France vs South Korea: Electricity generation

France

569.98 terawatt-hours

in 2025

South Korea

624.66 terawatt-hours

in 2025

France rank

9th

South Korea rank

8th

Electricity generation over time

South Korea currently reports 624.66 terawatt-hours against 569.98 terawatt-hours in France, a difference of 54.68 terawatt-hours.

That makes South Korea's figure about 1.1 times France's.

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

France ranks 9th and South Korea ranks 8th of 214 countries.

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: 07 August 2026

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