Primary energy from nuclear per person in Germany
Germany: Primary energy from nuclear per person was 0 kilowatt-hours per person in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Primary energy from nuclear per person in Germany, 1965–2025
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. Measured in kilowatt-hours per person.
Analysis
In 2025, primary energy from nuclear per person in Germany stood at 0 kilowatt-hours per person. That is the lowest value across all 61 years on record.
That represents a change of down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary energy from nuclear per person in Germany peaked at 6,336 kilowatt-hours per person in 2001 and was at its lowest, 0 kilowatt-hours per person, in 2024.
That places Germany 33rd out of 218 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.
Primary energy from nuclear per person in Germany, year by year
| Year | kilowatt-hours per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 4.67 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1966 | 10.48 kilowatt-hours per person | +124.6% |
| 1967 | 48.23 kilowatt-hours per person | +360.1% |
| 1968 | 69.21 kilowatt-hours per person | +43.5% |
| 1969 | 191.94 kilowatt-hours per person | +177.3% |
| 1970 | 251.63 kilowatt-hours per person | +31.1% |
| 1971 | 240.43 kilowatt-hours per person | -4.5% |
| 1972 | 366.55 kilowatt-hours per person | +52.5% |
| 1973 | 464.56 kilowatt-hours per person | +26.7% |
| 1974 | 554.64 kilowatt-hours per person | +19.4% |
| 1975 | 929.4 kilowatt-hours per person | +67.6% |
| 1976 | 1,142 kilowatt-hours per person | +22.9% |
| 1977 | 1,599 kilowatt-hours per person | +40.0% |
| 1978 | 1,702 kilowatt-hours per person | +6.4% |
| 1979 | 2,019 kilowatt-hours per person | +18.6% |
| 1980 | 2,151 kilowatt-hours per person | +6.5% |
| 1981 | 2,531 kilowatt-hours per person | +17.7% |
| 1982 | 2,877 kilowatt-hours per person | +13.6% |
| 1983 | 3,024 kilowatt-hours per person | +5.1% |
| 1984 | 4,053 kilowatt-hours per person | +34.0% |
| 1985 | 5,396 kilowatt-hours per person | +33.1% |
| 1986 | 5,074 kilowatt-hours per person | -6.0% |
| 1987 | 5,502 kilowatt-hours per person | +8.4% |
| 1988 | 6,062 kilowatt-hours per person | +10.2% |
| 1989 | 6,201 kilowatt-hours per person | +2.3% |
| 1990 | 5,798 kilowatt-hours per person | -6.5% |
| 1991 | 5,562 kilowatt-hours per person | -4.1% |
| 1992 | 5,946 kilowatt-hours per person | +6.9% |
| 1993 | 5,708 kilowatt-hours per person | -4.0% |
| 1994 | 5,603 kilowatt-hours per person | -1.8% |
| 1995 | 5,693 kilowatt-hours per person | +1.6% |
| 1996 | 5,953 kilowatt-hours per person | +4.6% |
| 1997 | 6,265 kilowatt-hours per person | +5.2% |
| 1998 | 5,971 kilowatt-hours per person | -4.7% |
| 1999 | 6,307 kilowatt-hours per person | +5.6% |
| 2000 | 6,283 kilowatt-hours per person | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 6,336 kilowatt-hours per person | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 6,087 kilowatt-hours per person | -3.9% |
| 2003 | 6,091 kilowatt-hours per person | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 6,167 kilowatt-hours per person | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 6,022 kilowatt-hours per person | -2.4% |
| 2006 | 6,207 kilowatt-hours per person | +3.1% |
| 2007 | 5,238 kilowatt-hours per person | -15.6% |
| 2008 | 5,558 kilowatt-hours per person | +6.1% |
| 2009 | 5,052 kilowatt-hours per person | -9.1% |
| 2010 | 5,269 kilowatt-hours per person | +4.3% |
| 2011 | 4,046 kilowatt-hours per person | -23.2% |
| 2012 | 3,725 kilowatt-hours per person | -7.9% |
| 2013 | 3,638 kilowatt-hours per person | -2.3% |
| 2014 | 3,617 kilowatt-hours per person | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 3,389 kilowatt-hours per person | -6.3% |
| 2016 | 3,099 kilowatt-hours per person | -8.6% |
| 2017 | 2,783 kilowatt-hours per person | -10.2% |
| 2018 | 2,763 kilowatt-hours per person | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 2,722 kilowatt-hours per person | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 2,333 kilowatt-hours per person | -14.3% |
| 2021 | 2,503 kilowatt-hours per person | +7.3% |
| 2022 | 1,251 kilowatt-hours per person | -50.0% |
| 2023 | 258.62 kilowatt-hours per person | -79.3% |
| 2024 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | -100.0% |
| 2025 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Primary energy from nuclear per person in Germany 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | +360.1% | 10.48 kilowatt-hours per person | 48.23 kilowatt-hours per person |
| 1969 | +177.3% | 69.21 kilowatt-hours per person | 191.94 kilowatt-hours per person |
| 1966 | +124.6% | 4.67 kilowatt-hours per person | 10.48 kilowatt-hours per person |
| 2024 | -100.0% | 258.62 kilowatt-hours per person | 0 kilowatt-hours per person |
| 2023 | -79.3% | 1,251 kilowatt-hours per person | 258.62 kilowatt-hours per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 64.91 kilowatt-hours per person | 4.67 kilowatt-hours per person | 191.94 kilowatt-hours per person | 5 |
| 1970s | 926.9 kilowatt-hours per person | 240.43 kilowatt-hours per person | 2,019 kilowatt-hours per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,287 kilowatt-hours per person | 2,151 kilowatt-hours per person | 6,201 kilowatt-hours per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,881 kilowatt-hours per person | 5,562 kilowatt-hours per person | 6,307 kilowatt-hours per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,904 kilowatt-hours per person | 5,052 kilowatt-hours per person | 6,336 kilowatt-hours per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,505 kilowatt-hours per person | 2,722 kilowatt-hours per person | 5,269 kilowatt-hours per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,058 kilowatt-hours per person | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 2,503 kilowatt-hours per person | 6 |
Countries ranked near Germany
- 30 Brazil 224.94 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 31 Iran 176.68 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 32 India 111.4 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 33 Afghanistan 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Albania 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Algeria 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 American Samoa 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Angola 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Antigua and Barbuda 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Aruba 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Australia 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Austria 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Azerbaijan 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Bahamas 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Bahrain 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Bangladesh 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Barbados 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Belize 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Benin 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Bermuda 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Bhutan 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Bolivia 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Botswana 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 British Virgin Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Brunei 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Burkina Faso 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Burundi 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Cambodia 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Cameroon 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Cape Verde 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Cayman Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Central African Republic 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Chad 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Chile 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Colombia 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Comoros 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Congo 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Cook Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Costa Rica 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Cote d'Ivoire 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Croatia 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Cuba 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Curacao 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Cyprus 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Democratic Republic of Congo 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Denmark 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Djibouti 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Dominica 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Dominican Republic 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 East Timor 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Ecuador 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Egypt 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 El Salvador 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Equatorial Guinea 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Eritrea 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Estonia 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Eswatini 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Ethiopia 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Falkland Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Faroe Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Fiji 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 French Guiana 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 French Polynesia 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Gabon 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Gambia 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Georgia 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Ghana 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Greece 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Greenland 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Grenada 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Guadeloupe 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Guam 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Guatemala 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Guinea 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Guinea-Bissau 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Guyana 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Haiti 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Honduras 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Hong Kong 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Iceland 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Indonesia 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Iraq 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Ireland 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Israel 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Italy 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 33 Jamaica 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Jordan 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Kazakhstan 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 33 Kenya 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Kiribati 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Kuwait 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Kyrgyzstan 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Laos 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Latvia 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Lebanon 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Lesotho 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Liberia 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Libya 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Lithuania 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 33 Luxembourg 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Macao 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Madagascar 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Malawi 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Malaysia 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Maldives 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Mali 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Malta 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Martinique 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Mauritania 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Mauritius 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Micronesia (country) 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Moldova 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Mongolia 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Montenegro 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Montserrat 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Morocco 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Mozambique 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Myanmar 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Namibia 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Nauru 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Nepal 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Netherlands Antilles 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 New Caledonia 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 New Zealand 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Nicaragua 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Niger 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Nigeria 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Niue 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 North Korea 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 North Macedonia 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Northern Mariana Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Norway 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Oman 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Palestine 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Panama 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Papua New Guinea 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Paraguay 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Peru 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Philippines 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Poland 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Portugal 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Puerto Rico 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Qatar 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Reunion 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Rwanda 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Saint Helena 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Saint Lucia 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Samoa 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Sao Tome and Principe 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Saudi Arabia 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Senegal 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Serbia 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Seychelles 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Sierra Leone 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Singapore 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Solomon Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Somalia 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 South Sudan 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Sri Lanka 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Sudan 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Suriname 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Syria 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Tajikistan 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Tanzania 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Thailand 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Togo 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Tonga 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Trinidad and Tobago 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Tunisia 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Turkey 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Turkmenistan 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Tuvalu 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Uganda 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 United States Virgin Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Uruguay 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Uzbekistan 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Vanuatu 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Venezuela 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Vietnam 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Western Sahara 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Yemen 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Zambia 0 kilowatt-hours per person
- 33 Zimbabwe 0 kilowatt-hours per person
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Frequently asked questions
- What is primary energy from nuclear per person in Germany?
- Primary energy from nuclear per person in Germany was 0 kilowatt-hours per person in 2025, according to Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest primary energy from nuclear per person recorded in Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 6,336 kilowatt-hours per person in 2001.
- What is the lowest primary energy from nuclear per person recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 kilowatt-hours per person in 2024.
- How does Germany rank for primary energy from nuclear per person?
- Germany ranks 33rd out of 218 countries with data for 2025.
- Is primary energy from nuclear per person rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Germany data come from?
- The figures come from Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Primary energy from nuclear per person. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Measured in kilowatt-hours of total energy supply per person.