt-hours
in 2009
All-time low
0 terawatt-hours
in 1965
Years of data
61
1965–2025
Electricity generation from nuclear in Netherlands, 1965–2025
Source: Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in terawatt-hours.
Analysis
The most recent figure for electricity generation from nuclear in Netherlands is 3.99 terawatt-hours, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of up 11.8% on the previous year and down 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, electricity generation from nuclear in Netherlands peaked at 4.25 terawatt-hours in 2009 and was at its lowest, 0 terawatt-hours, in 1965.
Netherlands ranks 31st of 209 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 61 years of available data.
Electricity generation from nuclear in Netherlands, year by year
| Year | terawatt-hours | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1966 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1967 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1968 | 0.028 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1969 | 0.315 terawatt-hours | +1025.0% |
| 1970 | 0.368 terawatt-hours | +16.8% |
| 1971 | 0.405 terawatt-hours | +10.1% |
| 1972 | 0.326 terawatt-hours | -19.5% |
| 1973 | 1.11 terawatt-hours | +239.9% |
| 1974 | 3.28 terawatt-hours | +195.8% |
| 1975 | 3.33 terawatt-hours | +1.8% |
| 1976 | 3.87 terawatt-hours | +16.1% |
| 1977 | 3.71 terawatt-hours | -4.2% |
| 1978 | 4.06 terawatt-hours | +9.4% |
| 1979 | 3.49 terawatt-hours | -14.1% |
| 1980 | 4.2 terawatt-hours | +20.4% |
| 1981 | 3.66 terawatt-hours | -12.9% |
| 1982 | 3.9 terawatt-hours | +6.5% |
| 1983 | 3.59 terawatt-hours | -7.9% |
| 1984 | 3.71 terawatt-hours | +3.4% |
| 1985 | 3.9 terawatt-hours | +5.1% |
| 1986 | 4.22 terawatt-hours | +8.1% |
| 1987 | 3.56 terawatt-hours | -15.7% |
| 1988 | 3.67 terawatt-hours | +3.3% |
| 1989 | 4.02 terawatt-hours | +9.4% |
| 1990 | 3.5 terawatt-hours | -12.9% |
| 1991 | 3.33 terawatt-hours | -4.9% |
| 1992 | 3.8 terawatt-hours | +14.1% |
| 1993 | 3.95 terawatt-hours | +3.9% |
| 1994 | 3.97 terawatt-hours | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 4.02 terawatt-hours | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 4.16 terawatt-hours | +3.5% |
| 1997 | 2.41 terawatt-hours | -42.1% |
| 1998 | 3.81 terawatt-hours | +58.1% |
| 1999 | 3.83 terawatt-hours | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 3.93 terawatt-hours | +2.6% |
| 2001 | 3.98 terawatt-hours | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 3.91 terawatt-hours | -1.8% |
| 2003 | 4.02 terawatt-hours | +2.8% |
| 2004 | 3.82 terawatt-hours | -5.0% |
| 2005 | 4 terawatt-hours | +4.7% |
| 2006 | 3.47 terawatt-hours | -13.2% |
| 2007 | 4.2 terawatt-hours | +21.0% |
| 2008 | 4.17 terawatt-hours | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 4.25 terawatt-hours | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 3.97 terawatt-hours | -6.6% |
| 2011 | 4.14 terawatt-hours | +4.3% |
| 2012 | 3.91 terawatt-hours | -5.6% |
| 2013 | 2.89 terawatt-hours | -26.1% |
| 2014 | 4.09 terawatt-hours | +41.5% |
| 2015 | 4.08 terawatt-hours | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 3.96 terawatt-hours | -2.9% |
| 2017 | 3.4 terawatt-hours | -14.1% |
| 2018 | 3.51 terawatt-hours | +3.2% |
| 2019 | 3.91 terawatt-hours | +11.4% |
| 2020 | 4.09 terawatt-hours | +4.6% |
| 2021 | 3.83 terawatt-hours | -6.4% |
| 2022 | 4.16 terawatt-hours | +8.6% |
| 2023 | 3.99 terawatt-hours | -4.1% |
| 2024 | 3.57 terawatt-hours | -10.5% |
| 2025 | 3.99 terawatt-hours | +11.8% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Electricity generation from nuclear in Netherlands 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | +1025.0% | 0.028 terawatt-hours | 0.315 terawatt-hours |
| 1973 | +239.9% | 0.326 terawatt-hours | 1.11 terawatt-hours |
| 1974 | +195.8% | 1.11 terawatt-hours | 3.28 terawatt-hours |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0686 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0.315 terawatt-hours | 5 |
| 1970s | 2.4 terawatt-hours | 0.326 terawatt-hours | 4.06 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.84 terawatt-hours | 3.56 terawatt-hours | 4.22 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.68 terawatt-hours | 2.41 terawatt-hours | 4.16 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.98 terawatt-hours | 3.47 terawatt-hours | 4.25 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.79 terawatt-hours | 2.89 terawatt-hours | 4.14 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.94 terawatt-hours | 3.57 terawatt-hours | 4.16 terawatt-hours | 6 |
Countries ranked near Netherlands
- 28 Mexico 10.16 terawatt-hours compare
- 29 Iran 7.35 terawatt-hours compare
- 30 Slovenia 5.83 terawatt-hours compare
- 32 Taiwan 3.25 terawatt-hours compare
- 33 Armenia 2.62 terawatt-hours compare
- 34 Afghanistan 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Albania 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Algeria 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 American Samoa 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Angola 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Antigua and Barbuda 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Aruba 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Australia 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Austria 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Azerbaijan 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Bahamas 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Bahrain 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Bangladesh 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Barbados 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Belize 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Benin 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Bermuda 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Bhutan 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Bolivia 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Botswana 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 British Virgin Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Brunei 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Burkina Faso 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Burundi 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Cameroon 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Cape Verde 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Cayman Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Central African Republic 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Chad 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Chile 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Colombia 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Comoros 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Congo 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Cook Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Costa Rica 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Cote d'Ivoire 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Croatia 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Cuba 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Cyprus 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Democratic Republic of Congo 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Denmark 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Djibouti 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Dominica 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Dominican Republic 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 East Timor 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Ecuador 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Egypt 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Equatorial Guinea 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Eritrea 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Estonia 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Eswatini 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Ethiopia 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Falkland Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Faroe Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Fiji 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 French Polynesia 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Gabon 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Gambia 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Georgia 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Germany 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 34 Ghana 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Gibraltar 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Greece 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Greenland 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Grenada 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Guam 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Guatemala 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Guinea 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Guinea-Bissau 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Guyana 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Haiti 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Honduras 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Hong Kong 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Iceland 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Indonesia 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Iraq 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Ireland 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Israel 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Italy 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 34 Jamaica 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Jordan 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Kazakhstan 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 34 Kenya 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Kiribati 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Kuwait 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Kyrgyzstan 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Laos 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Latvia 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Lebanon 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Lesotho 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Liberia 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Libya 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Lithuania 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 34 Luxembourg 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Macao 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Madagascar 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Malawi 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Malaysia 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Maldives 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Mali 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Malta 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Mauritania 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Mauritius 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Moldova 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Mongolia 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Montenegro 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Montserrat 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Morocco 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Mozambique 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Myanmar 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Namibia 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Nauru 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Nepal 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 New Caledonia 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 New Zealand 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Nicaragua 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Niger 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Nigeria 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Niue 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 North Korea 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 North Macedonia 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Norway 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Oman 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Palestine 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Panama 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Papua New Guinea 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Paraguay 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Peru 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Philippines 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Poland 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Portugal 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Puerto Rico 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Qatar 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Rwanda 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Saint Helena 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Saint Lucia 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Samoa 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Sao Tome and Principe 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Saudi Arabia 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Senegal 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Serbia 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Seychelles 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Sierra Leone 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Singapore 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Solomon Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Somalia 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 South Sudan 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Sri Lanka 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Sudan 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Suriname 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Syria 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Tajikistan 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Tanzania 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Thailand 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Togo 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Tonga 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Trinidad and Tobago 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Tunisia 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Turkey 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Turkmenistan 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Uganda 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 United States Virgin Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Uruguay 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Uzbekistan 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Vanuatu 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Venezuela 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Vietnam 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Western Sahara 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Yemen 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Zambia 0 terawatt-hours
- 34 Zimbabwe 0 terawatt-hours
More energy & mining data for Netherlands
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate 0.4174 % change on previous year (2025)
- Coal consumption, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Coal consumption, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Coal production, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal production, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Fuel imports 16.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is electricity generation from nuclear in Netherlands?
- Electricity generation from nuclear in Netherlands was 3.99 terawatt-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 recorded in Netherlands?
- The highest recorded value was 4.25 terawatt-hours in 2009.
- What is the lowest electricity generation from nuclear recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 terawatt-hours in 1965.
- How does Netherlands rank for electricity generation from nuclear?
- Netherlands ranks 31st out of 209 countries with data for 2025.
- Is electricity generation from nuclear rising or falling in Netherlands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Netherlands 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. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Measured in terawatt-hours.