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Nuclear electricity generation2024

Annual nuclear electricity generation in terawatt-hours.

Our World in Data · Energy
Comparable ranking year2024Latest published year: 2025
Economies with data191 / 217No observation: 26
First-ranked country or territoryUnited States781.86 TWh

Top 10

TWh · 2024
02China
450.85
03France
380.45
04Russia
215.71
05South Korea
188.75
06Canada
85.47
07Japan
84.91
08India
54.7
09Spain
54.53
10Sweden
50.67

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Nuclear electricity generation · 2024 · TWh
RankCountry / territoryValue (TWh)Year
01United States781.862024
02China450.852024
03France380.452024
04Russia215.712024
05South Korea188.752024
06Canada85.472024
07Japan84.912024
08India54.72024
09Spain54.532024
10Sweden50.672024
11United Arab Emirates40.632024
12United Kingdom40.592024
13Finland32.62024
14Belgium31.252024
15Czechia29.72024
16Switzerland24.022024
17Pakistan22.882024
18Slovakia18.232024
19Hungary16.022024
20Bulgaria15.782024
20Brazil15.782024
22Belarus15.692024
23Mexico12.312024
24Romania10.912024
25Argentina10.452024
26South Africa7.82024
27Iran7.352024
28Slovenia5.842024
29Netherlands3.572024
30Armenia2.632024
31Aruba02024
31Afghanistan02024
31Angola02024
31Albania02024
31American Samoa02024
31Antigua & Barbuda02024
31Australia02024
31Austria02024
31Azerbaijan02024
31Burundi02024
31Benin02024
31Burkina Faso02024
31Bangladesh02024
31Bahrain02024
31Bahamas02024
31Bosnia & Herzegovina02024
31Belize02024
31Bermuda02024
31Bolivia02024
31Barbados02024
31Brunei02024
31Bhutan02024
31Botswana02024
31Chile02024
31Côte d’Ivoire02024
31Cameroon02024
31Congo - Kinshasa02024
31Congo - Brazzaville02024
31Colombia02024
31Cape Verde02024
31Costa Rica02024
31Cuba02024
31Cayman Islands02024
31Cyprus02024
31Germany02024
31Djibouti02024
31Denmark02024
31Dominican Republic02024
31Algeria02024
31Ecuador02024
31Egypt02024
31Eritrea02024
31Estonia02024
31Ethiopia02024
31Fiji02024
31Gabon02024
31Georgia02024
31Ghana02024
31Gibraltar02024
31Guinea02024
31Gambia02024
31Guinea-Bissau02024
31Equatorial Guinea02024
31Greece02024
31Grenada02024
31Greenland02024
31Guatemala02024
31Guam02024
31Guyana02024
31Hong Kong SAR China02024
31Honduras02024
31Croatia02024
31Haiti02024
31Indonesia02024
31Ireland02024
31Iraq02024
31Iceland02024
31Israel02024
31Italy02024
31Jamaica02024
31Jordan02024
31Kazakhstan02024
31Kenya02024
31Kyrgyzstan02024
31Kiribati02024
31St. Kitts & Nevis02024
31Kuwait02024
31Laos02024
31Lebanon02024
31Liberia02024
31Libya02024
31St. Lucia02024
31Sri Lanka02024
31Lesotho02024
31Lithuania02024
31Luxembourg02024
31Latvia02024
31Macao SAR China02024
31Morocco02024
31Moldova02024
31Madagascar02024
31Maldives02024
31North Macedonia02024
31Mali02024
31Malta02024
31Myanmar (Burma)02024
31Montenegro02024
31Mongolia02024
31Mozambique02024
31Mauritania02024
31Mauritius02024
31Malawi02024
31Malaysia02024
31Namibia02024
31New Caledonia02024
31Niger02024
31Nigeria02024
31Nicaragua02024
31Norway02024
31Nepal02024
31Nauru02024
31New Zealand02024
31Oman02024
31Panama02024
31Peru02024
31Philippines02024
31Papua New Guinea02024
31Poland02024
31Puerto Rico02024
31North Korea02024
31Portugal02024
31Paraguay02024
31Palestinian Territories02024
31French Polynesia02024
31Qatar02024
31Rwanda02024
31Saudi Arabia02024
31Sudan02024
31Senegal02024
31Singapore02024
31Solomon Islands02024
31Sierra Leone02024
31Somalia02024
31Serbia02024
31South Sudan02024
31Suriname02024
31Eswatini02024
31Seychelles02024
31Syria02024
31Turks & Caicos Islands02024
31Chad02024
31Togo02024
31Thailand02024
31Tajikistan02024
31Turkmenistan02024
31Timor-Leste02024
31Tonga02024
31Trinidad & Tobago02024
31Tunisia02024
31Türkiye02024
31Tanzania02024
31Uganda02024
31Uruguay02024
31Uzbekistan02024
31St. Vincent & Grenadines02024
31Venezuela02024
31Vietnam02024
31Samoa02024
31Yemen02024
31Zambia02024
31Zimbabwe02024

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No observation (26)

Andorra · British Virgin Islands · Cambodia · Central African Republic · Channel Islands · Comoros · Curaçao · Dominica · El Salvador · Faroe Islands · Isle of Man · Kosovo · Liechtenstein · Marshall Islands · Micronesia · Monaco · Northern Mariana Islands · Palau · San Marino · Sint Maarten · St. Martin · São Tomé & Príncipe · Tuvalu · U.S. Virgin Islands · Ukraine · Vanuatu

Source & definition

Indicator definition
Annual nuclear electricity generation in terawatt-hours.
Unit
TWh
Source & definition
Our World in Data · Energy · owid:nuclear_electricity
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Original metadata
Measured in terawatt-hours.

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  "column": "nuclear_electricity",
  "title": "Electricity generation from nuclear",
  "description": "Measured in terawatt-hours.",
  "unit": "terawatt-hours (TWh)",
  "source": "Ember - Yearly Electricity Data Europe (2026) [https://ember-energy.org/data/yearly-electricity-data/]; Ember - Yearly Electricity Data (2026) [https://ember-energy.org/data/yearly-electricity-data/]; Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2025) [https://www.energyinst.org/statistical-review/]"
}