Share of electricity generation from nuclear in Germany
Germany: Share of electricity generation from nuclear was 0.0% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Latest (2025)
0.0%
World rank
33rd
of 207 countries
All-time high
31.2%
in 1997
All-time low
0.0%
in 2024
Years of data
41
1985–2025
Share of electricity generation from nuclear in Germany, 1985–2025
Source: Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of electricity generation from nuclear in Germany is 0.0%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 41 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of electricity generation from nuclear in Germany peaked at 31.2% in 1997 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2024.
Germany ranks 33rd of 207 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 41 years of available data.
Share of electricity generation from nuclear in Germany, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 26.5% | — |
| 1986 | 24.9% | -6.1% |
| 1987 | 26.6% | +6.8% |
| 1988 | 28.5% | +7.2% |
| 1989 | 28.9% | +1.2% |
| 1990 | 28.1% | -2.6% |
| 1991 | 27.5% | -2.3% |
| 1992 | 29.8% | +8.3% |
| 1993 | 29.4% | -1.1% |
| 1994 | 28.9% | -1.7% |
| 1995 | 28.8% | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 29.2% | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 31.2% | +6.8% |
| 1998 | 29.4% | -5.6% |
| 1999 | 31.0% | +5.2% |
| 2000 | 29.8% | -3.7% |
| 2001 | 29.6% | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 28.2% | -4.6% |
| 2003 | 27.4% | -2.9% |
| 2004 | 27.4% | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 26.6% | -3.0% |
| 2006 | 26.5% | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 22.3% | -16.1% |
| 2008 | 23.5% | +5.5% |
| 2009 | 22.9% | -2.3% |
| 2010 | 22.5% | -1.9% |
| 2011 | 17.8% | -20.7% |
| 2012 | 16.0% | -10.1% |
| 2013 | 15.5% | -3.7% |
| 2014 | 15.7% | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 14.4% | -8.5% |
| 2016 | 13.2% | -8.1% |
| 2017 | 11.8% | -10.2% |
| 2018 | 12.0% | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 12.5% | +4.1% |
| 2020 | 11.4% | -9.2% |
| 2021 | 11.9% | +5.1% |
| 2022 | 6.1% | -48.7% |
| 2023 | 1.4% | -76.7% |
| 2024 | 0.0% | -100.0% |
| 2025 | 0.0% | — |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of electricity generation from nuclear 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | -100.0% | 1.4% | 0.0% |
| 2023 | -76.7% | 6.1% | 1.4% |
| 2022 | -48.7% | 11.9% | 6.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 27.1% | 24.9% | 28.9% | 5 |
| 1990s | 29.3% | 27.5% | 31.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 26.4% | 22.3% | 29.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.1% | 11.8% | 22.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.1% | 0.0% | 11.9% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Germany
- 30 Brazil 2.1% compare
- 31 Iran 1.9% compare
- 32 Taiwan 1.1% compare
- 33 Afghanistan 0.0%
- 33 Albania 0.0%
- 33 Algeria 0.0%
- 33 American Samoa 0.0%
- 33 Angola 0.0%
- 33 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0%
- 33 Aruba 0.0%
- 33 Australia 0.0%
- 33 Austria 0.0%
- 33 Azerbaijan 0.0%
- 33 Bahamas 0.0%
- 33 Bahrain 0.0%
- 33 Bangladesh 0.0%
- 33 Barbados 0.0%
- 33 Belize 0.0%
- 33 Benin 0.0%
- 33 Bermuda 0.0%
- 33 Bhutan 0.0%
- 33 Bolivia 0.0%
- 33 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0%
- 33 Botswana 0.0%
- 33 British Virgin Islands 0.0%
- 33 Brunei 0.0%
- 33 Burkina Faso 0.0%
- 33 Burundi 0.0%
- 33 Cameroon 0.0%
- 33 Cape Verde 0.0%
- 33 Cayman Islands 0.0%
- 33 Central African Republic 0.0%
- 33 Chad 0.0%
- 33 Chile 0.0%
- 33 Colombia 0.0%
- 33 Comoros 0.0%
- 33 Congo 0.0%
- 33 Cook Islands 0.0%
- 33 Costa Rica 0.0%
- 33 Cote d'Ivoire 0.0%
- 33 Croatia 0.0%
- 33 Cuba 0.0%
- 33 Cyprus 0.0%
- 33 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.0%
- 33 Denmark 0.0%
- 33 Djibouti 0.0%
- 33 Dominica 0.0%
- 33 Dominican Republic 0.0%
- 33 East Timor 0.0%
- 33 Ecuador 0.0%
- 33 Egypt 0.0%
- 33 Equatorial Guinea 0.0%
- 33 Eritrea 0.0%
- 33 Estonia 0.0%
- 33 Eswatini 0.0%
- 33 Ethiopia 0.0%
- 33 Falkland Islands 0.0%
- 33 Faroe Islands 0.0%
- 33 Fiji 0.0%
- 33 French Polynesia 0.0%
- 33 Gabon 0.0%
- 33 Gambia 0.0%
- 33 Georgia 0.0%
- 33 Ghana 0.0%
- 33 Gibraltar 0.0%
- 33 Greece 0.0%
- 33 Greenland 0.0%
- 33 Grenada 0.0%
- 33 Guam 0.0%
- 33 Guatemala 0.0%
- 33 Guinea 0.0%
- 33 Guinea-Bissau 0.0%
- 33 Guyana 0.0%
- 33 Haiti 0.0%
- 33 Honduras 0.0%
- 33 Hong Kong 0.0%
- 33 Iceland 0.0%
- 33 Indonesia 0.0%
- 33 Iraq 0.0%
- 33 Ireland 0.0%
- 33 Israel 0.0%
- 33 Italy 0.0% compare
- 33 Jamaica 0.0%
- 33 Jordan 0.0%
- 33 Kazakhstan 0.0% compare
- 33 Kenya 0.0%
- 33 Kiribati 0.0%
- 33 Kuwait 0.0%
- 33 Kyrgyzstan 0.0%
- 33 Laos 0.0%
- 33 Latvia 0.0%
- 33 Lebanon 0.0%
- 33 Lesotho 0.0%
- 33 Liberia 0.0%
- 33 Libya 0.0%
- 33 Lithuania 0.0% compare
- 33 Luxembourg 0.0%
- 33 Macao 0.0%
- 33 Madagascar 0.0%
- 33 Malawi 0.0%
- 33 Malaysia 0.0%
- 33 Maldives 0.0%
- 33 Mali 0.0%
- 33 Malta 0.0%
- 33 Mauritania 0.0%
- 33 Mauritius 0.0%
- 33 Moldova 0.0%
- 33 Mongolia 0.0%
- 33 Montenegro 0.0%
- 33 Montserrat 0.0%
- 33 Morocco 0.0%
- 33 Mozambique 0.0%
- 33 Myanmar 0.0%
- 33 Namibia 0.0%
- 33 Nauru 0.0%
- 33 Nepal 0.0%
- 33 New Caledonia 0.0%
- 33 New Zealand 0.0%
- 33 Nicaragua 0.0%
- 33 Niger 0.0%
- 33 Nigeria 0.0%
- 33 North Korea 0.0%
- 33 North Macedonia 0.0%
- 33 Norway 0.0%
- 33 Oman 0.0%
- 33 Palestine 0.0%
- 33 Panama 0.0%
- 33 Papua New Guinea 0.0%
- 33 Paraguay 0.0%
- 33 Peru 0.0%
- 33 Philippines 0.0%
- 33 Poland 0.0%
- 33 Portugal 0.0%
- 33 Puerto Rico 0.0%
- 33 Qatar 0.0%
- 33 Rwanda 0.0%
- 33 Saint Helena 0.0%
- 33 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0%
- 33 Saint Lucia 0.0%
- 33 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.0%
- 33 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0%
- 33 Samoa 0.0%
- 33 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0%
- 33 Saudi Arabia 0.0%
- 33 Senegal 0.0%
- 33 Serbia 0.0%
- 33 Seychelles 0.0%
- 33 Sierra Leone 0.0%
- 33 Singapore 0.0%
- 33 Solomon Islands 0.0%
- 33 Somalia 0.0%
- 33 South Sudan 0.0%
- 33 Sri Lanka 0.0%
- 33 Sudan 0.0%
- 33 Suriname 0.0%
- 33 Syria 0.0%
- 33 Tajikistan 0.0%
- 33 Tanzania 0.0%
- 33 Thailand 0.0%
- 33 Togo 0.0%
- 33 Tonga 0.0%
- 33 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0%
- 33 Tunisia 0.0%
- 33 Turkey 0.0%
- 33 Turkmenistan 0.0%
- 33 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0%
- 33 Uganda 0.0%
- 33 United States Virgin Islands 0.0%
- 33 Uruguay 0.0%
- 33 Uzbekistan 0.0%
- 33 Vanuatu 0.0%
- 33 Venezuela 0.0%
- 33 Vietnam 0.0%
- 33 Western Sahara 0.0%
- 33 Yemen 0.0%
- 33 Zambia 0.0%
- 33 Zimbabwe 0.0%
More energy & mining data for Germany
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate -0.1985 % 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 (2025)
- Coal production, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Fuel imports 8.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of electricity generation from nuclear in Germany?
- Share of electricity generation from nuclear in Germany was 0.0% in 2025, according to Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of electricity generation from nuclear recorded in Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 31.2% in 1997.
- What is the lowest share of electricity generation from nuclear recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2024.
- How does Germany rank for share of electricity generation from nuclear?
- Germany ranks 33rd out of 207 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of electricity generation from nuclear rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Germany data come from?
- The figures come from Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of electricity generation from nuclear. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Measured as a percentage of total electricity produced in the country or region.