France vs Netherlands: Primary energy use by source

France

43.99 terawatt-hours

in 2025

Netherlands

52.67 terawatt-hours

in 2025

France rank

30th

Netherlands rank

28th

Primary energy use by source over time

Netherlands currently reports 52.67 terawatt-hours against 43.99 terawatt-hours in France, a difference of 8.68 terawatt-hours.

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

The two have swapped places 3 times across 61 shared years of data; in 1965 it was France ahead.

France ranks 30th and Netherlands ranks 28th of 78 countries.

Indicator: Primary energy use by source
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: 81 places, 4,378 data points, 1965–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Measured in terawatt-hours of total energy supply.