France vs Norway: Annual change in primary energy use

France

6.3 terawatt-hours

in 2025

Norway

7.57 terawatt-hours

in 2025

France rank

38th

Norway rank

35th

Annual change in primary energy use over time

Norway currently reports 7.57 terawatt-hours against 6.3 terawatt-hours in France, a difference of 1.26 terawatt-hours.

That makes Norway's figure about 1.2 times France's.

The two have swapped places 27 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1966 it was France ahead.

France ranks 38th and Norway ranks 35th of 218 countries.

Indicator: Annual change in primary energy use
Unit: terawatt-hours
Source: Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017); U.S. Energy Information Administration (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 221 places, 10,501 data points, 1966–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Change in total energy supply relative to the previous year, measured in terawatt-hours.