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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.
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Class | Rank | Percent of world consumption | Class | Rank | Deaths per state | Class | Rank | Billion kilowatt hours (kWh) | Risk level 1 (very low) | Risk level 2 | Risk level 3 (low) | Risk level 4 | Risk level 5 (moderate) | Risk level 6 | Risk level 7 (high) | Risk level 8 | Risk level 9 (extremely high) | |
40.0% | 85.1% | |||||||||||||||||
7.76% | 31.1% | 62.7% | 9.02% | |||||||||||||||
1.31% | 19.2% | 35.4% | 16.7% | 12.1% | 1.37% | |||||||||||||
4.44% | 14.5% | 1.44% | 7.72% | 6.62% | 11.6% | 2.26% | 7.65% | |||||||||||
1.14% | 4.16% | 3.89% | 1.82% | 1.65% | 1.29% | 2.81% | ||||||||||||
60.2% | 8.02% | 4.25% | 15.4% | 27.3% | 28.8% | 8.62% | 35.9% | 8.13% | ||||||||||
34.2% | 5.89% | 3.22% | 6.32% | 13.3% | 5.28% | 6.71% | 1.10% | |||||||||||
66.1% | 8.16% | 83.6% | 7.20% | 3.65% | ||||||||||||||
15.8% | 2.20% | 2.38% | 7.63% | 1.85% | 5.67% | 1.41% | ||||||||||||
1.15% | 9.95% | 3.47% | 14.3% | 28.1% | 12.4% | |||||||||||||
5.79% | 9.45% | 7.80% | 26.6% | 8.21% | 10.1% | 7.36% | 2.65% | |||||||||||
1.02% | 5.45% | 6.38% | 12.1% | 5.97% | 2.28% | |||||||||||||
2.31% | 6.04% | 9.60% | 10.5% | 23.4% | 10.7% | 12.3% | 4.43% | 1.67% |