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Fossil fuel production per person, by fuel in France

France: Fossil fuel production per person, by fuel was 2.23 kilowatt-hours per person in 2024. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2024)
2.23 kilowatt-hours per person
Change on year
down 30.0%
World rank
97th
of 218 countries
All-time high
1,555 kilowatt-hours per person
in 1974
All-time low
0 kilowatt-hours per person
in 1900
Years of data
125
1900–2024

Fossil fuel production per person, by fuel in France, 1900–2024

05001.0k1.5k190019622024

Source: Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in kilowatt-hours per person.

Analysis

The most recent figure for fossil fuel production per person, by fuel in France is 2.23 kilowatt-hours per person, measured in 2024.

That represents a change of down 30.0% on the previous year and down 26.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, fossil fuel production per person, by fuel in France peaked at 1,555 kilowatt-hours per person in 1974 and was at its lowest, 0 kilowatt-hours per person, in 1900.

That places France 97th out of 218 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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1900s 0 kilowatt-hours per person 0 kilowatt-hours per person 0 kilowatt-hours per person 10
1910s 0 kilowatt-hours per person 0 kilowatt-hours per person 0 kilowatt-hours per person 10
1920s 0 kilowatt-hours per person 0 kilowatt-hours per person 0 kilowatt-hours per person 10
1930s 0 kilowatt-hours per person 0 kilowatt-hours per person 0 kilowatt-hours per person 10
1940s 32.19 kilowatt-hours per person 0 kilowatt-hours per person 125.53 kilowatt-hours per person 10
1950s 261.15 kilowatt-hours per person 129.71 kilowatt-hours per person 907.97 kilowatt-hours per person 10
1960s 1,089 kilowatt-hours per person 655.95 kilowatt-hours per person 1,383 kilowatt-hours per person 10
1970s 1,509 kilowatt-hours per person 1,402 kilowatt-hours per person 1,555 kilowatt-hours per person 10
1980s 1,064 kilowatt-hours per person 593.55 kilowatt-hours per person 1,515 kilowatt-hours per person 10
1990s 553.7 kilowatt-hours per person 364.97 kilowatt-hours per person 663.23 kilowatt-hours per person 10
2000s 239.31 kilowatt-hours per person 150.96 kilowatt-hours per person 333.62 kilowatt-hours per person 10
2010s 39.84 kilowatt-hours per person 1.57 kilowatt-hours per person 127.02 kilowatt-hours per person 10
2020s 3.25 kilowatt-hours per person 2.23 kilowatt-hours per person 4.05 kilowatt-hours per person 5

Countries ranked near France

  1. 94 Spain 6.94 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  2. 95 Greece 3.01 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  3. 96 Yemen 2.87 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  4. 98 American Samoa 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  5. 98 Antigua and Barbuda 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  6. 98 Armenia 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  7. 98 Aruba 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  8. 98 Bahamas 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  9. 98 Belize 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  10. 98 Benin 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  11. 98 Bermuda 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  12. 98 Bhutan 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  13. 98 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  14. 98 Botswana 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  15. 98 British Virgin Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  16. 98 Burkina Faso 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  17. 98 Burundi 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  18. 98 Cambodia 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  19. 98 Cape Verde 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  20. 98 Cayman Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  21. 98 Central African Republic 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  22. 98 Chad 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  23. 98 Comoros 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  24. 98 Cook Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  25. 98 Costa Rica 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  26. 98 Cyprus 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  27. 98 Democratic Republic of Congo 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  28. 98 Djibouti 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  29. 98 Dominica 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  30. 98 Dominican Republic 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  31. 98 East Timor 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  32. 98 El Salvador 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  33. 98 Eritrea 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  34. 98 Estonia 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  35. 98 Eswatini 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  36. 98 Ethiopia 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  37. 98 Falkland Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  38. 98 Faroe Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  39. 98 Fiji 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  40. 98 Finland 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  41. 98 French Guiana 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  42. 98 French Polynesia 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  43. 98 Gambia 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  44. 98 Gibraltar 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  45. 98 Greenland 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  46. 98 Grenada 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  47. 98 Guam 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  48. 98 Guinea 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  49. 98 Guinea-Bissau 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  50. 98 Guyana 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  51. 98 Haiti 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  52. 98 Honduras 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  53. 98 Hong Kong 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  54. 98 Iceland 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  55. 98 Jamaica 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  56. 98 Kenya 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  57. 98 Kiribati 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  58. 98 Laos 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  59. 98 Latvia 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  60. 98 Lebanon 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  61. 98 Lesotho 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  62. 98 Liberia 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  63. 98 Lithuania 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  64. 98 Macao 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  65. 98 Madagascar 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  66. 98 Malawi 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  67. 98 Maldives 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  68. 98 Mali 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  69. 98 Mauritania 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  70. 98 Mauritius 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  71. 98 Micronesia (country) 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  72. 98 Moldova 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  73. 98 Mongolia 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  74. 98 Montenegro 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  75. 98 Montserrat 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  76. 98 Namibia 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  77. 98 Nauru 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  78. 98 Nepal 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  79. 98 Netherlands Antilles 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  80. 98 New Caledonia 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  81. 98 Nicaragua 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  82. 98 Niue 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  83. 98 North Korea 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  84. 98 North Macedonia 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  85. 98 Northern Mariana Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  86. 98 Palestine 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  87. 98 Panama 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  88. 98 Paraguay 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  89. 98 Portugal 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  90. 98 Puerto Rico 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  91. 98 Reunion 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  92. 98 Saint Helena 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  93. 98 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  94. 98 Saint Lucia 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  95. 98 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  96. 98 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  97. 98 Samoa 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  98. 98 Sao Tome and Principe 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  99. 98 Seychelles 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  100. 98 Sierra Leone 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  101. 98 Singapore 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  102. 98 Solomon Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  103. 98 Somalia 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  104. 98 South Korea 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  105. 98 South Sudan 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  106. 98 Sri Lanka 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  107. 98 Sudan 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  108. 98 Sweden 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  109. 98 Switzerland 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  110. 98 Togo 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  111. 98 Tonga 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  112. 98 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  113. 98 Tuvalu 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  114. 98 Uganda 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  115. 98 United States Virgin Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  116. 98 Uruguay 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  117. 98 Vanuatu 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  118. 98 Western Sahara 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  119. 98 Zambia 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare
  120. 98 Zimbabwe 0 kilowatt-hours per person compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is fossil fuel production per person, by fuel in France?
Fossil fuel production per person, by fuel in France was 2.23 kilowatt-hours per person 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 fossil fuel production per person, by fuel recorded in France?
The highest recorded value was 1,555 kilowatt-hours per person in 1974.
What is the lowest fossil fuel production per person, by fuel recorded in France?
The lowest recorded value was 0 kilowatt-hours per person in 1900.
How does France rank for fossil fuel production per person, by fuel?
France ranks 97th out of 218 countries with data for 2024.
Is fossil fuel production per person, by fuel rising or falling in France?
Over the last ten years it is down 26.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
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 Fossil fuel production per person, by fuel. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Fossil fuel production per person, by fuel
Unit
kilowatt-hours per person
Source
Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
219 places, 14,802 data points, 1900–2025
Last refreshed

Measured in kilowatt-hours per person. Excludes gas flared or recycled. Includes natural gas produced for Gas-to-Liquids transformation.