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Economy > Electricity Stats: compare key data on France & United States

Definitions

  • Consumption: This entry consists of total electricity generated annually plus imports and minus exports, expressed in kilowatt-hours. The discrepancy between the amount of electricity generated and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is accounted for as loss in transmission and distribution.
  • Consumption per capita: This entry consists of total electricity generated annually plus imports and minus exports, expressed in kilowatt-hours. The discrepancy between the amount of electricity generated and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is accounted for as loss in transmission and distribution. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Exports: This entry is the total exported electricity in kilowatt-hours.
  • Exports per capita: This entry is the total exported electricity in kilowatt-hours. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Imports: This entry is the total imported electricity in kilowatt-hours.
  • Imports per capita: This entry is the total imported electricity in kilowatt-hours. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Production: This entry is the annual electricity generated expressed in kilowatt-hours. The discrepancy between the amount of electricity generated and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is accounted for as loss in transmission and distribution.
  • Production per capita: This entry is the annual electricity generated expressed in kilowatt-hours. The discrepancy between the amount of electricity generated and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is accounted for as loss in transmission and distribution. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
STAT France United States HISTORY
Consumption 460.9 billion kWh
Ranked 8th.
3.74 trillion kWh
Ranked 1st. 8 times more than France

Consumption per capita 7,160.05 kWh
Ranked 22nd.
12,194.74 kWh
Ranked 2nd. 70% more than France

Exports 44.91 billion kWh
Ranked 4th. 2 times more than United States
18.11 billion kWh
Ranked 8th.

Exports per capita 694.1 kWh
Ranked 19th. 12 times more than United States
59.03 kWh
Ranked 41st.

Imports 25.7 billion kWh
Ranked 6th.
34.32 billion kWh
Ranked 4th. 34% more than France

Imports per capita 397.2 kWh
Ranked 23th. 4 times more than United States
111.87 kWh
Ranked 38th.

Production 510 billion kWh
Ranked 8th.
3.95 trillion kWh
Ranked 1st. 8 times more than France

Production per capita 7,882.18 kWh
Ranked 16th.
12,885.81 kWh
Ranked 6th. 63% more than France

SOURCES: CIA World Factbooks 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013; CIA World Factbooks 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

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