In the EU, the amount of electricity generated from nuclear power in 2023 was around 1.7% more than in 2022. However, Germany reported significant decreases (-79%), followed by Belgium (-25%). In Finland (+35%), France, and Slovakia (both +15%) the amount of electricity generated from nuclear power increased in 2023 compared to 2022. Overall, electricity production based on nuclear power decreased in seven EU countries. By contrast, five EU states reported an increase in production in 2023. In Slovenia, electricity generation in 2023 remained at the level of 2022.
France by far the largest producer of nuclear generated electricity
54.6% of the nuclear generated electricity in the EU in 2023 came from France, making it by far the largest producer. Spain was second with a share of 9.2%, followed by Sweden (7.8%) and Finland (5.5%). Germany was in 11th place with 1.2%.
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.