In the EU, the amount of electricity generated from nuclear power in 201 was around 7% more than in 2020, with particularly significant increases reported in Belgium (+46%) and Sweden (+8%). In Germany and France, the amount generated by nuclear energy in 2021 increased by around 7%.

Overall, electricity production based on nuclear power increased in seven EU countries. By contrast, six EU states reported an decrease in production in 2021. The largest decrease compared to the previous year was registered in Slovenia (-10%) and the Netherlands (-6%).

France by far the largest producer of nuclear generated electricity

51.8% of the nuclear generated electricity in the EU in 2021 came from France, making it by far the largest producer. Germany was second with a share of 9.4%, followed by Spain (7.7%) and Sweden (7.2%). In total, 13 of the 27 EU Member States operate nuclear power plants. 14 EU states have no operational nuclear power plants, among them Italy, Poland, Austria and Denmark.

Germany's nuclear switch-off

In the wake of the serious accident at the Fukushima I nuclear power plant in Japan in March 2011, the German parliament decided to phase out nuclear power in Germany by the end of 2022. Several nuclear power plants have already been decommissioned, with the last three to be shut down by the end of 2022.

Data access

The data on EU-wide gross electricity generation from nuclear energy can be found in the Eurostat database further data on the energy mix in Germany can be accessed in the section Energy on the main Destatis website.