France vs South Korea: Electricity demand

France
476.66 terawatt-hours
in 2025
South Korea
624.66 terawatt-hours
in 2025
France rank
10th
South Korea rank
8th

Electricity demand over time

  • France
  • South Korea
0200400600199020072025

How they compare

South Korea currently reports 624.66 terawatt-hours against 476.66 terawatt-hours in France, a difference of 148 terawatt-hours.

That makes South Korea's figure about 1.3 times France's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 26 shared years of data; in 2000 it was France ahead.

France ranks 10th and South Korea ranks 8th 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.