China vs France: Electricity generation from nuclear

China
487.61 terawatt-hours
in 2025
France
392.07 terawatt-hours
in 2025
China rank
2nd
France rank
3rd

Electricity generation from nuclear over time

  • China
  • France
0100200300400500196519952025

How they compare

China currently reports 487.61 terawatt-hours against 392.07 terawatt-hours in France, a difference of 95.54 terawatt-hours.

That makes China's figure about 1.2 times France's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 61 shared years of data; in 1965 it was France ahead.

China ranks 2nd and France ranks 3rd of 208 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Electricity generation from nuclear
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
211 places, 8,460 data points, 1920–2025
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Measured in terawatt-hours.