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Who buys France’s electricity? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, France exported $8.8 billion of electricity, 14% of the world total. Its main destinations were Italy (23%), the United Kingdom (19%) and Germany (19%). France was the world’s largest exporter of electricity.

Summary

Value
$8.8billion
Share of world total
14%
World rank
1st
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 9 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Italy2Tonnes: —USD per tonne: —22.8%Land
United Kingdom1.7Tonnes: —USD per tonne: —19.4%Sea
Germany1.6Tonnes: —USD per tonne: —18.7%Land
Switzerland1.5Tonnes: —USD per tonne: —17.4%Land
Spain1.1Tonnes: —USD per tonne: —12.2%Land
Belgium re-exports0.82Tonnes: —USD per tonne: —9.4%Land
Andorra0.01Tonnes: —USD per tonne: —0.12%Land
Morocco< 0.01Tonnes: —USD per tonne: —0%Sea
Canada< 0.01Tonnes: —USD per tonne: —0%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

Italy has been its main destination since 2010

Value in USD billions. The five largest destinations in 2024.

  • Italy 2
  • United Kingdom 1.7
  • Germany 1.6
  • Switzerland 1.5
  • Spain 1.1

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Italy0.782
United Kingdom0.651.7
Germany0.161.6
Switzerland1.21.5
Spain0.171.1

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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