Global growth in nuclear energy consumption 2021

Nuclear consumption increased by 3.8 percent worldwide in 2021 compared to the previous year. Pakistan experienced the largest growth by far, at 65.9 percent in comparison to the previous year. Belgium and Japan followed with the second and third largest growth, at 46.7 and 42.2 percent, respectively. By comparison, Iran had the greatest consumption decline of 44.2 percent.

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June 2022

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Worldwide

Survey time period

2021

Supplementary notes

Figures are based on gross generation and do not account for cross-border electricity supply. “Input-equivalent” energy is the amount of fuel that would be required by thermal power stations to generate the reported electricity output.

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