France vs Germany: Electricity generation

France
569.98 terawatt-hours
in 2025
Germany
500.47 terawatt-hours
in 2025
France rank
9th
Germany rank
10th

Electricity generation over time

  • France
  • Germany
0200400600198520052025

How they compare

France currently reports 569.98 terawatt-hours against 500.47 terawatt-hours in Germany, a difference of 69.51 terawatt-hours.

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

The two have swapped places 1 time across 41 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Germany ahead.

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

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About this data

Indicator
Electricity generation
Unit
terawatt-hours
Source
Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
216 places, 6,724 data points, 1920–2025
Last refreshed

Total electricity generated in each country or region, measured in terawatt-hours.