Australia vs France: Primary energy use by source

Australia

39.59 terawatt-hours

in 2025

France

50.3 terawatt-hours

in 2025

Australia rank

10th

France rank

9th

Primary energy use by source over time

France currently reports 50.3 terawatt-hours against 39.59 terawatt-hours in Australia, a difference of 10.71 terawatt-hours.

That makes France's figure about 1.3 times Australia's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 61 shared years of data; in 1965 it was France ahead.

Australia ranks 10th and France ranks 9th of 79 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: 82 places, 4,686 data points, 1965–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Measured in terawatt-hours of total energy supply.