Electricity Supplied by Nuclear Energy
In 2011 the world's nuclear reactors supplied 2518 TWh of electricity (2518 billion kilowatt hours)a. This represents around 13% of global electricity consumption.b
The percentage of electricity supplied by nuclear generation and amount of electricity supplied in TWh for those countries with nuclear generation in 2011 is shown below:
| |
Percentage share |
Electricity Supplied TWh |
| Argentina |
5 |
5.9 |
| Armenia |
33.2 |
2.4 |
| Belgium |
54 |
45.9 |
| Brazil |
3.2 |
14.8 |
| Bulgaria |
32.6 |
15.3 |
| Canada |
15.3 |
88.3 |
| China Mainland |
1.8 |
82.6 |
| Czech Rep |
33 |
26.7 |
| Finland |
31.6 |
31.6 |
| France |
77.7 |
423.5 |
| Germany |
17.8 |
102.3 |
| Hungary |
43.2 |
14.7 |
| India |
3.7 |
28.9 |
| Japan |
18.1 |
156.2 |
| Mexico |
3.6 |
9.3 |
| Netherlands |
3.6 |
3.9 |
| Pakistan |
3.8 |
3.8 |
| Romania |
19 |
10.8 |
| Russia |
17.6 |
162.0 |
| Slovakia |
54 |
14.3 |
| Slovenia |
41.7 |
5.9 |
| South Africa |
5.2 |
12.9 |
| South Korea |
34.6 |
147.8 |
| Spain |
19.5 |
55.1 |
| Sweden |
39.6 |
58.1 |
| Switzerland |
40.8 |
25.7 |
| Taiwan |
19 |
40.4 |
| UK |
17.8 |
62.7 |
| Ukraine |
47.2 |
84.9 |
| USA |
19.2 |
790.4 |
Past values for nuclear shares of electricity production are given in the Information Library document Nuclear generation by country
Sources
a) IAEA PRIS database http://www.iaea.org/PRIS/WorldStatistics/WorldTrendinElectricalProduction.aspx
b) CIA The World Factbook https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/xx.html.