Primary energy from nuclear by country

Measured in terawatt-hours of total energy supply.

Countries reporting
36
Highest
2,503 terawatt-hours
United States
Lowest
0 terawatt-hours
Germany
Median
65.05 terawatt-hours
Years covered
61
1965–2025
Data points
10,754

What the numbers show

Primary energy from nuclear is currently reported for 36 countries. The highest value is 2,503 terawatt-hours in United States; the lowest is 0 terawatt-hours in Germany.

The median across all reporting countries is 65.05 terawatt-hours, and the mean is 251.37 terawatt-hours.

Over the past decade 15 countries rose and 16 fell. The largest increase was in Japan (up 1,979.0%), and the largest decrease in Germany (down 100.0%).

Primary energy from nuclear: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 United States 2,503 terawatt-hours 2025 down 1.6% volatile
2 China 1,470 terawatt-hours 2025 up 183.1% volatile
3 France 1,182 terawatt-hours 2025 down 10.8% volatile
4 Russia 662.5 terawatt-hours 2025 up 11.8% rising
5 South Korea 559.67 terawatt-hours 2025 up 12.1% volatile
6 USSR 435.75 terawatt-hours 1984 up 570.1% volatile
7 Japan 285.05 terawatt-hours 2025 up 1,979.0% volatile
8 Canada 257.05 terawatt-hours 2025 down 16.1% volatile
9 Spain 164.3 terawatt-hours 2025 down 5.4% volatile
10 Ukraine 163.94 terawatt-hours 2025 down 38.3% rising
11 India 163.08 terawatt-hours 2025 up 40.5% volatile
12 Sweden 141.34 terawatt-hours 2025 down 17.2% volatile
13 United Arab Emirates 118.34 terawatt-hours 2025 volatile
14 United Kingdom 108.64 terawatt-hours 2025 down 49.0% rising
15 Finland 99.4 terawatt-hours 2025 up 41.1% volatile
16 Czechia 97.17 terawatt-hours 2025 up 19.5% volatile
17 Belgium 71.89 terawatt-hours 2025 down 9.1% volatile
18 Pakistan 71.63 terawatt-hours 2025 up 449.1% volatile
19 Slovakia 58.47 terawatt-hours 2025 up 27.4% volatile
20 Switzerland 55.69 terawatt-hours 2025 down 21.0% rising
21 Belarus 51.52 terawatt-hours 2025 volatile
22 Hungary 48.78 terawatt-hours 2025 up 1.7% volatile
23 Brazil 47.87 terawatt-hours 2025 up 7.2% volatile
24 Bulgaria 46.47 terawatt-hours 2025 down 0.3% volatile
25 Romania 33.37 terawatt-hours 2025 down 5.4% volatile
26 Argentina 32.61 terawatt-hours 2025 up 52.9% volatile
27 South Africa 32.52 terawatt-hours 2025 down 12.3% volatile
28 Mexico 30.62 terawatt-hours 2025 down 16.3% volatile
29 Slovenia 17.68 terawatt-hours 2025 up 3.3% rising
30 Iran 16.33 terawatt-hours 2025 up 54.2% volatile
31 Netherlands 12.17 terawatt-hours 2025 down 1.5% rising
32 Taiwan 9.81 terawatt-hours 2025 down 91.1% volatile
33 Lithuania 0 terawatt-hours 2025 volatile
33 Kazakhstan 0 terawatt-hours 2025 volatile
33 Italy 0 terawatt-hours 2025 volatile
33 Germany 0 terawatt-hours 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
Primary energy from nuclear
Unit
terawatt-hours
Source
Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
221 places, 10,754 data points, 1965–2025
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Measured in terawatt-hours of total energy supply.