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France generates two-thirds of its electricity from nuclear power, making it the country’s dominant power source.

As the chart shows, that’s far more than the average across Europe, which is 20%, and the world as a whole, at 9%.

Nuclear power is a low-carbon electricity source, giving France a very clean electricity mix for decades.

Per unit of electricity, France emits far less greenhouse gas than its neighbors and has some of the lowest-carbon power in the world. The global average, based on lifecycle emissions, is 472 grams of carbon dioxide equivalents (CO2e) per kilowatt-hour of electricity generated. In France, this figure is 42 grams.