Electricity generation from nuclear in Taiwan
Taiwan: Electricity generation from nuclear was 3.25 terawatt-hours in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2025)
3.25 terawatt-hours
Change on year
down 73.3%
World rank
32nd
of 209 countries
All-time high
42.39 terawatt-hours
in 2014
All-time low
0 terawatt-hours
in 1965
Years of data
61
1965–2025
Electricity generation from nuclear in Taiwan, 1965–2025
Source: Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in terawatt-hours.
Analysis
In 2025, electricity generation from nuclear in Taiwan stood at 3.25 terawatt-hours.
That represents a change of down 73.3% on the previous year and down 91.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, electricity generation from nuclear in Taiwan peaked at 42.39 terawatt-hours in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0 terawatt-hours, in 1965.
That places Taiwan 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 in Taiwan, year by year
| Year | terawatt-hours | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1966 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1967 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1968 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1969 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1970 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1971 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1972 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1973 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1974 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1975 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1976 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1977 | 0.099 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1978 | 2.67 terawatt-hours | +2597.0% |
| 1979 | 6.33 terawatt-hours | +137.0% |
| 1980 | 8.2 terawatt-hours | +29.5% |
| 1981 | 10.67 terawatt-hours | +30.1% |
| 1982 | 13.08 terawatt-hours | +22.6% |
| 1983 | 18.9 terawatt-hours | +44.5% |
| 1984 | 24.59 terawatt-hours | +30.1% |
| 1985 | 28.73 terawatt-hours | +16.8% |
| 1986 | 26.94 terawatt-hours | -6.2% |
| 1987 | 33.13 terawatt-hours | +23.0% |
| 1988 | 30.65 terawatt-hours | -7.5% |
| 1989 | 28.28 terawatt-hours | -7.7% |
| 1990 | 32.87 terawatt-hours | +16.2% |
| 1991 | 35.29 terawatt-hours | +7.4% |
| 1992 | 33.84 terawatt-hours | -4.1% |
| 1993 | 34.35 terawatt-hours | +1.5% |
| 1994 | 34.87 terawatt-hours | +1.5% |
| 1995 | 35.32 terawatt-hours | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 37.79 terawatt-hours | +7.0% |
| 1997 | 36.27 terawatt-hours | -4.0% |
| 1998 | 36.87 terawatt-hours | +1.6% |
| 1999 | 38.01 terawatt-hours | +3.1% |
| 2000 | 38.5 terawatt-hours | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 35.49 terawatt-hours | -7.8% |
| 2002 | 39.55 terawatt-hours | +11.4% |
| 2003 | 38.89 terawatt-hours | -1.7% |
| 2004 | 39.49 terawatt-hours | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 39.97 terawatt-hours | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 39.87 terawatt-hours | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 40.54 terawatt-hours | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 40.83 terawatt-hours | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 41.57 terawatt-hours | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 41.63 terawatt-hours | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 42.12 terawatt-hours | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 40.42 terawatt-hours | -4.0% |
| 2013 | 41.64 terawatt-hours | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 42.39 terawatt-hours | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 36.47 terawatt-hours | -14.0% |
| 2016 | 31.66 terawatt-hours | -13.2% |
| 2017 | 22.45 terawatt-hours | -29.1% |
| 2018 | 27.68 terawatt-hours | +23.3% |
| 2019 | 32.32 terawatt-hours | +16.8% |
| 2020 | 31.44 terawatt-hours | -2.7% |
| 2021 | 27.79 terawatt-hours | -11.6% |
| 2022 | 23.75 terawatt-hours | -14.5% |
| 2023 | 17.8 terawatt-hours | -25.1% |
| 2024 | 12.18 terawatt-hours | -31.6% |
| 2025 | 3.25 terawatt-hours | -73.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Electricity generation from nuclear in Taiwan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | +2597.0% | 0.099 terawatt-hours | 2.67 terawatt-hours |
| 1979 | +137.0% | 2.67 terawatt-hours | 6.33 terawatt-hours |
| 2025 | -73.3% | 12.18 terawatt-hours | 3.25 terawatt-hours |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 5 |
| 1970s | 0.9098 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 6.33 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1980s | 22.32 terawatt-hours | 8.2 terawatt-hours | 33.13 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1990s | 35.55 terawatt-hours | 32.87 terawatt-hours | 38.01 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 2000s | 39.47 terawatt-hours | 35.49 terawatt-hours | 41.57 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 2010s | 35.88 terawatt-hours | 22.45 terawatt-hours | 42.39 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 2020s | 19.37 terawatt-hours | 3.25 terawatt-hours | 31.44 terawatt-hours | 6 |
Countries ranked near Taiwan
- 29 Iran 7.35 terawatt-hours compare
- 30 Slovenia 5.83 terawatt-hours compare
- 31 Netherlands 3.99 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 Taiwan
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate -1.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gas production 0.6225 terawatt-hours (2024)
- Fossil fuel production per person, by fuel 26.82 kilowatt-hours per person (2024)
- Fossil fuel production by fuel 0.6225 terawatt-hours (2024)
- Gas production per person 26.82 kilowatt-hours per person (2024)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate -1.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Fossil fuel consumption, annual growth rate 0.5874 % change on previous year (2025)
- Annual change in primary energy use, annual growth rate 19.69 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate -1.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Oil consumption, annual growth rate 2.28 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is electricity generation from nuclear in Taiwan?
- Electricity generation from nuclear in Taiwan was 3.25 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 Taiwan?
- The highest recorded value was 42.39 terawatt-hours in 2014.
- What is the lowest electricity generation from nuclear recorded in Taiwan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 terawatt-hours in 1965.
- How does Taiwan rank for electricity generation from nuclear?
- Taiwan ranks 32nd out of 209 countries with data for 2025.
- Is electricity generation from nuclear rising or falling in Taiwan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 91.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Taiwan 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.