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Atlas (Beta)Nuclear Energy Consumption (%)
WorldEconomicNuclear energy consumption as a percentage of world consumption by country
A map showing nuclear energy consumption as a percentage of world consumption by country.
Countries not named in this description report no data. In North America, Canada consumes between 4 and 6 percent of world nuclear energy; the United States consumes 32 percent; and Mexico consumes less than 1 percent. In South America, Brazil consumes between 1 and 3 percent, and Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, and Argentina consume less than 1 percent. In Europe, Russia and France consume between 7 and 31 percent; United Kingdom, Spain, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Sweden, and Finland, between 4 and 6 percent; and Ireland, Portugal, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, Italy, Austria, Poland, Lithuania, Belarus, Romania, and Greece, less than 1 percent. In Africa, Algeria and Egypt consume less than 1 percent, whereas South Africa consumes between 1 and 3 percent. In Southwest, Central, and South Asia, India consumes between 1 and 3 percent, and Turkey, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Pakistan, and Bangladesh less than 1 percent. In Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Philippines consume less than 1 percent. In East Asia, China consumes between 7 and 31 percent; South Korea, between 4 and 6 percent; and Japan and Taiwan, between 1 and 3 percent. In Oceania, Australia and New Zealand both consume less than 1 percent.
Class | Rank | Percent of world consumption | Virgil C Summer nuclear power plant | River Bend nuclear power plant | Clinton nuclear power plant | Donald C Cook nuclear power plant | Catawba nuclear power plant | Columbia nuclear power plant | Limerick nuclear power plant | Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant | Sequoyah nuclear power plant | LaSalle nuclear power plant | Byron nuclear power plant | Watts Bar nuclear power plant | McGuire nuclear power plant | Alvin W Vogtle nuclear power plant | Braidwood nuclear power plant | Comanche Peak nuclear power plant | Waterford nuclear power plant | Browns Ferry nuclear power plant | Callaway nuclear power plant | Wolf Creek nuclear power plant | Seabrook nuclear power plant | Susquehanna nuclear power plant | South Texas nuclear power plant | Peach Bottom nuclear power plant | Palo Verde nuclear power plant | Grand Gulf nuclear power plant | Prairie Island nuclear power plant | Robert Emmett Ginna nuclear power plant | Point Beach nuclear power plant | Nine Mile Point nuclear power plant | Monticello nuclear power plant | H. B. Robinson nuclear power plant | Cooper nuclear power plant | Turkey Point power station | Bruce nuclear power plant | James A Fitzpatrick nuclear power plant | Surry nuclear power plant | Oconee nuclear power plant | Arkansas Nuclear One nuclear power plant | Calvert Cliffs nuclear power plant | Edwin I Hatch nuclear power plant | Joseph M Farley nuclear power plant | Millstone nuclear power plant | Davis Besse nuclear power plant | Dresden nuclear power plant | Quad Cities nuclear power plant | Beaver Valley nuclear power plant | Brunswick nuclear power plant | Shearon Harris nuclear power plant | North Anna nuclear power plant | |
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