China vs France: Annual change in primary energy from nuclear

China
104.18 terawatt-hours
in 2025
France
29.09 terawatt-hours
in 2025
China rank
1st
France rank
2nd

Annual change in primary energy from nuclear over time

  • China
  • France
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How they compare

China currently reports 104.18 terawatt-hours against 29.09 terawatt-hours in France, a difference of 75.09 terawatt-hours.

That makes China's figure about 3.6 times France's.

The two have swapped places 15 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1966 it was France ahead.

China ranks 1st and France ranks 2nd of 218 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Annual change in primary energy from nuclear
Unit
terawatt-hours
Source
Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
221 places, 10,533 data points, 1966–2025
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Change in total energy supply relative to the previous year, measured in terawatt-hours.