# France Electricity consumption

France Electricity consumption was 30,057 Gigawatt-hour in August 2026, down 7.3% from July 2026 and up 3.7% from a year earlier.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 28,436 Gigawatt-hour (Jun 2024) to 52,369 Gigawatt-hour (Jan 2017), averaging 35,640 Gigawatt-hour.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `FR.ELECCONS.M.NSA`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: Gigawatt-hour
- Coverage: 2008-01-01 to 2026-08-01 (224 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/france/electricity-consumption

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| August 2026 | 30,057 Gigawatt-hour |
| July 2026 | 32,436 Gigawatt-hour |
| June 2026 | 31,112 Gigawatt-hour |
| May 2026 | 30,456 Gigawatt-hour |
| April 2026 | 31,407 Gigawatt-hour |
| March 2026 | 37,358 Gigawatt-hour |
| February 2026 | 37,271 Gigawatt-hour |
| January 2026 | 46,219 Gigawatt-hour |
| December 2025 | 41,471 Gigawatt-hour |
| November 2025 | 37,041 Gigawatt-hour |
| October 2025 | 32,409 Gigawatt-hour |
| September 2025 | 29,331 Gigawatt-hour |
| August 2025 | 28,971 Gigawatt-hour |
| July 2025 | 30,946 Gigawatt-hour |
| June 2025 | 29,746 Gigawatt-hour |
| May 2025 | 29,139 Gigawatt-hour |
| April 2025 | 30,939 Gigawatt-hour |
| March 2025 | 37,939 Gigawatt-hour |
| February 2025 | 39,109 Gigawatt-hour |
| January 2025 | 45,473 Gigawatt-hour |
| December 2024 | 42,097 Gigawatt-hour |
| November 2024 | 36,246 Gigawatt-hour |
| October 2024 | 31,628 Gigawatt-hour |
| September 2024 | 28,919 Gigawatt-hour |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/FR.ELECCONS.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/FR.ELECCONS.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```