France vs Spain: Energy intensity

France

0.8593 kilowatt-hours per dollar

in 2022

Spain

0.8833 kilowatt-hours per dollar

in 2022

France rank

96th

Spain rank

94th

Energy intensity over time

France
Spain

How they compare

Spain currently reports 0.8833 kilowatt-hours per dollar against 0.8593 kilowatt-hours per dollar in France, a difference of 0.024 kilowatt-hours per dollar.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 58 shared years of data; in 1965 it was France ahead.

France ranks 96th and Spain ranks 94th of 165 countries.

Individual pages

Energy intensity in France
Energy intensity in Spain
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Energy intensity
Unit: kilowatt-hours per dollar
Source: Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 166 places, 7,844 data points, 1965–2022
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Measured in kilowatt-hours of total energy supply per international-$ of GDP.