Data for 2012
Nuclear Share of Electricity Generation, 2012
Figures for 2012, as Ember published them · stored as published, never rewritten
Nuclear Share of Electricity Generation, 2012 covers 191 countries on 4 measures. France is highest, at 74.95; 160 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 0.00. Against 2011, 31 values changed (15 up, 16 down), 1 country joined.
Nuclear Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2012
HighestFrance
74.95Lowest160 countries share it
0.00Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.
01Values only
The table
Every country and every column of Nuclear Share of Electricity Generation, 2012, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 191 countries · select a heading to sort
| FranceFRAWestern Europe | 74.95 | 89.97 | 15.02 | 567.59 |
 SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe | 54.74 | 74.06 | 19.33 | 28.30 |
 BelgiumBELWestern Europe | 49.43 | 62.32 | 12.89 | 81.51 |
 HungaryHUNEastern Europe | 45.61 | 53.24 | 7.63 | 34.62 |
 UkraineUKREastern Europe | 45.32 | 50.97 | 5.65 | 198.88 |
 SwedenSWENorthern Europe | 38.48 | 97.54 | 59.07 | 166.44 |
 SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe | 37.34 | 96.83 | 59.49 | 68.13 |
 SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe | 35.56 | 63.41 | 27.85 | 15.55 |
 CzechiaCZEEastern Europe | 35.02 | 44.34 | 9.32 | 86.58 |
 BulgariaBGREastern Europe | 33.97 | 45.27 | 11.30 | 46.46 |
 FinlandFINNorthern Europe | 32.65 | 73.21 | 40.56 | 70.41 |
 South KoreaKOREastern Asia | 28.30 | 29.84 | 1.54 | 531.21 |
 ArmeniaARMWestern Asia | 27.11 | 56.52 | 29.41 | 7.82 |
 SpainESPSouthern Europe | 20.91 | 50.50 | 29.59 | 293.95 |
 RomaniaROUEastern Europe | 19.59 | 45.10 | 25.50 | 58.54 |
 United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe | 19.35 | 30.68 | 11.33 | 363.87 |
 United StatesUSANorthern America | 19.04 | 31.22 | 12.18 | 4,040.67 |
 RussiaRUSEastern Europe | 16.60 | 31.94 | 15.33 | 1,069.27 |
 TaiwanTWNEastern Asia | 16.14 | 19.77 | 3.62 | 250.37 |
 GermanyDEUWestern Europe | 16.05 | 39.18 | 23.14 | 619.81 |
 CanadaCANNorthern America | 14.80 | 78.17 | 63.37 | 636.54 |
 PakistanPAKSouthern Asia | 5.37 | 37.09 | 31.71 | 98.10 |
 South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa | 5.03 | 5.62 | 0.59 | 257.87 |
 ArgentinaARGSouth America | 4.71 | 27.49 | 22.78 | 136.02 |
 NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe | 3.82 | 16.02 | 12.19 | 102.27 |
 IndiaINDSouthern Asia | 3.05 | 17.91 | 14.87 | 1,088.42 |
 MexicoMEXCentral America | 2.96 | 17.49 | 14.53 | 296.39 |
 BrazilBRASouth America | 2.90 | 85.47 | 82.56 | 552.50 |
 ChinaCHNEastern Asia | 1.98 | 21.92 | 19.94 | 4,978.24 |
 JapanJPNEastern Asia | 1.63 | 11.68 | 10.06 | 1,106.88 |
 IranIRNSouthern Asia | 0.58 | 5.73 | 5.15 | 248.74 |
 AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia | 0.00 | 84.09 | 84.09 | 0.88 |
 AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe | 0.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 4.72 |
 AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa | 0.00 | 1.08 | 1.08 | 57.40 |
 American SamoaASMPolynesia | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.16 |
 AngolaAGOMiddle Africa | 0.00 | 70.98 | 70.98 | 7.72 |
 Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.33 |
 ArubaABWCaribbean | 0.00 | 15.22 | 15.22 | 0.92 |
 AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand | 0.00 | 12.08 | 12.08 | 250.66 |
 AustriaAUTWestern Europe | 0.00 | 74.77 | 74.77 | 68.65 |
 AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia | 0.00 | 7.84 | 7.84 | 22.97 |
 BahamasBHSCaribbean | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.90 |
 BahrainBHRWestern Asia | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 24.77 |
 BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia | 0.00 | 1.87 | 1.87 | 48.62 |
 BarbadosBRBCaribbean | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.13 |
 BelarusBLREastern Europe | 0.00 | 0.68 | 0.68 | 30.81 |
 BelizeBLZCentral America | 0.00 | 92.11 | 92.11 | 0.38 |
 BeninBENWestern Africa | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.05 |
 BhutanBTNSouthern Asia | 0.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 6.74 |
 BoliviaBOLSouth America | 0.00 | 32.52 | 32.52 | 7.41 |
 BotswanaBWASouthern Africa | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.35 |
 British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.20 |
 BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.93 |
 Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa | 0.00 | 17.19 | 17.19 | 0.64 |
 BurundiBDIEastern Africa | 0.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 0.15 |
 Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa | 0.00 | 18.42 | 18.42 | 0.38 |
 CameroonCMRMiddle Africa | 0.00 | 78.64 | 78.64 | 5.43 |
 Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.61 |
 Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa | 0.00 | 83.33 | 83.33 | 0.18 |
 ChadTCDMiddle Africa | 0.00 | 4.17 | 4.17 | 0.24 |
 ChileCHLSouth America | 0.00 | 36.28 | 36.28 | 69.57 |
 ColombiaCOLSouth America | 0.00 | 77.89 | 77.89 | 63.06 |
 ComorosCOMEastern Africa | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.06 |
 Cook IslandsCOKPolynesia | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 |
 Costa RicaCRICentral America | 0.00 | 91.79 | 91.79 | 10.11 |
 Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa | 0.00 | 26.29 | 26.29 | 7.00 |
 CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe | 0.00 | 49.76 | 49.76 | 10.57 |
 CubaCUBCaribbean | 0.00 | 3.74 | 3.74 | 18.43 |
 CyprusCYPWestern Asia | 0.00 | 5.51 | 5.51 | 4.72 |
 DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe | 0.00 | 48.54 | 48.54 | 30.57 |
 DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.39 |
 DominicaDMACaribbean | 0.00 | 20.00 | 20.00 | 0.15 |
 Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean | 0.00 | 12.13 | 12.13 | 16.90 |
 DR CongoCODMiddle Africa | 0.00 | 99.87 | 99.87 | 7.52 |
 EcuadorECUSouth America | 0.00 | 53.41 | 53.41 | 22.73 |
 Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa | 0.00 | 14.82 | 14.82 | 0.54 |
 EritreaERIEastern Africa | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.32 |
 EstoniaESTNorthern Europe | 0.00 | 12.29 | 12.29 | 11.96 |
 EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa | 0.00 | 92.31 | 92.31 | 0.52 |
 EthiopiaETHEastern Africa | 0.00 | 99.74 | 99.74 | 7.57 |
 Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe | 0.00 | 37.93 | 37.93 | 0.29 |
 FijiFJIMelanesia | 0.00 | 66.28 | 66.28 | 0.86 |
 French PolynesiaPYFPolynesia | 0.00 | 29.17 | 29.17 | 0.72 |
 GabonGABMiddle Africa | 0.00 | 42.13 | 42.13 | 2.16 |
 GambiaGMBWestern Africa | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.25 |
 GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia | 0.00 | 74.32 | 74.32 | 9.62 |
 GhanaGHAWestern Africa | 0.00 | 65.93 | 65.93 | 12.15 |
 GreeceGRCSouthern Europe | 0.00 | 16.91 | 16.91 | 59.91 |
 GreenlandGRLNorthern America | 0.00 | 75.56 | 75.56 | 0.45 |
 GrenadaGRDCaribbean | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.20 |
 GuamGUMMicronesia | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.78 |
 GuatemalaGTMCentral America | 0.00 | 66.67 | 66.67 | 9.36 |
 GuineaGINWestern Africa | 0.00 | 67.12 | 67.12 | 0.73 |
 Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 |
 GuyanaGUYSouth America | 0.00 | 4.17 | 4.17 | 0.96 |
 HaitiHTICaribbean | 0.00 | 20.00 | 20.00 | 1.10 |
 HondurasHNDCentral America | 0.00 | 46.43 | 46.43 | 7.84 |
 Hong KongHKGEastern Asia | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 38.53 |
 IcelandISLNorthern Europe | 0.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 17.29 |
 IraqIRQWestern Asia | 0.00 | 9.54 | 9.54 | 46.02 |
 IrelandIRLNorthern Europe | 0.00 | 19.59 | 19.59 | 27.16 |
 IsraelISRWestern Asia | 0.00 | 0.78 | 0.78 | 63.01 |
 ItalyITASouthern Europe | 0.00 | 31.24 | 31.24 | 295.25 |
 JamaicaJAMCaribbean | 0.00 | 10.21 | 10.21 | 4.31 |
 JordanJORWestern Asia | 0.00 | 0.42 | 0.42 | 16.59 |
 KenyaKENEastern Africa | 0.00 | 77.48 | 77.48 | 8.17 |
 KiribatiKIRMicronesia | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 |
 KosovoXKXSouthern Europe | 0.00 | 1.68 | 1.68 | 5.94 |
 KuwaitKWTWestern Asia | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 61.12 |
 KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia | 0.00 | 93.41 | 93.41 | 15.03 |
 LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia | 0.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 12.93 |
 LatviaLVANorthern Europe | 0.00 | 66.61 | 66.61 | 6.17 |
 LebanonLBNWestern Asia | 0.00 | 6.08 | 6.08 | 16.46 |
 LesothoLSOSouthern Africa | 0.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 0.49 |
 LiberiaLBRWestern Africa | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.30 |
 LibyaLBYNorthern Africa | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 34.29 |
 LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe | 0.00 | 26.22 | 26.22 | 4.50 |
 LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe | 0.00 | 11.23 | 11.23 | 2.76 |
 MacauMACEastern Asia | 0.00 | 41.07 | 41.07 | 0.56 |
 MadagascarMDGEastern Africa | 0.00 | 49.36 | 49.36 | 1.56 |
 MalawiMWIEastern Africa | 0.00 | 93.66 | 93.66 | 2.05 |
 MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.40 |
 MaliMLIWestern Africa | 0.00 | 57.14 | 57.14 | 2.31 |
 MaltaMLTSouthern Europe | 0.00 | 1.30 | 1.30 | 2.30 |
 MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa | 0.00 | 14.58 | 14.58 | 0.96 |
 MauritiusMUSEastern Africa | 0.00 | 20.43 | 20.43 | 2.79 |
 MoldovaMDAEastern Europe | 0.00 | 4.65 | 4.65 | 5.81 |
 MongoliaMNGEastern Asia | 0.00 | 1.25 | 1.25 | 4.81 |
 MontenegroMNESouthern Europe | 0.00 | 51.93 | 51.93 | 2.85 |
 MontserratMSRCaribbean | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 |
 MoroccoMARNorthern Africa | 0.00 | 9.62 | 9.62 | 26.51 |
 MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa | 0.00 | 99.27 | 99.27 | 14.97 |
 MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia | 0.00 | 71.33 | 71.33 | 11.16 |
 NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa | 0.00 | 97.01 | 97.01 | 1.67 |
 NauruNRUMicronesia | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 |
 NepalNPLSouthern Asia | 0.00 | 99.43 | 99.43 | 3.53 |
 New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia | 0.00 | 20.09 | 20.09 | 2.29 |
 New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand | 0.00 | 71.73 | 71.73 | 43.75 |
 NicaraguaNICCentral America | 0.00 | 42.68 | 42.68 | 4.03 |
 NigerNERWestern Africa | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.39 |
 NigeriaNGAWestern Africa | 0.00 | 19.80 | 19.80 | 28.74 |
 North KoreaPRKEastern Asia | 0.00 | 62.55 | 62.55 | 21.36 |
 North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe | 0.00 | 16.61 | 16.61 | 6.26 |
 NorwayNORNorthern Europe | 0.00 | 98.23 | 98.23 | 146.18 |
 OmanOMNWestern Asia | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 25.02 |
 PalestinePSEWestern Asia | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.46 |
 PanamaPANCentral America | 0.00 | 62.95 | 62.95 | 8.61 |
 Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia | 0.00 | 36.73 | 36.73 | 3.73 |
 ParaguayPRYSouth America | 0.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 60.23 |
 PeruPERSouth America | 0.00 | 55.26 | 55.26 | 39.96 |
 PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia | 0.00 | 28.45 | 28.45 | 72.89 |
 PolandPOLEastern Europe | 0.00 | 10.45 | 10.45 | 161.48 |
 PortugalPRTSouthern Europe | 0.00 | 42.63 | 42.63 | 45.44 |
 Puerto RicoPRICaribbean | 0.00 | 0.54 | 0.54 | 22.30 |
 QatarQATWestern Asia | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 34.80 |
 Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa | 0.00 | 58.72 | 58.72 | 1.72 |
 RwandaRWAEastern Africa | 0.00 | 46.15 | 46.15 | 0.39 |
 Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean | 0.00 | 4.55 | 4.55 | 0.22 |
 Saint LuciaLCACaribbean | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.38 |
 Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean | 0.00 | 20.00 | 20.00 | 0.15 |
 SamoaWSMPolynesia | 0.00 | 36.36 | 36.36 | 0.11 |
 São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa | 0.00 | 12.50 | 12.50 | 0.08 |
 SenegalSENWestern Africa | 0.00 | 9.39 | 9.39 | 3.62 |
 SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe | 0.00 | 25.70 | 25.70 | 36.19 |
 SeychellesSYCEastern Africa | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.41 |
 Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa | 0.00 | 66.67 | 66.67 | 0.18 |
 Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.08 |
 SomaliaSOMEastern Africa | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.34 |
 South SudanSSDEastern Africa | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.44 |
 SudanSDNNorthern Africa | 0.00 | 70.32 | 70.32 | 9.50 |
 SurinameSURSouth America | 0.00 | 49.10 | 49.10 | 1.67 |
 SyriaSYRWestern Asia | 0.00 | 9.27 | 9.27 | 32.27 |
 TajikistanTJKCentral Asia | 0.00 | 99.59 | 99.59 | 16.97 |
 TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa | 0.00 | 32.45 | 32.45 | 5.67 |
 TogoTGOWestern Africa | 0.00 | 28.13 | 28.13 | 0.32 |
 TongaTONPolynesia | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.05 |
 Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.12 |
 TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa | 0.00 | 1.74 | 1.74 | 17.84 |
 TürkiyeTURWestern Asia | 0.00 | 27.23 | 27.23 | 239.49 |
 TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 17.75 |
 Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.21 |
 UgandaUGAEastern Africa | 0.00 | 90.00 | 90.00 | 2.90 |
 United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.87 |
 UruguayURYSouth America | 0.00 | 64.62 | 64.62 | 10.60 |
 UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia | 0.00 | 12.55 | 12.55 | 53.00 |
 VanuatuVUTMelanesia | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.06 |
 VenezuelaVENSouth America | 0.00 | 63.95 | 63.95 | 128.31 |
 VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia | 0.00 | 46.39 | 46.39 | 115.16 |
 YemenYEMWestern Asia | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.07 |
 ZambiaZMBEastern Africa | 0.00 | 99.84 | 99.84 | 12.37 |
 ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa | 0.00 | 60.22 | 60.22 | 9.15 |
02In 2012
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.
Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.00. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
Each measure’s ends
Low-carbon: renewables + nuclear (% of generation)
Highest7 share it
Lowest39 share it
Middle country: 26.22
Renewables (% of generation)
Highest7 share it
Lowest39 share it
Middle country: 18.42
Total generation (TWh)
Highest
China4,978.24Lowest
Montserrat0.01Middle country: 7.72
032011 → 2012
Since 2011
What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +1 / −0countries joined / left
- 31values changed, of 190 in both
- 15 · 16rose · fell
- 159unchanged
Rose most
Fell most
- Japan14.76 → 1.63−13.13
- Armenia32.73 → 27.11−5.62
- Switzerland42.48 → 37.34−5.14
- Belgium54.02 → 49.43−4.59
- Slovenia39.07 → 35.56−3.51
+ South SudanChanges in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.
04Caveats
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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.
32 distinct values among 191
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 160 countries share 0.00. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Which end is better
Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 191 countries has every column.
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Nuclear Share of Electricity Generation, 2012: questions and answers
Which country has the highest nuclear electricity in Nuclear Share of Electricity Generation, 2012?
France, at 74.95, of the 191 countries in the file.
What year does Nuclear Share of Electricity Generation, 2012 describe?
2012.
How many countries does Nuclear Share of Electricity Generation, 2012 cover?
191.
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