France vs Greenland: Annual percentage change in primary energy use
France
0.3%
in 2025
Greenland
0.3%
in 2024
France rank
149th
Greenland rank
148th
Annual percentage change in primary energy use over time
- France
- Greenland
How they compare
Greenland currently reports 0.3% against 0.3% in France, a difference of 0.0%.
That makes Greenland's figure about 1.1 times France's.
The two have swapped places 28 times across 44 shared years of data; in 1981 it was France ahead.
France ranks 149th and Greenland ranks 148th of 216 countries.
Greenland has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | France | Greenland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1.7% | 7.5% | 5.8% | Greenland |
| 1990s | 1.7% | 2.1% | 0.4% | Greenland |
| 2000s | -0.2% | 2.7% | 2.9% | Greenland |
| 2010s | -0.6% | -0.2% | 0.3% | Greenland |
| 2020s | -1.6% | 0.1% | 1.6% | Greenland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual percentage change in primary energy use, France or Greenland?
- Greenland, at 0.3% against 0.3% in France as of 2024.
- What is the difference in annual percentage change in primary energy use between France and Greenland?
- 0.0%, with Greenland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for France and Greenland?
- 44 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2024.
- How do France and Greenland rank globally for annual percentage change in primary energy use?
- France ranks 149th and Greenland ranks 148th of 216 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017); U.S. Energy Information Administration (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual percentage change in primary energy use. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Percentage change in total energy supply relative to the previous year.