North America - Electricity production from nuclear sources

Electricity production from nuclear sources (% of total)

Electricity production from nuclear sources (% of total) in North America was 18.81 as of 2015. Its highest value over the past 55 years was 19.70 in 1995, while its lowest value was 0.06 in 1960.

Definition: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Nuclear power refers to electricity produced by nuclear power plants.

Source: IEA Statistics © OECD/IEA 2014 (http://www.iea.org/stats/index.asp), subject to https://www.iea.org/t&c/termsandconditions/

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Year Value
1960 0.06
1961 0.19
1962 0.24
1963 0.32
1964 0.32
1965 0.32
1966 0.44
1967 0.54
1968 0.90
1969 0.90
1970 1.33
1971 2.33
1972 3.10
1973 4.67
1974 6.06
1975 8.57
1976 9.03
1977 11.44
1978 12.19
1979 11.24
1980 10.86
1981 11.63
1982 12.23
1983 12.59
1984 13.31
1985 15.16
1986 16.41
1987 17.41
1988 19.06
1989 17.66
1990 18.57
1991 19.50
1992 19.42
1993 18.88
1994 19.62
1995 19.70
1996 19.12
1997 17.63
1998 17.99
1999 18.98
2000 18.79
2001 19.62
2002 19.01
2003 18.57
2004 19.03
2005 18.46
2006 18.70
2007 18.77
2008 18.76
2009 19.26
2010 18.74
2011 18.43
2012 18.25
2013 18.68
2014 18.81
2015 18.81

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Energy production & use