Coal production in France
France: Coal production was 0 terawatt-hours in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2024)
0 terawatt-hours
World rank
67th
of 219 countries
All-time high
481.23 terawatt-hours
in 1958
All-time low
0 terawatt-hours
in 2005
Years of data
125
1900–2024
Coal production in France, 1900–2024
Source: Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in terawatt-hours.
Analysis
The most recent figure for coal production in France is 0 terawatt-hours, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 125 years on record.
Over the whole period, coal production in France peaked at 481.23 terawatt-hours in 1958 and was at its lowest, 0 terawatt-hours, in 2005.
That places France 67th out of 219 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 280.12 terawatt-hours | 242.15 terawatt-hours | 305.69 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1910s | 245.99 terawatt-hours | 156.81 terawatt-hours | 332.52 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1920s | 347.3 terawatt-hours | 202.5 terawatt-hours | 443.67 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1930s | 392.67 terawatt-hours | 366 terawatt-hours | 444.45 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1940s | 341.77 terawatt-hours | 212.01 terawatt-hours | 425.82 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1950s | 456.82 terawatt-hours | 422.15 terawatt-hours | 481.23 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1960s | 414.83 terawatt-hours | 344.8 terawatt-hours | 466.7 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1970s | 219.63 terawatt-hours | 163.49 terawatt-hours | 317.7 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1980s | 134.59 terawatt-hours | 103.78 terawatt-hours | 158.47 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1990s | 67.9 terawatt-hours | 38.72 terawatt-hours | 97.49 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.05 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 26.28 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 2010s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 2020s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 5 |
Countries ranked near France
- 64 Nepal 0.02 terawatt-hours compare
- 65 Argentina 0.015 terawatt-hours compare
- 66 Armenia 0.0002 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Antarctica 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Netherlands Antilles 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Western Sahara 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Falkland Islands 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Saint Helena 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 French Guiana 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Montserrat 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Reunion 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Northern Mariana Islands 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Niue 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Cook Islands 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Gibraltar 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 American Samoa 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Faroe Islands 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Guam 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 United States Virgin Islands 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Taiwan 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Greenland 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 British Virgin Islands 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Cayman Islands 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 French Polynesia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 New Caledonia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Bermuda 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Tuvalu 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Nauru 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Puerto Rico 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Micronesia (country) 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Aruba 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 South Sudan 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Kiribati 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Antigua and Barbuda 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Dominica 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Grenada 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Solomon Islands 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Turkmenistan 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Macao 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Somalia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Bahamas 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Samoa 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Eritrea 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Equatorial Guinea 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Vanuatu 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Papua New Guinea 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 East Timor 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Suriname 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Saint Lucia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Palestine 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Djibouti 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Lebanon 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Seychelles 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Brunei 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Oman 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Libya 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Yemen 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Tonga 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Barbados 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Fiji 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Hong Kong 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Angola 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Sao Tome and Principe 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Comoros 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Cuba 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Haiti 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Guinea-Bissau 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Maldives 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 United Arab Emirates 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Trinidad and Tobago 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Guyana 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Syria 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Singapore 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Iraq 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Cape Verde 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Bahrain 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Belize 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Liberia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Nicaragua 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Azerbaijan 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Chad 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Saudi Arabia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Qatar 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Kuwait 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Gabon 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Sudan 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Jamaica 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Mauritania 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Central African Republic 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Guinea 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Congo 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Democratic Republic of Congo 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Madagascar 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Israel 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Lesotho 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Guatemala 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Iceland 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Gambia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Sierra Leone 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Cyprus 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Namibia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Togo 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Algeria 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Burundi 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Jordan 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Mauritius 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Switzerland 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Croatia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Benin 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Belarus 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Austria 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Belgium 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Estonia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Latvia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Lithuania 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Slovakia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Tunisia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Netherlands 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Finland 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Denmark 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Italy 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Sweden 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Portugal 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Uganda 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Rwanda 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Burkina Faso 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Cameroon 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Morocco 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Mali 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Kenya 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Spain 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Senegal 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Egypt 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Ghana 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Sri Lanka 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Panama 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Paraguay 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Bolivia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Honduras 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Moldova 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Dominican Republic 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Cote d'Ivoire 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Costa Rica 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Ecuador 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 El Salvador 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 67 Uruguay 0 terawatt-hours compare
More energy & mining data for France
- Fuel imports 12.7% (2024)
- Ores and metals imports 2.3% (2024)
- Ores and metals exports 2.4% (2024)
- Gas production 0.1487 terawatt-hours (2024)
- Fossil fuel production per person, by fuel 2.23 kilowatt-hours per person (2024)
- Fossil fuel production by fuel 0.1487 terawatt-hours (2024)
- Gas production per person 2.23 kilowatt-hours per person (2024)
- Fuel exports 4.4% (2024)
- Electric power transmission and distribution losses 6.6% (2024)
- Share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. GDP per capita 48.2% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is coal production in France?
- Coal production in France was 0 terawatt-hours in 2024, according to Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest coal production recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 481.23 terawatt-hours in 1958.
- What is the lowest coal production recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 terawatt-hours in 2005.
- How does France rank for coal production?
- France ranks 67th out of 219 countries with data for 2024.
- Where does this France data come from?
- The figures come from Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Coal production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Measured in terawatt-hours.