Primary energy from nuclear in Iran
Iran: Primary energy from nuclear was 16.33 terawatt-hours in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2025)
16.33 terawatt-hours
Change on year
down 23.4%
World rank
30th
of 219 countries
All-time high
21.32 terawatt-hours
in 2024
All-time low
0 terawatt-hours
in 1965
Years of data
61
1965–2025
Primary energy from nuclear in Iran, 1965–2025
Source: Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in terawatt-hours.
Analysis
Iran recorded 16.33 terawatt-hours for primary energy from nuclear in 2025.
The figure is down 23.4% on the previous year and up 54.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary energy from nuclear in Iran peaked at 21.32 terawatt-hours in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0 terawatt-hours, in 1965.
Iran ranks 30th of 219 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 in Iran, year by year
| Year | terawatt-hours | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1966 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1967 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1968 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1969 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1970 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1971 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1972 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1973 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1974 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1975 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1976 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1977 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1978 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1979 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1980 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1981 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1982 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1983 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1984 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1985 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1986 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1987 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1988 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1989 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1990 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1991 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1992 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1993 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1994 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1995 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1996 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1997 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1998 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1999 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2000 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2001 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2002 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2003 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2004 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2005 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2006 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2007 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2008 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2009 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2010 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2011 | 0.3245 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2012 | 4.4 terawatt-hours | +1255.7% |
| 2013 | 12.9 terawatt-hours | +193.1% |
| 2014 | 12.33 terawatt-hours | -4.4% |
| 2015 | 10.59 terawatt-hours | -14.1% |
| 2016 | 19.62 terawatt-hours | +85.2% |
| 2017 | 21.08 terawatt-hours | +7.5% |
| 2018 | 20.86 terawatt-hours | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 19.43 terawatt-hours | -6.9% |
| 2020 | 19.18 terawatt-hours | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 10.72 terawatt-hours | -44.1% |
| 2022 | 19.9 terawatt-hours | +85.7% |
| 2023 | 20.11 terawatt-hours | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 21.32 terawatt-hours | +6.1% |
| 2025 | 16.33 terawatt-hours | -23.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Primary energy from nuclear 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 | +1255.7% | 0.3245 terawatt-hours | 4.4 terawatt-hours |
| 2013 | +193.1% | 4.4 terawatt-hours | 12.9 terawatt-hours |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 5 |
| 1970s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1980s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1990s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 2000s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.15 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 21.08 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.93 terawatt-hours | 10.72 terawatt-hours | 21.32 terawatt-hours | 6 |
Countries ranked near Iran
- 27 South Africa 32.52 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Mexico 30.62 terawatt-hours compare
- 29 Slovenia 17.68 terawatt-hours compare
- 31 Netherlands 12.17 terawatt-hours compare
- 32 Taiwan 9.81 terawatt-hours compare
- 33 Afghanistan 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Albania 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Algeria 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 American Samoa 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Angola 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Antarctica 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Antigua and Barbuda 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Aruba 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Australia 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Austria 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Azerbaijan 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Bahamas 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Bahrain 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Bangladesh 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Barbados 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Belize 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Benin 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Bermuda 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Bhutan 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Bolivia 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Botswana 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 British Virgin Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Brunei 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Burkina Faso 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Burundi 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Cambodia 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Cameroon 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Cape Verde 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Cayman Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Central African Republic 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Chad 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Chile 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Colombia 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Comoros 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Congo 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Cook Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Costa Rica 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Cote d'Ivoire 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Croatia 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Cuba 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Curacao 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Cyprus 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Democratic Republic of Congo 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Denmark 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Djibouti 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Dominica 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Dominican Republic 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 East Timor 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Ecuador 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Egypt 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 El Salvador 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Equatorial Guinea 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Eritrea 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Estonia 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Eswatini 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Ethiopia 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Falkland Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Faroe Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Fiji 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 French Guiana 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 French Polynesia 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Gabon 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Gambia 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Georgia 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Germany 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 33 Ghana 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Greece 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Greenland 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Grenada 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Guadeloupe 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Guam 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Guatemala 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Guinea 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Guinea-Bissau 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Guyana 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Haiti 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Honduras 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Hong Kong 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Iceland 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Indonesia 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Iraq 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Ireland 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Israel 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Italy 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 33 Jamaica 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Jordan 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Kazakhstan 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 33 Kenya 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Kiribati 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Kuwait 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Kyrgyzstan 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Laos 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Latvia 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Lebanon 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Lesotho 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Liberia 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Libya 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Lithuania 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 33 Luxembourg 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Macao 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Madagascar 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Malawi 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Malaysia 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Maldives 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Mali 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Malta 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Martinique 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Mauritania 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Mauritius 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Micronesia (country) 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Moldova 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Mongolia 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Montenegro 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Montserrat 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Morocco 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Mozambique 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Myanmar 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Namibia 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Nauru 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Nepal 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Netherlands Antilles 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 New Caledonia 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 New Zealand 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Nicaragua 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Niger 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Nigeria 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Niue 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 North Korea 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 North Macedonia 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Northern Mariana Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Norway 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Oman 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Palestine 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Panama 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Papua New Guinea 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Paraguay 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Peru 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Philippines 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Poland 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Portugal 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Puerto Rico 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Qatar 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Reunion 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Rwanda 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Saint Helena 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Saint Lucia 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Samoa 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Sao Tome and Principe 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Saudi Arabia 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Senegal 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Serbia 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Seychelles 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Sierra Leone 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Singapore 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Solomon Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Somalia 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 South Sudan 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Sri Lanka 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Sudan 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Suriname 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Syria 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Tajikistan 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Tanzania 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Thailand 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Togo 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Tonga 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Trinidad and Tobago 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Tunisia 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Turkey 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Turkmenistan 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Tuvalu 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Uganda 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 United States Virgin Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Uruguay 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Uzbekistan 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Vanuatu 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Venezuela 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Vietnam 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Western Sahara 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Yemen 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Zambia 0 terawatt-hours
- 33 Zimbabwe 0 terawatt-hours
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 in Iran?
- Primary energy from nuclear in Iran was 16.33 terawatt-hours in 2025, according to Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest primary energy from nuclear recorded in Iran?
- The highest recorded value was 21.32 terawatt-hours in 2024.
- What is the lowest primary energy from nuclear recorded in Iran?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 terawatt-hours in 1965.
- How does Iran rank for primary energy from nuclear?
- Iran ranks 30th out of 219 countries with data for 2025.
- Is primary energy from nuclear rising or falling in Iran?
- Over the last ten years it is up 54.2%. 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) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Primary energy from nuclear. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Measured in terawatt-hours of total energy supply.