World - Electricity production from nuclear sources

Electricity production from nuclear sources (% of total)

Electricity production from nuclear sources (% of total) in World was 8.12 as of 2015. Its highest value over the past 44 years was 17.59 in 1996, while its lowest value was 2.00 in 1971.

Definition: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Nuclear power refers to electricity produced by nuclear power plants.

Source: IEA Statistics © OECD/IEA 2014 (http://www.iea.org/stats/index.asp), subject to https://www.iea.org/t&c/termsandconditions/

See also:

Year Value
1971 2.00
1972 2.52
1973 3.12
1974 3.96
1975 5.34
1976 5.75
1977 6.78
1978 7.56
1979 7.46
1980 7.81
1981 9.04
1982 9.64
1983 10.50
1984 11.96
1985 13.65
1986 14.43
1987 14.81
1988 15.29
1989 14.90
1990 16.92
1991 17.31
1992 17.30
1993 17.43
1994 17.42
1995 17.51
1996 17.59
1997 17.06
1998 16.99
1999 17.09
2000 16.71
2001 16.89
2002 16.39
2003 15.66
2004 15.56
2005 15.08
2006 14.64
2007 13.67
2008 13.48
2009 13.35
2010 12.79
2011 11.61
2012 10.82
2013 10.59
2014 10.61
2015 8.12

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Energy production & use