Country

France

FRA Western Europe

The EU's largest economy by GDP and a permanent UN Security Council member with a nuclear-armed independent deterrent.

Last reviewed Sep 10, 2026

Indicators

GDP growth0.84% per year · 2025▼ 29.4% vs previous

Military expenditure2.05% of GDP · 2024▲ 5.21% vs previous

Net energy imports47.1% of use · 2023▼ 13.2% vs previousNet importer

Trade openness67.2% of GDP · 2025▼ 1.34% vs previous

Population68.7Mpeople · 2025▲ 0.25% vs previous

Displaced from here621people · 2025▼ 16.9% vs previous

Source: World Bank · retrieved 1 Sep 2026 · CC BY 4.0 · Source: World Bank / SIPRI · retrieved 1 Sep 2026 · CC BY 4.0 · Source: UNHCR · retrieved 1 Sep 2026 · CC BY 4.0 (UNHCR Refugee Population Statistics Database)

Electricity generation mix — France

Monthly generation by fuel, last five years

Coal
Gas
Other Fossil
Nuclear
Hydro
Wind
Solar
Bioenergy

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Period	Coal (TWh)	Gas (TWh)	Other Fossil (TWh)	Nuclear (TWh)	Hydro (TWh)	Wind (TWh)	Solar (TWh)	Bioenergy (TWh)
2021-10-01	0.61	1.79	0.27	30.5	2.59	3.24	1.12	0.25
2021-11-01	0.59	4.8	0.4	30.3	3.29	2.62	0.6	0.25
2021-12-01	0.54	4.73	0.32	31.4	4.54	4.04	0.5	0.27
2022-01-01	0.82	5.1	0.37	35.1	5.16	2.98	0.69	0.27
2022-02-01	0.56	3.71	0.33	29.5	3.79	4.75	0.87	0.33
2022-03-01	0.44	4.37	0.35	26.8	3.84	3.22	1.21	0.26
2022-04-01	0.07	3.1	0.22	21.7	4.43	3.16	1.56	0.33
2022-05-01	0.03	2.72	0.23	20.5	4.45	2.08	2.27	0.43
2022-06-01	0.03	2.3	0.27	20.1	3.59	1.85	2.15	0.27
2022-07-01	0.02	2.95	0.31	18.7	3.13	1.89	2.56	0.24
2022-08-01	0.02	2.8	0.22	18.1	2.3	2.1	2.26	0.23
2022-09-01	0.02	3.01	0.22	18.1	2.1	2.29	1.72	0.4
2022-10-01	0.04	3.54	0.21	20.1	2.59	3.41	1.26	0.23
2022-11-01	0.25	4.14	0.24	21.5	3.25	4.69	0.82	0.24
2022-12-01	0.75	4.56	0.28	27.8	4.38	4.48	0.6	0.31
2023-01-01	0.24	4.05	0.29	30.7	5.51	5.51	0.72	0.28
2023-02-01	0.26	4.73	0.27	28.7	2.97	3.02	1.28	0.24
2023-03-01	0.12	3.43	0.29	25.6	4.11	5.22	1.61	0.29
2023-04-01	0.02	1.71	0.18	24.9	4.06	3.49	2.09	0.29
2023-05-01	0.03	1.09	0.19	25.1	4.71	3.78	2.39	0.29
2023-06-01	0.01	1.67	0.19	22.7	5.05	2.21	2.69	0.23
2023-07-01	0.01	1.75	0.21	23.9	3.53	3.26	2.71	0.25
2023-08-01	0.05	1.59	0.19	23.8	3.13	2.81	2.53	0.27
2023-09-01	0.02	1.26	0.15	26.9	2.72	2.41	2.26	0.28
2023-10-01	0.01	1.22	0.17	28.1	3.06	4.24	1.58	0.27
2023-11-01	0.06	2.6	0.19	27.5	5.64	5.99	0.93	0.27
2023-12-01	0.05	2.9	0.19	31.4	6.19	6.47	0.75	0.3
2024-01-01	0.12	3.53	0.22	35.8	6.64	5.23	0.91	0.25
2024-02-01	0.1	2.36	0.29	30.7	5.36	5.55	1.08	0.24
2024-03-01	0.01	2.32	0.3	29.8	6.4	4.38	1.89	0.26
2024-04-01	0	0.6	0.23	26.6	5.11	4.32	2.28	0.26
2024-05-01	0	0.37	0.23	27.7	6.49	2.63	2.44	0.28
2024-06-01	0	0.4	0.24	26.3	5.7	2.43	2.7	0.25
2024-07-01	0	0.58	0.28	28.4	5.17	2.21	3.06	0.26
2024-08-01	0	0.62	0.25	28.4	3.7	2.26	3.1	0.27
2024-09-01	0.08	0.67	0.24	27.3	3.37	4.06	2.12	0.26
2024-10-01	0.03	0.64	0.31	29.8	5.45	3.38	1.63	0.25
2024-11-01	0.15	2.62	0.31	32.9	4.32	4.11	1.19	0.26
2024-12-01	0.11	2.51	0.33	36.5	5.61	5.31	0.92	0.26
2025-01-01	0.35	2.95	0.35	38.6	6.18	5.71	1.05	0.3
2025-02-01	0.31	2.81	0.3	31.9	5.55	3.61	1.54	0.22
2025-03-01	0	1.99	0.35	32.2	4.5	4.12	2.6	0.25
2025-04-01	0	0.51	0.33	27.0	4.04	3.58	2.85	0.24
2025-05-01	0	0.29	0.3	25.4	4.49	3.42	3.31	0.25
2025-06-01	0	0.56	0.34	26.1	4.32	2.54	3.76	0.23
2025-07-01	0	0.82	0.36	29.4	3.1	2.92	4.07	0.19
2025-08-01	0	0.8	0.34	28.5	2.81	2.62	3.64	0.18
2025-09-01	0	0.41	0.33	29.1	2.95	3.84	2.68	0.17
2025-10-01	0	1.06	0.37	30.2	3.43	5.26	2.3	0.17
2025-11-01	0.32	1.81	0.36	34.0	4.85	5.25	1.37	0.25
2025-12-01	0.34	2.36	0.32	39.3	5.39	5.75	1.1	0.24
2026-01-01	0.38	3.84	0.36	38.1	5.39	5.99	1.14	0.25
2026-02-01	0	1.36	0.28	32.4	5.37	6.25	1.47	0.28
2026-03-01	0	1.31	0.35	33.0	5.56	4.6	3.02	0.34
2026-04-01	0	0.52	0.32	29.2	4.1	3.58	3.47	0.33
2026-05-01	0	0.34	0.34	28.7	4.7	2.71	3.95	0.27
2026-06-01	0	0.95	0.33	27.8	3.56	2.97	4.38	0.22

Source: Ember · retrieved 31 Aug 2026 · CC BY 4.0

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