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Nuclear Energy Consumption (%)

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Nuclear energy consumption as a percentage of world consumption by country

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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.

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Ecological Regions: Level 1 Regions

Class

Rank

Percent of world consumption

Value

Class

Rank

Kilograms per day

Value

Arctic Cordillera

Tundra

Taiga

Hudson Plain

Boreal forests

Northwestern forested mountains

Marine west coast forest

Eastern temperate forests

Great Plains

Deserts and steppes

Mediterranean California

Southern semi-arid highlands

Temperate sierras

Tropical wet forests

1.96%6.84%22.1%11.9%32.1%29.3%5.59%34.8%38.2%26.9%39.7%6.89%11.3%14.5%
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