France vs Germany: Primary energy use

France

2,507 terawatt-hours

in 2025

Germany

2,790 terawatt-hours

in 2025

France rank

13th

Germany rank

12th

Primary energy use over time

Germany currently reports 2,790 terawatt-hours against 2,507 terawatt-hours in France, a difference of 282.97 terawatt-hours.

That makes Germany's figure about 1.1 times France's.

Across all 61 years both countries report, Germany has been ahead every year.

France ranks 13th and Germany ranks 12th of 218 countries.

Indicator: Primary energy use
Unit: terawatt-hours
Source: Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017); U.S. Energy Information Administration (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 221 places, 10,722 data points, 1965–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Measured in terawatt-hours of total energy supply.