Primary energy from nuclear in Netherlands
Netherlands: Primary energy from nuclear was 12.17 terawatt-hours in 2025. ▲ Rising
Primary energy from nuclear in Netherlands, 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
The most recent figure for primary energy from nuclear in Netherlands is 12.17 terawatt-hours, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of up 12.4% on the previous year and down 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary energy from nuclear in Netherlands peaked at 12.87 terawatt-hours in 2009 and was at its lowest, 0 terawatt-hours, in 1965.
That places Netherlands 31st out of 219 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 61 years of available data.
Primary energy from nuclear in Netherlands, year by year
| Year | terawatt-hours | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1966 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1967 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1968 | 0.0848 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1969 | 0.9545 terawatt-hours | +1025.0% |
| 1970 | 1.12 terawatt-hours | +16.8% |
| 1971 | 1.23 terawatt-hours | +10.1% |
| 1972 | 0.9879 terawatt-hours | -19.5% |
| 1973 | 3.36 terawatt-hours | +239.9% |
| 1974 | 9.93 terawatt-hours | +195.8% |
| 1975 | 10.11 terawatt-hours | +1.8% |
| 1976 | 11.73 terawatt-hours | +16.1% |
| 1977 | 11.24 terawatt-hours | -4.2% |
| 1978 | 12.3 terawatt-hours | +9.4% |
| 1979 | 10.57 terawatt-hours | -14.1% |
| 1980 | 12.73 terawatt-hours | +20.4% |
| 1981 | 11.08 terawatt-hours | -12.9% |
| 1982 | 11.81 terawatt-hours | +6.5% |
| 1983 | 10.88 terawatt-hours | -7.9% |
| 1984 | 11.25 terawatt-hours | +3.4% |
| 1985 | 11.82 terawatt-hours | +5.1% |
| 1986 | 12.78 terawatt-hours | +8.1% |
| 1987 | 10.78 terawatt-hours | -15.7% |
| 1988 | 11.14 terawatt-hours | +3.3% |
| 1989 | 12.18 terawatt-hours | +9.4% |
| 1990 | 10.61 terawatt-hours | -12.9% |
| 1991 | 10.09 terawatt-hours | -4.9% |
| 1992 | 11.52 terawatt-hours | +14.1% |
| 1993 | 11.96 terawatt-hours | +3.9% |
| 1994 | 12.02 terawatt-hours | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 12.18 terawatt-hours | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 12.61 terawatt-hours | +3.5% |
| 1997 | 7.3 terawatt-hours | -42.1% |
| 1998 | 11.54 terawatt-hours | +58.2% |
| 1999 | 11.6 terawatt-hours | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 11.88 terawatt-hours | +2.4% |
| 2001 | 12.04 terawatt-hours | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 11.86 terawatt-hours | -1.5% |
| 2003 | 12.18 terawatt-hours | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 11.58 terawatt-hours | -4.9% |
| 2005 | 12.11 terawatt-hours | +4.6% |
| 2006 | 10.51 terawatt-hours | -13.2% |
| 2007 | 12.73 terawatt-hours | +21.1% |
| 2008 | 12.63 terawatt-hours | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 12.87 terawatt-hours | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 12.03 terawatt-hours | -6.6% |
| 2011 | 12.55 terawatt-hours | +4.3% |
| 2012 | 11.86 terawatt-hours | -5.5% |
| 2013 | 8.76 terawatt-hours | -26.2% |
| 2014 | 12.4 terawatt-hours | +41.5% |
| 2015 | 12.36 terawatt-hours | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 12 terawatt-hours | -2.9% |
| 2017 | 10.31 terawatt-hours | -14.1% |
| 2018 | 10.65 terawatt-hours | +3.3% |
| 2019 | 11.85 terawatt-hours | +11.2% |
| 2020 | 12.39 terawatt-hours | +4.5% |
| 2021 | 11.6 terawatt-hours | -6.3% |
| 2022 | 12.59 terawatt-hours | +8.6% |
| 2023 | 12.08 terawatt-hours | -4.1% |
| 2024 | 10.83 terawatt-hours | -10.3% |
| 2025 | 12.17 terawatt-hours | +12.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Primary energy from nuclear in Netherlands 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | +1025.0% | 0.0848 terawatt-hours | 0.9545 terawatt-hours |
| 1973 | +239.9% | 0.9879 terawatt-hours | 3.36 terawatt-hours |
| 1974 | +195.8% | 3.36 terawatt-hours | 9.93 terawatt-hours |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.2079 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0.9545 terawatt-hours | 5 |
| 1970s | 7.26 terawatt-hours | 0.9879 terawatt-hours | 12.3 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1980s | 11.64 terawatt-hours | 10.78 terawatt-hours | 12.78 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1990s | 11.14 terawatt-hours | 7.3 terawatt-hours | 12.61 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 2000s | 12.04 terawatt-hours | 10.51 terawatt-hours | 12.87 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.48 terawatt-hours | 8.76 terawatt-hours | 12.55 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.94 terawatt-hours | 10.83 terawatt-hours | 12.59 terawatt-hours | 6 |
Countries ranked near Netherlands
- 28 Mexico 30.62 terawatt-hours compare
- 29 Slovenia 17.68 terawatt-hours compare
- 30 Iran 16.33 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 Netherlands
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate 0.4174 % 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 16.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary energy from nuclear in Netherlands?
- Primary energy from nuclear in Netherlands was 12.17 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 Netherlands?
- The highest recorded value was 12.87 terawatt-hours in 2009.
- What is the lowest primary energy from nuclear recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 terawatt-hours in 1965.
- How does Netherlands rank for primary energy from nuclear?
- Netherlands ranks 31st out of 219 countries with data for 2025.
- Is primary energy from nuclear rising or falling in Netherlands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Netherlands 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.