France vs Japan: Annual change in primary energy from nuclear

France

29.09 terawatt-hours

in 2025

Japan

27.75 terawatt-hours

in 2025

France rank

2nd

Japan rank

3rd

Annual change in primary energy from nuclear over time

France currently reports 29.09 terawatt-hours against 27.75 terawatt-hours in Japan, a difference of 1.33 terawatt-hours.

The two have swapped places 23 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1966 it was Japan ahead.

France ranks 2nd and Japan ranks 3rd of 218 countries.

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
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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