Primary energy from nuclear per person by country

Measured in kilowatt-hours of total energy supply per person.

Countries reporting
36
Highest
17,734 kilowatt-hours per person
France
Lowest
0 kilowatt-hours per person
Germany
Median
2,873 kilowatt-hours per person
Years covered
61
1965–2025
Data points
10,573

What the numbers show

Primary energy from nuclear per person is currently reported for 36 countries. The highest value is 17,734 kilowatt-hours per person in France; the lowest is 0 kilowatt-hours per person in Germany.

The median across all reporting countries is 2,873 kilowatt-hours per person, and the mean is 4,600 kilowatt-hours per person.

Over the past decade 16 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in Japan (up 2,049.5%), and the largest decrease in Germany (down 100.0%).

Primary energy from nuclear per person: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 France 17,734 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 13.2% volatile
2 Finland 17,677 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 37.5% volatile
3 Sweden 13,263 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 23.9% volatile
4 South Korea 10,832 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 10.6% volatile
5 Slovakia 10,679 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 26.1% volatile
6 United Arab Emirates 10,430 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 volatile
7 Czechia 9,159 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 18.5% volatile
8 Slovenia 8,352 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 0.5% rising
9 United States 7,208 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 7.6% rising
10 Bulgaria 6,920 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 6.6% volatile
11 Canada 6,406 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 24.8% rising
12 Switzerland 6,211 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 27.0% rising
13 Belgium 6,114 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 12.9% volatile
14 Belarus 5,725 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 volatile
15 Hungary 5,064 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 3.8% volatile
16 Russia 4,601 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 12.9% rising
17 Ukraine 4,206 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 27.5% rising
18 Spain 3,431 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 7.8% volatile
19 Japan 2,315 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 2,049.5% volatile
20 Romania 1,765 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 0.6% volatile
21 USSR 1,583 kilowatt-hours per person 1984 up 511.0% volatile
22 United Kingdom 1,562 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 52.1% rising
23 China 1,038 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 179.1% volatile
24 Argentina 711.16 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 45.0% volatile
25 Netherlands 663.54 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 8.1% rising
26 South Africa 502.3 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 23.2% volatile
27 Taiwan 424.46 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 91.0% volatile
28 Pakistan 280.67 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 367.5% volatile
29 Mexico 232.07 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 23.2% volatile
30 Brazil 224.94 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 1.6% volatile
31 Iran 176.68 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 37.8% volatile
32 India 111.4 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 27.4% volatile
33 Lithuania 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 volatile
33 Kazakhstan 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 volatile
33 Italy 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 volatile
33 Germany 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 100.0% volatile

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About this data

Indicator
Primary energy from nuclear per person
Unit
kilowatt-hours per person
Source
Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
218 places, 10,573 data points, 1965–2025
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Measured in kilowatt-hours of total energy supply per person.