Lithuania: Electricity production from nuclear sources (% of total)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2021, Lithuania's electricity production from nuclear sources (% of total) did not change 0 percentage points on 2020 (from 0% to 0%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1991 to 2020), the average change was −2 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 13.98 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 20.35 percentage points in 1992 and the biggest yearly fall was 70.66 percentage points in 2010. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2012 to 2021 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains less than 1% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2021, Lithuania had the 1st highest value of the 175 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Lithuania in the 2021 ranking

• Lesotho — 90th of 175: 0%
• Liberia — 91st of 175: 0%
• Libya — 92nd of 175: 0%
• Luxembourg — 94th of 175: 0%
• Madagascar — 95th of 175: 0%
• Malawi — 96th of 175: 0%

What this measures

The share of electricity production from nuclear sources of total electricity production. Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Nuclear power refers to electricity produced by nuclear power plants.

Limitations: IEA occasionally revises its time series to reflect political changes. For example, the IEA has constructed historical energy statistics for countries of the former Soviet Union. In addition, energy statistics for other countries have undergone continuous changes in coverage or methodology in recent years as more detailed energy accounts have become available. Breaks in series are therefore unavoidable.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average using total electricity production as weights.

All 32 values

Electricity production from nuclear sources (% of total) in nearby economies

• Albania — 0% (2021)
• Andorra — 0% (2021)
• Armenia — 30.14% (2024)
• Austria — 0% (2021)
• Azerbaijan — 0% (2021)
• Belarus — 35.84% (2024)
• Belgium — 32.63% (2025)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina — 0% (2021)
• Bulgaria — 40.94% (2024)

More environment data for Lithuania

• Population in largest city — 541,517 (2025)
• Population in the largest city (% of urban population) — 27.14% (2025)
• Rural population — 893,162 (2025)
• Rural population (% of total population) — 30.92% (2025)
• Urban population — 2 million (2025)
• Urban population (% of total population) — 69.08% (2025)
• Rural population growth (annual %) — -0.8% (2025)
• Urban population growth (annual %) — 0.38% (2025)
• Agricultural land (sq. km) — 28,570 (2024)
• Surface area (sq. km) — 65,290 (2024)

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Questions people ask

What is Lithuania's electricity production from nuclear sources (% of total)?

0% in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1990?

It is down 59.96 percentage points from 59.96% in 1990. The highest value was 86.82% in 1993 and the lowest 0% in 2010.

How does Lithuania rank?

1st highest of 175 economies with data for 2021.

Is the latest change in electricity production from nuclear sources (% of total) unusual for Lithuania?

In 2021, Lithuania's electricity production from nuclear sources (% of total) did not change 0 percentage points on 2020 (from 0% to 0%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1991 to 2020), the average change was −2 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 13.98 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator EG.ELC.NUCL.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA), uri: https://www.iea.org/data-and-statistics/data-tools/energy-statistics-data-browser, publisher: International Energy Agency (IEA), date accessed: 2025-03-25 Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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