Primary energy from nuclear per person in Iran
Iran: Primary energy from nuclear per person was 176.68 kilowatt-hours per person in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2025)
176.68 kilowatt-hours per person
Change on year
down 24.1%
World rank
31st
of 218 countries
All-time high
247.97 kilowatt-hours per person
in 2017
All-time low
0 kilowatt-hours per person
in 1965
Years of data
61
1965–2025
Primary energy from nuclear per person in Iran, 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 Iran stood at 176.68 kilowatt-hours per person.
The figure is down 24.1% on the previous year and up 37.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary energy from nuclear per person in Iran peaked at 247.97 kilowatt-hours per person in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0 kilowatt-hours per person, in 1965.
Iran ranks 31st of 218 countries on this measure, 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 Iran, year by year
| Year | kilowatt-hours per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1966 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1967 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1968 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1969 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1970 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1971 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1972 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1973 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1974 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1975 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1976 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1977 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1978 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1979 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1980 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1981 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1982 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1983 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1984 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1985 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1986 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1987 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1988 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1989 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1990 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1991 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1992 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1993 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1994 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1995 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1996 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1997 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1998 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1999 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 2000 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 2001 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 2002 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 2003 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 2004 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 2005 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 2006 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 2007 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 2008 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 2009 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 2010 | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 2011 | 4.14 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 2012 | 55.42 kilowatt-hours per person | +1238.8% |
| 2013 | 160.36 kilowatt-hours per person | +189.3% |
| 2014 | 151.31 kilowatt-hours per person | -5.6% |
| 2015 | 128.2 kilowatt-hours per person | -15.3% |
| 2016 | 234.08 kilowatt-hours per person | +82.6% |
| 2017 | 247.97 kilowatt-hours per person | +5.9% |
| 2018 | 242.28 kilowatt-hours per person | -2.3% |
| 2019 | 223.16 kilowatt-hours per person | -7.9% |
| 2020 | 218.67 kilowatt-hours per person | -2.0% |
| 2021 | 121.16 kilowatt-hours per person | -44.6% |
| 2022 | 222.26 kilowatt-hours per person | +83.4% |
| 2023 | 221.91 kilowatt-hours per person | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 232.88 kilowatt-hours per person | +4.9% |
| 2025 | 176.68 kilowatt-hours per person | -24.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Primary energy from nuclear per person in Iran 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +1238.8% | 4.14 kilowatt-hours per person | 55.42 kilowatt-hours per person |
| 2013 | +189.3% | 55.42 kilowatt-hours per person | 160.36 kilowatt-hours per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 5 |
| 1970s | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 144.69 kilowatt-hours per person | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 247.97 kilowatt-hours per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 198.93 kilowatt-hours per person | 121.16 kilowatt-hours per person | 232.88 kilowatt-hours per person | 6 |
Countries ranked near Iran
- 28 Pakistan 280.67 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 29 Mexico 232.07 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 30 Brazil 224.94 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 Germany 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
- 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
More energy & mining data for Iran
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate 0.5768 % 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 (2024)
- Coal production, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Fuel imports 2.0% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary energy from nuclear per person in Iran?
- Primary energy from nuclear per person in Iran was 176.68 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 Iran?
- The highest recorded value was 247.97 kilowatt-hours per person in 2017.
- What is the lowest primary energy from nuclear per person recorded in Iran?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 kilowatt-hours per person in 1965.
- How does Iran rank for primary energy from nuclear per person?
- Iran ranks 31st out of 218 countries with data for 2025.
- Is primary energy from nuclear per person rising or falling in Iran?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Iran 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.