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France vs United States: Primary energy from hydropower per person

France
864.3 kilowatt-hours per person
in 2025
United States
703.03 kilowatt-hours per person
in 2025
France rank
23rd
United States rank
25th

Primary energy from hydropower per person over time

  • France
  • United States
05001.0k1.5k196519952025

How they compare

France currently reports 864.3 kilowatt-hours per person against 703.03 kilowatt-hours per person in United States, a difference of 161.27 kilowatt-hours per person.

That makes France's figure about 1.2 times United States's.

The two have swapped places 19 times across 61 shared years of data; in 1965 it was United States ahead.

France ranks 23rd and United States ranks 25th of 79 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Primary energy from hydropower per person
Unit
kilowatt-hours per person
Source
Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
80 places, 4,564 data points, 1965–2025
Last refreshed

Measured in kilowatt-hours of total energy supply per person.