Net electricity imports as a share of demand in France
France: Net electricity imports as a share of demand was -19.6% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Net electricity imports as a share of demand in France, 1990–2025
Source: Ember (2026); Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy of the UK (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, net electricity imports as a share of demand in France stood at -19.6%. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
The figure is down 2.7% on the previous year and down 55.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, net electricity imports as a share of demand in France peaked at 3.1% in 2022 and was at its lowest, -19.6%, in 2025.
That places France 207th out of 213 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Net electricity imports as a share of demand in France, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | -12.3% | — |
| 1991 | -13.3% | +8.5% |
| 1992 | -13.3% | -0.1% |
| 1993 | -15.1% | +13.6% |
| 1994 | -15.4% | +2.1% |
| 1995 | -16.6% | +8.0% |
| 1996 | -15.7% | -5.8% |
| 1997 | -15.1% | -3.8% |
| 1998 | -12.8% | -14.8% |
| 1999 | -13.8% | +7.8% |
| 2000 | -15.0% | +8.5% |
| 2001 | -14.4% | -3.9% |
| 2002 | -16.2% | +12.6% |
| 2003 | -13.5% | -17.0% |
| 2004 | -12.3% | -8.9% |
| 2005 | -11.9% | -3.4% |
| 2006 | -12.6% | +6.0% |
| 2007 | -11.2% | -10.5% |
| 2008 | -9.2% | -17.8% |
| 2009 | -5.2% | -44.2% |
| 2010 | -5.8% | +12.0% |
| 2011 | -11.0% | +91.0% |
| 2012 | -8.5% | -22.9% |
| 2013 | -9.2% | +7.8% |
| 2014 | -13.5% | +46.8% |
| 2015 | -12.6% | -6.7% |
| 2016 | -8.0% | -36.1% |
| 2017 | -7.8% | -3.0% |
| 2018 | -12.3% | +57.6% |
| 2019 | -11.4% | -7.4% |
| 2020 | -9.3% | -17.7% |
| 2021 | -8.9% | -4.9% |
| 2022 | 3.1% | -134.8% |
| 2023 | -10.8% | -448.7% |
| 2024 | -19.1% | +77.0% |
| 2025 | -19.6% | +2.7% |
France compared with similar countries
- France's -19.6% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.2%. (51 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Net electricity imports as a share of demand in France changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | -448.7% | 3.1% | -10.8% |
| 2022 | +134.8% | -8.9% | 3.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -14.3% | -16.6% | -12.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | -12.1% | -16.2% | -5.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | -10.0% | -13.5% | -5.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | -10.8% | -19.6% | 3.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near France
More energy & mining data for France
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate 0.2519 % change on previous year (2025)
- Coal consumption, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Coal consumption, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Coal production, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal production, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Fuel imports 12.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is net electricity imports as a share of demand in France?
- Net electricity imports as a share of demand in France was -19.6% in 2025, according to Ember (2026); Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy of the UK (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest net electricity imports as a share of demand recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 3.1% in 2022.
- What is the lowest net electricity imports as a share of demand recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was -19.6% in 2025.
- How does France rank for net electricity imports as a share of demand?
- France ranks 207th out of 213 countries with data for 2025.
- Is net electricity imports as a share of demand rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is down 55.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this France data come from?
- The figures come from Ember (2026); Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy of the UK (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Net electricity imports as a share of demand. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Electricity imports minus exports, measured as a percentage of total electricity demand in the country or region.