Column chart showing that 16% of electricity consumption worldwide was supplied by nuclear plants in 2007. That share rose to more than 40% in a group of 9 European countries, reaching 77% in France

The part of electricity consumption supplied by nuclear power amounts to 2,608 billion kWh or 16% of the total consumption worldwide. However, a number of countries, mostly European, depend for more than 30% on nuclear power. In France, this share is 77%, values for 2007 (see Nuclear power worldwide).

 

World civil nuclear outlook

 

Nuclear Electricity Generation 2007

billion kWh Percent of electricity consumption supplied by nuclear power
Argentina 6.7 6.2
Armenia 2.35 43.5
Bangladesh 0 0
Belarus 0 0
Belgium 46 54
Brazil 11.7 2.8
Bulgaria 13.7 32
Canada 88.2 14.7
China 59.3 1.9
Czech Republic 24.6 30.3
Egypt 0 0
Finland 22.5 29
France 420.1 77
Germany 133.2 26
Hungary 13.9 37
India 15.8 2.5
Indonesia 0 0
Iran 0 0
Israel 0 0
Japan 267 27.5
Kazakhstan 0 0
Korea DPR (North) 0 0
Korea RO (South) 136.6 35.3
Lithuania 9.1 64.4
Mexico 9.95 4.6
Netherlands 4 4.1
Pakistan 2.3 2.34
Romania 7.1 13
Russia 148 16
Slovakia 14.2 54
Slovenia 5.4 42
South Africa 12.6 5.5
Spain 52.7 17.4
Sweden 64.3 46
Switzerland 26.5 43
Taiwan 38.9 19.3
Thailand 0 0
Turkey 0 0
Ukraine 87.2 48
United Kingdom 57.5 15
USA 806.6 19.4
Vietnam 0 0
WORLD ¹ 2,608 16
¹ The world total includes 6 reactors operating on Taiwan with a combined capacity of 4884 MWe, which generated a total of 39 billion kWh in 2007 (accounting for 19.3% of Taiwan's total electricity generation). Taiwan has two reactors under construction with a combined capacity of 2600 MWe.

 

Sources: see Sources of data

 

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