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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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High- and Low-Pressure Zones, July

World Elevations

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

13.11%4.49%3.56%2.07%
6.74%4.53%17.7%
10.1%30.1%12.5%10.2%40.4%5.72%
118.6%9.30%14.7%3.94%13.0%
16.39%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%
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