France's electricity generation rose from 507.8 in 1996 to 570.0 in 2025.
France's primary energy consumption fell from 2,904 in 1995 to 2,520 in 2024.
France · Energy
Generation, consumption, mix, dependence and intensity.
26 indicators · 26 with data
France's electricity consumption per capita fell from 8,697.9 kWh in 1996 to 8,551.7 kWh in 2025.
France's solar electricity generation rose from 0 in 1996 to 31.8 in 2025.
France's wind electricity generation rose from 0.0 in 1996 to 46.5 in 2025.
France's hydropower electricity generation fell from 64.7 in 1996 to 59.4 in 2025.
France's nuclear electricity generation fell from 397.3 in 1996 to 392.1 in 2025.
France's energy use per capita fell from 49,907 kWh in 1995 to 37,865.6 kWh in 2024.
France's renewable energy rose from 9.3 % in 2004 to 23.9 % in 2025.
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- Renewable electricitydown −1.1 pts58th of 90
- Fossil fuel electricity shareup +0.0 pts9th of 90
- Low-carbon electricity sharedown −0.0 pts9th of 90
- Hydropower electricity sharedown −2.2 pts47th of 89
- Nuclear electricity shareup +1.1 pts1st of 81
- Solar electricity shareup +1.2 pts48th of 90
- Wind electricity shareup +0.1 pts33rd of 88
- Coal electricity shareup +0.1 pts35th of 89
- Gas electricity sharedown −0.2 pts67th of 87
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- Energy importsdown −7.2 pts29th of 64
- Net electricity imports (% of demand)down −0.5 pts87th of 90
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- Energy intensity of GDPdown −13.4 %66th of 165
- Carbon intensity of electricityup +2.4 %7th of 90
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- Access to electricity (% of population)unchanged +0.0 pts1st of 215
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- Oil productiondown −1.2 %73rd of 204*
- Gas productiondown −4.5 %88th of 204*
- Coal productionunchanged +0.066th of 204*