Members Site
eShop
SiteMap
Search
Contact Us
Picture Library
Jobs
Blogs
Why Nuclear
How it Works
Information Papers
Reference Docs
Meetings
About WNA
Information Papers
Country Briefings
Nuclear Power Facts
Mining & Uranium Market
Aspects of Fuel Cycle
Radioactive Wastes
Radiation, Health & Safety
Avoiding Weapons Proliferation
Climate Change & Sustainable Development
New Reactor Technology
Non-electricity Uses of Nuclear Energy
General
Glossary
Education Papers
Nuclear share figures, 1998-2008
May 2009
Country or area
Nuclear share (%)
Nuclear electricity production (TWh)
Nuclear electricity production (TWh)
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2007
2008
Argentina
10.0
9.0
7.3
8.2
7.2
8.6
8.2
6.9
6.9
6.2
6.2
6.2
6.8
Armenia
24.7
36.4
33.0
34.8
40.5
35.5
38.8
42.7
42.0
43.5
39.4
2.4
2.3
Belgium
55.2
57.7
55.3
58.0
57.3
55.5
55.1
55.6
54.4
54.1
53.8
45.9
43.4
Brazil
1.1
1.1
1.4
4.3
4.0
3.6
3.0
2.5
3.3
2.8
3.1
11.7
14.0
Bulgaria
41.5
47.1
45.0
41.6
47.3
37.7
41.6
44.1
43.6
32.1
32.9
13.7
14.7
Canada
12.4
12.4
11.8
12.9
12.3
12.5
15.0
14.6
15.8
14.7
14.8
88.2
88.6
China:
-
Mainland
1.2
1.1
1.2
1.1
1.4
2.2
-
2.0
1.9
1.9
2.2
59.3
65.3
-
Taiwan
24.8
25.3
23.6
21.6
22.9
21.5
-
-
19.5
19.3
17.1
39.0
39.3
Czech Rep
20.5
20.8
26.7
19.8
24.5
31.1
31.2
30.5
31.5
30.3
32.5
24.6
25.0
Finland
27.4
33.0
30.0
30.6
29.8
27.3
26.6
32.9
28.0
28.9
29.7
22.5
22.0
France
75.8
75.0
76.4
77.1
78.0
77.7
78.1
78.5
78.1
76.9
76.2
420.1
418.3
Germany
28.3
31.2
34.5
30.5
29.9
28.1
32.1
31.0
31.8
25.9
28.3
133.2
140.9
Hungary
35.6
38.3
40.6
39.1
36.1
32.7
33.8
37.2
37.7
36.8
37.2
13.9
14.0
India
2.5
2.6
3.1
3.7
3.7
3.3
2.8
2.8
2.6
2.5
2.0
15.8
13.2
Japan
35.9
36.0*
33.8
34.3
34.5
25.0
29.3
29.3
30.0
27.5
24.9
267.3
240.5
Kazakhstan
0.2
na
na
na
na
na
na
na
na
na
na
na
na
Korea, S
41.4
42.8
40.9
39.3
38.6
40.0
37.9
44.7
38.6
35.3
35.6
136.6
144.3
Lithuania
77.2
73.1
73.7
77.6
80.1
79.9
72.1
69.6
72.3
64.4
72.9
9.1
9.1
Mexico
5.4
5.2
4.5
3.7
4.1
5.2
5.2
5.0
4.9
4.6
4.0
10.0
9.4
Netherlands
4.1
4.0
na
4.2
4.0
4.5
3.8
3.9
3.5
4.1
3.8
4.0
3.9
Pakistan
0.6
0.1
1.7
2.9
2.5
2.4
2.4
2.8
2.7
2.3
1.9
2.3
1.7
Romania
10.3
10.7
10.3
10.5
10.3
9.3
10.1
8.6
9.0
13.0
17.5
7.1
7.1
Russia
13.1
14.4
14.9
15.4
16.0
16.5
15.6
15.8
15.9
16.0
16.9
148.0
152.1
Slovakia
43.8
47.0
53.4
53.4
65.4
57.3
55.2
56.1
57.2
54.3
56.4
14.2
15.5
Slovenia
38.3
37.2
37.4
39.0
40.7
40.4
38.8
42.4
40.3
41.6
41.7
5.4
6.0
South Africa
7.2
7.1
6.7
6.7
5.9
6.0
6.6
5.5
4.4
5.5
5.3
12.6
12.7
Spain
31.7
31.0
27.8
28.8
25.8
23.6
22.9
19.6
19.8
17.4
18.3
52.7
56.4
Sweden
45.7
46.8
39.0
43.9
45.7
49.6
51.8
46.7
48.0
46.1
42.0
64.3
61.3
Switzerland
41.1
36.0
38.2
36.0
39.5
39.7
40.0
32.1
37.4
40.0
39.2
26.5
26.3
UK
27.1
28.9
21.9
22.6
22.4
23.7
19.4
19.9
18.4
15.1
13.5
57.5
52.5
Ukraine
45.4
43.8
45.3
46.0
45.7
45.9
51.1
48.5
47.5
48.1
47.4
87.2
84.3
USA
18.7
19.8
19.8
20.4
20.3
19.9
19.9
19.3
19.4
19.4
19.7
807.0
809.0
TOTAL
2608
2601
Legend
-
data not yet available
na
not applicable
*
estimate
NB:
The figures in this table are liable to change as new data become available.
Sources:
WNA, IAEA