Nuclear: Consumption * Change 2008
2008 over share
Million tonnes oil equivalent 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2007 of total
US 0.9 1.3 1.8 3.0 3.3 5.2 9.1 12.9 19.9 27.1 41.1 45.5 59.8 65.8 60.8 59.8 64.9 67.4 69.9 78.0 91.4 98.6 108.4 125.5 126.1 137.4 145.9 147.4 145.4 152.5 160.4 160.7 149.7 160.5 173.5 179.6 183.1 185.8 181.9 187.8 186.3 187.5 192.1 192.0 -0.3% 31.0%
Canada - - - - - - 0.9 1.5 3.2 3.1 2.7 3.6 6.1 7.5 7.5 8.1 8.2 8.7 11.0 11.8 13.7 16.1 17.5 18.8 18.1 16.5 19.2 18.2 21.3 24.4 22.1 21.0 18.7 16.2 16.6 16.5 17.4 17.1 16.9 20.5 20.8 22.0 21.0 21.1 0.2% 3.4%
Mexico - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.1 0.7 1.0 0.9 1.1 1.0 1.9 1.8 2.4 2.1 2.3 1.9 2.0 2.2 2.4 2.1 2.4 2.5 2.4 2.3 -2.5% 0.4%
Total North America 0.9 1.3 1.8 3.0 3.3 5.2 10.0 14.4 23.1 30.3 43.8 49.1 65.8 73.3 68.3 67.9 73.1 76.0 81.0 89.9 105.1 114.7 125.9 144.3 144.2 154.6 166.1 166.5 167.7 177.9 184.4 183.5 170.8 178.7 192.4 197.9 202.5 205.1 201.2 210.3 209.5 212.0 215.4 215.4 -0.3% 34.8%
Argentina - - - - - - - - - 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.8 1.0 1.3 1.3 1.5 1.3 1.1 1.6 1.8 1.6 1.8 1.9 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.4 1.6 1.3 1.7 1.8 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.4% 0.3%
Brazil - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.4 0.8 ^ 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.1 ^ 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.9 1.4 3.2 3.1 3.0 2.6 2.2 3.1 2.8 3.1 12.2% 0.5%
Chile - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Colombia - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Ecuador - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Peru - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Venezuela - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Other S. & Cent. America - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Total S. & Cent. America - - - - - - - - - 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.8 1.4 2.1 1.3 1.7 1.5 1.6 2.2 2.1 2.0 1.9 1.9 2.2 2.2 2.5 2.4 2.5 2.8 4.8 4.4 4.7 4.4 3.8 4.8 4.4 4.8 8.3% 0.8%
Austria - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Azerbaijan n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Belarus n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Belgium & Luxembourg - ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ - ^ ^ ^ 1.5 2.3 2.7 2.8 2.6 2.8 2.9 3.5 5.5 6.3 7.8 8.9 9.5 9.8 9.3 9.7 9.7 9.8 9.5 9.2 9.4 9.8 10.7 10.4 11.1 10.9 10.5 10.7 10.7 10.7 10.8 10.5 10.9 10.4 -5.4% 1.7%
Bulgaria - - - - - - - - - 0.2 0.6 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.4 2.1 2.4 2.8 2.9 3.0 2.7 2.8 3.6 3.3 3.3 3.0 2.6 3.2 3.5 3.9 4.1 4.0 3.8 3.6 4.1 4.4 4.6 4.5 4.4 4.2 4.4 3.3 3.6 7.4% 0.6%
Czech Republic - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.5 1.4 2.4 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.9 2.8 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.3 4.2 5.9 6.0 5.6 5.9 5.9 6.0 1.2% 1.0%
Denmark - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Finland - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.6 0.7 1.5 1.6 3.3 3.8 4.0 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.4 4.4 4.3 4.3 4.4 4.3 4.5 4.4 4.3 4.5 4.8 5.0 5.3 5.1 5.2 5.4 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.4 5.6 5.4 -2.9% 0.9%
France 0.2 0.4 0.7 0.8 1.1 1.3 2.1 3.3 3.3 3.3 4.1 3.6 4.1 6.9 9.0 13.9 23.8 24.7 32.6 43.3 50.7 57.5 60.1 62.4 68.8 71.1 75.0 76.6 83.3 81.5 85.4 89.9 89.5 87.8 89.2 94.0 95.3 98.8 99.8 101.7 102.4 102.1 99.7 99.6 -0.3% 16.1%
Germany ^ 0.1 0.3 0.5 1.2 1.5 1.4 2.2 2.7 3.3 5.5 6.7 9.3 9.9 11.8 12.6 14.8 16.8 17.7 23.6 31.4 29.5 32.1 35.5 36.6 34.5 33.4 35.9 34.7 34.2 34.9 36.6 38.5 36.6 38.5 38.4 38.8 37.3 37.4 37.8 36.9 37.9 31.8 33.7 5.6% 5.4%
Greece - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Hungary - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ^ 0.6 0.9 1.5 1.7 2.5 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 2.5 2.7 3.1 3.0 3.3 3.4 0.7% 0.5%
Iceland - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Republic of Ireland - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Italy 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.8 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.2 2.1 1.9 1.5 1.6 2.0 ^ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Kazakhstan n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a - - - - ^ - 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 ^ ^ 0.1 ^ - - - - - - - - - - - -
Lithuania n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.9 3.8 3.9 3.8 3.3 2.8 1.7 2.7 3.2 2.7 3.1 2.2 1.9 2.6 3.2 3.5 3.4 2.3 2.0 2.2 2.2 0.3% 0.4%
Netherlands - - - ^ 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.5 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 1.0 0.9 -1.0% 0.2%
Norway - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Poland - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Portugal - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Romania - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.3 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.7 2.5 45.2% 0.4%
Russian Federation n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 22.5 23.8 28.2 30.5 30.9 26.8 27.2 27.1 27.0 22.1 22.5 24.7 24.5 23.6 27.1 29.5 31.0 32.1 33.6 32.7 33.4 35.4 36.5 36.9 0.7% 6.0%
Slovakia - - - - - - - ^ 0.1 0.1 ^ 0.1 ^ ^ 0.5 1.0 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.6 2.1 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.4 2.6 3.0 3.7 3.9 4.1 4.0 3.9 4.0 4.1 3.5 3.8 8.6% 0.6%
Spain - - - ^ 0.2 0.2 0.6 1.1 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.5 1.7 1.5 1.2 2.2 2.0 2.4 5.2 6.3 8.5 9.3 11.4 12.7 12.3 12.6 12.6 12.7 12.5 12.5 12.7 12.5 13.4 13.3 14.1 14.4 14.3 14.0 14.4 13.0 13.6 12.5 13.3 6.9% 2.2%
Sweden ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ 0.3 0.5 0.5 2.7 3.6 4.5 5.4 4.8 6.0 8.5 8.8 9.3 11.5 13.3 15.8 15.3 15.7 14.8 15.4 17.4 14.4 13.9 16.6 15.8 16.6 15.8 15.9 16.6 13.0 16.3 15.4 15.3 17.3 16.4 15.2 15.2 14.5 -4.3% 2.3%
Switzerland - - - - 0.1 0.6 0.6 0.8 1.4 1.4 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.8 2.1 3.1 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.9 5.1 5.1 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.3 5.2 5.3 5.3 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.8 5.6 6.0 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.1 5.2 6.3 6.3 6.2 -1.1% 1.0%
Turkey - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Turkmenistan n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Ukraine n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 12.1 9.7 11.4 16.3 15.1 17.2 17.0 16.7 17.0 15.6 16.0 18.0 18.0 17.0 16.3 17.5 17.2 17.7 18.4 19.7 20.1 20.4 20.9 20.3 -3.2% 3.3%
United Kingdom 3.4 4.6 5.3 5.9 6.6 5.9 6.2 6.6 6.3 7.6 6.9 8.2 9.1 8.4 8.7 8.4 8.6 10.0 11.3 12.2 13.8 13.4 12.5 14.4 16.2 14.9 16.0 17.4 20.2 20.0 20.1 21.4 22.2 22.5 21.5 19.3 20.4 19.9 20.1 18.1 18.5 17.1 14.3 11.9 -17.0% 1.9%
Uzbekistan n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Other Europe & Eurasia 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.8 1.0 1.2 2.2 3.2 4.9 6.5 8.6 11.5 11.9 13.5 16.7 19.8 23.3 26.1 33.5 2.1 1.5 2.0 2.0 1.4 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.2 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.8 1.6 1.8 1.9 1.9 1.9 2.0 5.6% 0.3%
Total Europe & Eurasia 4.9 6.4 7.5 8.5 10.5 11.3 13.1 17.5 20.0 24.3 32.6 39.4 48.1 52.8 59.2 70.6 92.4 102.8 119.6 151.5 181.1 191.7 203.3 223.1 231.9 229.2 234.8 236.4 244.6 237.6 243.7 258.6 260.8 257.3 263.1 267.4 276.3 280.8 285.0 288.2 285.5 287.2 276.4 276.7 -0.2% 44.7%
Iran - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Kuwait - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Qatar - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Saudi Arabia - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
United Arab Emirates - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Other Middle East - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Total Middle East - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Algeria - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Egypt - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
South Africa - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.9 1.3 2.1 1.5 2.5 2.6 2.0 2.2 2.2 1.7 2.3 2.7 2.8 3.0 3.2 3.1 3.1 2.6 2.9 3.0 3.4 2.9 2.4 3.0 3.0 0.6% 0.5%
Other Africa - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Total Africa - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.9 1.3 2.1 1.5 2.5 2.6 2.0 2.2 2.2 1.7 2.3 2.7 2.8 3.0 3.2 3.1 3.1 2.6 2.9 3.0 3.4 2.9 2.4 3.0 3.0 0.6% 0.5%
Australia - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Bangladesh - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
China - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.4 3.3 2.9 3.2 3.3 3.2 3.4 3.8 4.0 5.7 9.8 11.4 12.0 12.4 14.1 15.5 9.8% 2.5%
China Hong Kong SAR - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
India - - - - 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.4 0.9 1.4 1.2 1.4 1.4 1.1 1.7 1.9 2.3 2.6 2.9 3.6 4.3 4.4 4.1 3.8 4.0 4.0 4.0 3.5 -13.2% 0.6%
Indonesia - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Japan ^ 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.7 1.6 2.0 2.1 4.2 4.9 8.3 6.4 11.8 14.0 18.7 19.4 23.9 24.6 28.7 34.4 37.7 42.9 39.6 42.2 44.3 47.4 49.3 56.3 58.7 65.1 67.3 72.8 74.0 71.9 72.3 72.7 71.3 52.1 64.7 66.3 68.9 63.1 57.0 -10.0% 9.2%
Malaysia - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
New Zealand - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Pakistan - - - - - - ^ ^ 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 ^ ^ 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 ^ 0.2 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.4 -25.4% 0.1%
Philippines - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Singapore - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
South Korea - - - - - - - - - - - - ^ 0.5 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.9 2.0 2.7 3.8 6.4 8.9 9.1 10.7 12.0 12.7 12.8 13.2 13.3 15.2 16.7 17.4 20.3 23.3 24.7 25.4 27.0 29.3 29.6 33.2 33.7 32.3 34.2 5.3% 5.5%
Taiwan - - - - - - - - - - - - ^ 0.6 1.4 1.9 2.4 3.0 4.3 5.6 6.5 6.1 7.5 6.9 6.4 7.4 8.0 7.7 7.8 7.9 8.0 8.6 8.2 8.3 8.7 8.7 8.0 8.9 8.8 8.9 9.0 9.0 9.2 9.2 0.4% 1.5%
Thailand - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Other Asia Pacific - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Total Asia Pacific ^ 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.4 1.0 1.8 2.2 2.7 4.7 5.5 9.0 6.9 13.5 16.7 21.9 23.0 28.2 31.7 37.9 45.8 51.4 60.5 57.0 60.3 65.2 69.4 71.4 79.1 84.5 93.0 97.8 104.1 108.5 110.2 113.3 114.8 117.7 104.6 119.0 125.2 128.6 123.3 119.8 -3.1% 19.3%
Total World 5.8 7.8 9.6 11.7 14.2 17.5 24.9 34.1 45.8 59.6 82.4 98.1 121.2 140.1 144.7 161.0 189.2 207.4 233.0 281.6 335.3 361.3 392.9 428.4 440.6 453.2 474.6 478.5 495.0 504.2 526.1 545.0 541.3 550.2 571.2 584.5 600.9 610.9 598.7 625.4 626.9 634.9 622.5 619.7 -0.7% 100.0%
Of which: European Union # 4.5 5.9 7.0 7.8 9.6 9.7 11.2 14.5 15.4 18.1 24.5 29.0 34.7 39.1 43.6 50.8 69.4 76.3 90.1 114.1 139.4 151.6 156.5 169.2 179.5 178.8 185.4 187.2 195.2 194.3 199.5 209.7 212.2 210.5 213.6 213.9 221.6 224.5 226.3 229.2 226.1 224.5 212.1 212.7 w 34.3%
                 OECD 5.4 7.3 9.0 11.0 13.2 16.2 23.4 31.6 42.1 53.8 74.2 87.1 107.4 125.1 127.3 139.9 163.7 177.8 198.3 236.3 282.6 310.5 334.5 360.7 374.8 387.8 409.0 414.3 430.8 443.5 462.3 474.4 469.9 480.2 498.7 506.5 518.7 523.6 504.9 529.6 531.3 536.3 520.7 515.7 -1.2% 83.2%
                 Former Soviet Union 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.8 1.0 1.2 2.2 3.2 4.9 6.5 8.6 11.5 11.9 13.5 16.7 19.7 22.7 25.2 32.5 37.9 36.3 42.7 50.8 50.0 47.9 48.1 47.2 46.9 39.6 41.2 46.4 45.6 44.0 46.2 49.4 51.2 53.4 56.0 56.4 56.4 58.4 60.3 60.0 -0.7% 9.7%
                 Other EMEs - - - - 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.5 1.0 1.7 2.4 2.2 3.1 4.0 4.3 5.8 6.9 9.5 12.8 14.8 14.4 15.8 16.9 15.9 17.5 17.4 17.0 17.3 21.2 22.6 24.3 25.8 26.0 26.4 28.6 31.0 33.9 37.7 39.4 39.1 40.2 41.6 44.0 5.5% 7.1%
 * Based on gross generation and not accounting for cross-border electricity supply. 
Converted on the basis of thermal equivalence assuming 38% conversion efficiency in a modern thermal power station.
 ^ Less than 0.05.
w Less than 0.05%.
 # Excludes Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania prior to 1985 and Slovenia prior to 1991.
Note: Growth rates are adjusted for leap years.