France vs Italy: Electricity generation from hydropower

France

59.41 terawatt-hours

in 2025

Italy

41.7 terawatt-hours

in 2025

France rank

13th

Italy rank

16th

Electricity generation from hydropower over time

France currently reports 59.41 terawatt-hours against 41.7 terawatt-hours in Italy, a difference of 17.71 terawatt-hours.

That makes France's figure about 1.4 times Italy's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 61 shared years of data; in 1965 it was France ahead.

France ranks 13th and Italy ranks 16th of 214 countries.

Indicator: Electricity generation from hydropower
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: 217 places, 7,927 data points, 1920–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Measured in terawatt-hours.