France vs USSR: Electricity generation from nuclear

France

392.07 terawatt-hours

in 2025

USSR

143.8 terawatt-hours

in 1984

France rank

3rd

USSR rank

3rd

Electricity generation from nuclear over time

France currently reports 392.07 terawatt-hours against 143.8 terawatt-hours in USSR, a difference of 248.27 terawatt-hours.

That makes France's figure about 2.7 times USSR's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 20 shared years of data; in 1965 it was USSR ahead.

France ranks 3rd and USSR ranks 3rd of 208 countries.

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
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Measured in terawatt-hours.