Share of primary energy from nuclear by country

Measured as a percentage of total energy supply.

Countries reporting
36
Highest
47.1%
France
Lowest
0.0%
Germany
Median
7.9%
Years covered
61
1965–2025
Data points
10,361

What the numbers show

Share of primary energy from nuclear is currently reported for 36 countries. The highest value is 47.1% in France; the lowest is 0.0% in Germany.

The median across all reporting countries is 7.9%, and the mean is 11.7%.

Over the past decade 16 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in Japan (up 2,265.7%), and the largest decrease in Germany (down 100.0%).

Share of primary energy from nuclear: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 France 47.1% 2025 up 2.3% volatile
2 Finland 33.5% 2025 up 46.4% volatile
3 Slovakia 32.5% 2025 up 28.9% volatile
4 Sweden 30.8% 2025 down 12.0% volatile
5 Slovenia 25.7% 2025 up 5.4% rising
6 Ukraine 24.8% 2025 down 3.9% rising
7 Bulgaria 24.0% 2025 up 11.9% volatile
8 Czechia 23.1% 2025 up 34.8% volatile
9 Switzerland 22.8% 2025 down 9.4% rising
10 Hungary 19.2% 2025 up 2.6% volatile
11 Belarus 16.4% 2025 volatile
12 South Korea 15.5% 2025 up 5.1% volatile
13 Belgium 11.8% 2025 down 2.9% volatile
14 Spain 11.4% 2025 down 5.4% volatile
15 Romania 10.5% 2025 up 2.4% volatile
16 United States 9.6% 2025 down 4.0% rising
17 Pakistan 8.3% 2025 up 389.8% volatile
18 United Arab Emirates 8.1% 2025 volatile
19 Canada 7.7% 2025 down 15.7% rising
20 Russia 7.6% 2025 down 0.1% rising
21 Japan 6.2% 2025 up 2,265.7% volatile
22 United Kingdom 6.2% 2025 down 35.3% rising
23 Argentina 3.7% 2025 up 60.8% volatile
24 China 3.3% 2025 up 106.7% volatile
25 USSR 3.0% 1984 up 384.5% volatile
26 South Africa 2.3% 2025 down 11.5% volatile
27 Brazil 1.5% 2025 down 0.4% volatile
28 India 1.5% 2025 down 1.5% rising
29 Mexico 1.4% 2025 down 15.9% volatile
30 Netherlands 1.4% 2025 up 13.5% rising
31 Taiwan 0.8% 2025 down 90.0% volatile
32 Iran 0.4% 2025 up 14.6% volatile
33 Lithuania 0.0% 2025 volatile
33 Kazakhstan 0.0% 2025 volatile
33 Italy 0.0% 2025 volatile
33 Germany 0.0% 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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About this data

Indicator
Share of primary energy from nuclear
Unit
%
Source
Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017); U.S. Energy Information Administration (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
218 places, 10,361 data points, 1965–2025
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Measured as a percentage of total energy supply.