Wind share of electricity — all countries

Wind share of electricity — France

Wind share of electricity in France in 2025 — 8.15%. Ranked 33 in the world out of 89. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 8.14 pp.

2025 8.15% +0.07 pp vs 2024
World rank 33of 89
Period maximum 9.73%2023
Period minimum 0.01%2000

Trend over time

2000–2025 · % of generation

Wind share of electricity — France, 2000–202502.557.5102000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 0.01%2001: 0.02%2002: 0.05%2003: 0.07%2004: 0.1%2005: 0.17%2006: 0.38%2007: 0.72%2008: 1%2009: 1.5%2010: 1.77%2011: 2.18%2012: 2.67%2013: 2.8%2014: 3.06%2015: 3.73%2016: 3.83%2017: 4.43%2018: 4.96%2019: 6.14%2020: 7.6%2021: 6.75%2022: 8.16%2023: 9.73%2024: 8.08%2025: 8.15%
Change over the period: +8.14 pp Annual average: 0.33 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: France

France 8.15%
Europe & Central Asia computed 12.05%
Western Europe computed 16.89%
Wind share of electricity — France, by year France All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 8.15 +0.07 pp
2024 8.08 −1.65 pp
2023 9.73 +1.57 pp
2022 8.16 +1.41 pp
2021 6.75 −0.85 pp
2020 7.6 +1.46 pp
2019 6.14 +1.18 pp
2018 4.96 +0.53 pp
2017 4.43 +0.6 pp
2016 3.83 +0.1 pp
2015 3.73 +0.67 pp
2014 3.06 +0.26 pp
2013 2.8 +0.13 pp
2012 2.67 +0.49 pp
2011 2.18 +0.41 pp
2010 1.77 +0.27 pp
2009 1.5 +0.5 pp
2008 1 +0.28 pp
2007 0.72 +0.34 pp
2006 0.38 +0.21 pp
2005 0.17 +0.07 pp
2004 0.1 +0.03 pp
2003 0.07 +0.02 pp
2002 0.05 +0.03 pp
2001 0.02 +0.01 pp
2000 0.01

Western Europe, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The share of electricity generated by wind farms. Wind generation is older than solar and in most countries still larger: worldwide, wind yields about twice as much electricity. The largest shares are in countries with a long coastline and open spaces; in Denmark more than half of generation comes from wind, and that made it the first country in the world to work out how to run a power system dominated by a variable source — through links with its neighbors and flexible demand.

Important: The World Bank has no separate series for wind — it sits inside “other renewables”. Aggregates for groups of countries are weighted by generation in terawatt-hours and computed from 2000 onward.

Source: Yearly Electricity Data (Ember), license CC BY 4.0.