Share of primary energy from nuclear in India
India: Share of primary energy from nuclear was 1.5% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of primary energy from nuclear in India, 1965–2025
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. Measured in %.
Analysis
India recorded 1.5% for share of primary energy from nuclear in 2025.
The figure is down 2.3% on the previous year and down 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of primary energy from nuclear in India peaked at 1.6% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 1965.
India ranks 28th of 216 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 61 years of available data.
Share of primary energy from nuclear in India, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 0.0% | — |
| 1966 | 0.0% | — |
| 1967 | 0.0% | — |
| 1968 | 0.0% | — |
| 1969 | 0.3% | — |
| 1970 | 0.6% | +85.6% |
| 1971 | 0.4% | -28.2% |
| 1972 | 0.4% | -10.3% |
| 1973 | 0.8% | +107.8% |
| 1974 | 0.6% | -13.8% |
| 1975 | 0.7% | +11.8% |
| 1976 | 0.9% | +18.1% |
| 1977 | 0.6% | -33.9% |
| 1978 | 0.7% | +19.6% |
| 1979 | 0.7% | -2.6% |
| 1980 | 0.7% | +1.2% |
| 1981 | 0.6% | -9.4% |
| 1982 | 0.5% | -12.9% |
| 1983 | 0.7% | +34.7% |
| 1984 | 0.9% | +23.3% |
| 1985 | 0.9% | +5.0% |
| 1986 | 1.0% | +3.7% |
| 1987 | 0.9% | -1.1% |
| 1988 | 1.0% | +5.1% |
| 1989 | 0.6% | -39.2% |
| 1990 | 0.9% | +47.9% |
| 1991 | 0.7% | -19.5% |
| 1992 | 0.8% | +11.8% |
| 1993 | 0.8% | -5.2% |
| 1994 | 0.6% | -24.3% |
| 1995 | 0.8% | +42.3% |
| 1996 | 0.9% | +5.4% |
| 1997 | 1.0% | +13.4% |
| 1998 | 1.0% | +7.0% |
| 1999 | 1.1% | +8.7% |
| 2000 | 1.3% | +17.3% |
| 2001 | 1.6% | +18.9% |
| 2002 | 1.6% | -1.3% |
| 2003 | 1.4% | -9.6% |
| 2004 | 1.5% | +9.2% |
| 2005 | 1.2% | -21.5% |
| 2006 | 1.2% | -5.1% |
| 2007 | 1.1% | -6.8% |
| 2008 | 0.9% | -19.7% |
| 2009 | 0.9% | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 1.2% | +31.5% |
| 2011 | 1.5% | +33.1% |
| 2012 | 1.5% | -2.9% |
| 2013 | 1.5% | -2.3% |
| 2014 | 1.4% | -2.5% |
| 2015 | 1.5% | +6.8% |
| 2016 | 1.4% | -5.5% |
| 2017 | 1.4% | -4.5% |
| 2018 | 1.4% | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 1.5% | +13.5% |
| 2020 | 1.6% | +4.8% |
| 2021 | 1.5% | -9.5% |
| 2022 | 1.5% | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 1.4% | -3.4% |
| 2024 | 1.5% | +8.3% |
| 2025 | 1.5% | -2.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of primary energy from nuclear in India 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | +107.8% | 0.4% | 0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.3% | 5 |
| 1970s | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.9% | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.8% | 0.5% | 1.0% | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.9% | 0.6% | 1.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.3% | 0.9% | 1.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.4% | 1.2% | 1.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.5% | 1.4% | 1.6% | 6 |
Countries ranked near India
More energy & mining data for India
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate 0.7224 % 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 (2025)
- Coal production, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Fuel imports 31.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of primary energy from nuclear in India?
- Share of primary energy from nuclear in India was 1.5% in 2025, according to Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017); U.S. Energy Information Administration (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of primary energy from nuclear recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 1.6% in 2020.
- What is the lowest share of primary energy from nuclear recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 1965.
- How does India rank for share of primary energy from nuclear?
- India ranks 28th out of 216 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of primary energy from nuclear rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India data come from?
- The figures come from Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017); U.S. Energy Information Administration (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of primary energy from nuclear. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Measured as a percentage of total energy supply.