United States - Electricity production from nuclear sources

Electricity production from nuclear sources (% of total)

Electricity production from nuclear sources (% of total) in United States was 19.32 as of 2015. Its highest value over the past 55 years was 20.65 in 2001, while its lowest value was 0.07 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 0.07
1961 0.22
1962 0.27
1963 0.35
1964 0.34
1965 0.35
1966 0.49
1967 0.59
1968 0.95
1969 0.98
1970 1.44
1971 2.38
1972 3.12
1973 4.54
1974 6.19
1975 9.12
1976 9.47
1977 11.91
1978 12.65
1979 11.46
1980 10.97
1981 11.86
1982 12.61
1983 12.71
1984 13.55
1985 15.51
1986 16.63
1987 17.76
1988 19.54
1989 17.94
1990 19.10
1991 19.95
1992 20.06
1993 19.08
1994 19.67
1995 20.06
1996 19.59
1997 18.15
1998 18.77
1999 19.92
2000 19.81
2001 20.65
2002 19.98
2003 19.43
2004 19.61
2005 18.99
2006 19.09
2007 19.35
2008 19.29
2009 19.93
2010 19.27
2011 18.98
2012 18.76
2013 19.17
2014 19.23
2015 19.32

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Energy production & use