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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 | Extent of U.S., 1803 | Louisiana Purchase, 1803 | West Florida, 1810–1813 | British Cession, 1818 | East Florida, 1819 | Northern Maine, 1842 | Texas Annexation, 1845 | Oregon Country, 1846 | Mexican Cession, 1848 | Gadsden Purchase, 1853 | Alaska, 1867 | Hawaii, 1898 | |
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91.6% | 79.0% | 7.81% | 30.8% | 98.3% | 16.6% | 50.1% | 57.7% | 66.4% | 12.6% | 63.8% | 91.5% |