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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 | High | Low | 4000+ m | 2000–3,999 m | 500–1,999 m | 200–499 m | 1–199 m | Below sea level to 0 m | |
1 | 3.11% | 4.49% | 3.56% | 2.07% | |||||||
6.74% | 4.53% | 17.7% | |||||||||
10.1% | 30.1% | 12.5% | 10.2% | 40.4% | 5.72% | ||||||
1 | 18.6% | 9.30% | 14.7% | 3.94% | 13.0% | ||||||
1 | 6.39% | 1.95% | 2.01% | 3.90% | 1.28% | ||||||
1.47% | 14.7% | 17.8% | 32.0% | 2.89% | |||||||
5.39% | 8.58% | 19.0% | 8.61% | 29.5% | |||||||
65.2% | 26.5% | 2.19% | 1.47% | ||||||||
4.90% | 4.91% | 8.08% | 1.92% | ||||||||
4.47% | 3.92% | 10.1% | 27.6% | 30.5% | |||||||
1.88% | 13.7% | 3.18% | 20.7% | ||||||||
2.13% | 37.6% | 21.2% | 12.3% | 2.25% | |||||||
7.29% | 47.7% | 36.0% | 15.4% | 1.40% |