Belgium vs France: Gas production
Belgium
0.1615 terawatt-hours
in 2024
France
0.1487 terawatt-hours
in 2024
Belgium rank
90th
France rank
91st
Gas production over time
- Belgium
- France
How they compare
Belgium currently reports 0.1615 terawatt-hours against 0.1487 terawatt-hours in France, a difference of 0.0128 terawatt-hours.
That makes Belgium's figure about 1.1 times France's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 125 shared years of data; in 1900 it was France ahead.
Belgium ranks 90th and France ranks 91st of 220 countries.
France has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belgium | France | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1910s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1920s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1930s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1940s | 0 terawatt-hours | 1.33 terawatt-hours | 1.33 terawatt-hours | France |
| 1950s | 1.45 terawatt-hours | 11.68 terawatt-hours | 10.23 terawatt-hours | France |
| 1960s | 1.38 terawatt-hours | 52.98 terawatt-hours | 51.6 terawatt-hours | France |
| 1970s | 0.6914 terawatt-hours | 79.16 terawatt-hours | 78.47 terawatt-hours | France |
| 1980s | 0.3078 terawatt-hours | 58.58 terawatt-hours | 58.27 terawatt-hours | France |
| 1990s | 0.0377 terawatt-hours | 32.1 terawatt-hours | 32.06 terawatt-hours | France |
| 2000s | 0.0018 terawatt-hours | 14.61 terawatt-hours | 14.61 terawatt-hours | France |
| 2010s | 0.0042 terawatt-hours | 2.54 terawatt-hours | 2.54 terawatt-hours | France |
| 2020s | 0.1134 terawatt-hours | 0.2149 terawatt-hours | 0.1015 terawatt-hours | France |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher gas production, Belgium or France?
- Belgium, at 0.1615 terawatt-hours against 0.1487 terawatt-hours in France as of 2024.
- What is the difference in gas production between Belgium and France?
- 0.0128 terawatt-hours, with Belgium ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and France?
- 125 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2024.
- How do Belgium and France rank globally for gas production?
- Belgium ranks 90th and France ranks 91st of 220 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Etemad & Luciani (1991); U.S. Energy Information Administration (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Gas production. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Measured in terawatt-hours. Excludes gas flared or recycled. Includes natural gas produced for Gas-to-Liquids transformation.