China vs France: Primary energy from nuclear

China

1,470 terawatt-hours

in 2025

France

1,182 terawatt-hours

in 2025

China rank

2nd

France rank

3rd

Primary energy from nuclear over time

China currently reports 1,470 terawatt-hours against 1,182 terawatt-hours in France, a difference of 288.42 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 213 countries.

Indicator: Primary energy from nuclear
Unit: terawatt-hours
Source: Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 221 places, 10,754 data points, 1965–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Measured in terawatt-hours of total energy supply.