Share of electricity generation from nuclear in Taiwan
Taiwan: Share of electricity generation from nuclear was 1.1% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2025)
1.1%
Change on year
down 73.3%
World rank
32nd
of 207 countries
All-time high
51.7%
in 1985
All-time low
1.1%
in 2025
Years of data
41
1985–2025
Share of electricity generation from nuclear in Taiwan, 1985–2025
Source: Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, share of electricity generation from nuclear in Taiwan stood at 1.1%. That is the lowest value across all 41 years on record.
The figure is down 73.3% on the previous year and down 92.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of electricity generation from nuclear in Taiwan peaked at 51.7% in 1985 and was at its lowest, 1.1%, in 2025.
Taiwan ranks 32nd of 207 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Share of electricity generation from nuclear in Taiwan, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 51.7% | — |
| 1986 | 43.2% | -16.4% |
| 1987 | 47.9% | +10.8% |
| 1988 | 40.2% | -16.1% |
| 1989 | 33.6% | -16.3% |
| 1990 | 36.4% | +8.3% |
| 1991 | 35.6% | -2.4% |
| 1992 | 32.1% | -9.9% |
| 1993 | 29.8% | -7.0% |
| 1994 | 28.0% | -6.2% |
| 1995 | 26.5% | -5.2% |
| 1996 | 26.6% | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 24.1% | -9.5% |
| 1998 | 22.6% | -6.3% |
| 1999 | 22.5% | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 20.8% | -7.3% |
| 2001 | 18.8% | -9.6% |
| 2002 | 19.9% | +5.7% |
| 2003 | 18.6% | -6.5% |
| 2004 | 18.1% | -2.8% |
| 2005 | 17.6% | -2.8% |
| 2006 | 16.9% | -3.7% |
| 2007 | 16.7% | -1.5% |
| 2008 | 17.1% | +2.7% |
| 2009 | 18.1% | +5.5% |
| 2010 | 16.9% | -6.7% |
| 2011 | 16.7% | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 16.1% | -3.4% |
| 2013 | 16.5% | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 16.3% | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 14.1% | -13.4% |
| 2016 | 12.0% | -15.2% |
| 2017 | 8.3% | -30.7% |
| 2018 | 10.0% | +20.9% |
| 2019 | 11.8% | +17.3% |
| 2020 | 11.2% | -4.7% |
| 2021 | 9.5% | -15.0% |
| 2022 | 8.2% | -13.7% |
| 2023 | 6.3% | -23.5% |
| 2024 | 4.2% | -33.1% |
| 2025 | 1.1% | -73.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of electricity generation from nuclear in Taiwan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | -73.3% | 4.2% | 1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 43.3% | 33.6% | 51.7% | 5 |
| 1990s | 28.4% | 22.5% | 36.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 18.3% | 16.7% | 20.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.9% | 8.3% | 16.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.8% | 1.1% | 11.2% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Taiwan
- 29 India 2.6% compare
- 30 Brazil 2.1% compare
- 31 Iran 1.9% 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 Germany 0.0% compare
- 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%
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Frequently asked questions
- What is share of electricity generation from nuclear in Taiwan?
- Share of electricity generation from nuclear in Taiwan was 1.1% 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 Taiwan?
- The highest recorded value was 51.7% in 1985.
- What is the lowest share of electricity generation from nuclear recorded in Taiwan?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.1% in 2025.
- How does Taiwan rank for share of electricity generation from nuclear?
- Taiwan ranks 32nd out of 207 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of electricity generation from nuclear rising or falling in Taiwan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 92.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Taiwan 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.