Home / Compare / Nuclear electricity generation growth vs Fossil CO2 emissions Nuclear electricity generation growth vs Fossil CO2 emissions Nuclear electricity generation growth and Fossil CO2 emissions worldwide, drawn over time. No period has an observed value for both, so the two are not set side by side.
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from 2020 to 2021
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Nuclear electricity generation growth
Unit: % · 2 observations
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Nuclear electricity generation growth Nuclear electricity generation growth. 2 observations from 2020 to 2021, ranging from -4% to 2.5%, of which 2 are forecasts. Latest value 2.5% (2021).
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Nuclear electricity generation growth Nuclear electricity generation growth. 2 observations from 2020 to 2021, ranging from -4% to 2.5%, of which 2 are forecasts. Latest value 2.5% (2021).
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2.5%
Nuclear electricity generation growth Nuclear electricity generation growth. 2 observations from 2020 to 2021, ranging from -4% to 2.5%, of which 2 are forecasts. Latest value 2.5% (2021).
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2.5%
View the underlying data Fossil CO2 emissions
Unit: million tonnes · 2 observations
Line chart Estimates are listed as such in the table below
Fossil CO2 emissions Fossil CO2 emissions. 2 observations from 2020 to 2021, ranging from 35,158.2 million tonnes to 36,866.9 million tonnes. Latest value 36,866.9 million tonnes (2021).
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Fossil CO2 emissions Fossil CO2 emissions. 2 observations from 2020 to 2021, ranging from 35,158.2 million tonnes to 36,866.9 million tonnes. Latest value 36,866.9 million tonnes (2021).
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35,158
36,867
Fossil CO2 emissions Fossil CO2 emissions. 2 observations from 2020 to 2021, ranging from 35,158.2 million tonnes to 36,866.9 million tonnes. Latest value 36,866.9 million tonnes (2021).
million tonnes
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35,158
36,867
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Provenance
Where these numbers come from Year-on-year percentage change in electricity generated from nuclear power plants.
2 observations charted in Global
· source organisations: IEA
Annual carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion and industrial processes (such as cement manufacture).
2 observations charted in Global (of 35 annual records)
· source organisations: GCP
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Series A as JSON · Series B as JSON