End-use breakdown: 2024 vintage for Residential, the same as the total.
Electrification of the Residential sector
425.9 TWh · 28.6% of national final energy consumption
Final energy consumption and electrification rate of the Residential sector in France, compared with other sectors and the national average.
→ See the housing stock by EPC ratingSector electrification rate, average change per year over the last 5 years, in percentage points
+0.31 pt/yr
Sector final energy consumption, average change per year over the last 5 years
−2.2%/yr
steady pace compared with the last ten years
Breakdown by sub-sector
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2024 vintage (SDES/CEREN), a separate source from the Eurostat sector total shown above. The shares below relate to the total of end uses detailed by SDES, 391.6 TWh, not to the sector total; see Methodology.
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| Sub-sector | Consumption (TWh) | % electricity |
|---|---|---|
| Heating | 255.6 | 17.6 |
| Domestic hot water | 45.9 | 53 |
| Cooking | 20.3 | 45.9 |
| Specific electricity | 67.2 | 100 |
| Air conditioning | 2.6 | 100 |
Sub-sector details
2024 vintage (SDES/CEREN), a separate source from the Eurostat sector total shown above. The shares below relate to the total of end uses detailed by SDES, 391.6 TWh, not to the sector total; see Methodology.
Heating
255.6 TWh
65.3% of the sector's end uses
Electrification rate: 17.6%
Domestic hot water
45.9 TWh
11.7% of the sector's end uses
Electrification rate: 53%
Cooking
20.3 TWh
5.2% of the sector's end uses
Electrification rate: 45.9%
Specific electricity
67.2 TWh
17.2% of the sector's end uses
Electrification rate: 100%
Air conditioning
2.6 TWh
0.7% of the sector's end uses
Electrification rate: 100%
Sector electrification
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| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Electrification rate - Residential | 35.4% |
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| Sector | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residential | 21.8 | 21.4 | 22.4 | 23 | 24.8 | 24 | 24.2 | 25.7 | 25.2 | 26 | 27.3 | 27.1 | 28 | 28.8 | 28 | 27.7 | 29.1 | 30.1 | 29.7 | 29.1 | 30.6 | 31.6 | 30.7 | 30.8 | 33.9 | 33.2 | 32.5 | 32.7 | 33.6 | 33.7 | 34.7 | 33.7 | 35.2 | 35.4 | 35.4 | — | — | — | — | — |
| trend extended (5 yrs) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 35.4 | 35.7 | 36 | 36.3 | 36.6 | 36.9 |
The dotted line mechanically extends the slope of the last five years. It is not a forecast: it embeds no policy, no announced investment and no saturation effect. It answers “where does the current pace lead”, not “what will happen”. Not to be confused with the official trajectory, drawn as a grey dashed line with diamonds.
- 2010: Order setting RT 2012 published, applying to new buildings Légifrance, order of 26 October 2010 (new tab)
- 2015: Energy transition for green growth act published in the Official Journal Légifrance, Act no. 2015-992 of 17 August 2015 (new tab)
- 2021: RE 2020 decree published, applying to construction from 1 January 2022 Légifrance, Decree no. 2021-1004 of 29 July 2021 (new tab)
These dates place official texts on the time axis. They demonstrate no link with the curve: a coincidence of timing is not an explanation.
Source: Eurostat (nrg_bal_c), 1990-2024 series