France vs Germany: Electricity demand

France
476.66 terawatt-hours
in 2025
Germany
520.27 terawatt-hours
in 2025
France rank
10th
Germany rank
9th

Electricity demand over time

  • France
  • Germany
0200400600199020072025

How they compare

Germany currently reports 520.27 terawatt-hours against 476.66 terawatt-hours in France, a difference of 43.61 terawatt-hours.

That makes Germany's figure about 1.1 times France's.

Across all 36 years both countries report, Germany has been ahead every year.

France ranks 10th and Germany ranks 9th of 214 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Electricity demand
Unit
terawatt-hours
Source
Ember (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
214 places, 5,717 data points, 1990–2025
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Measured in terawatt-hours.