Black liquor — Energy production in Northern America
Northern America: Black liquor — Energy production was 825,422 TJ in 2024. ▼ Falling
Black liquor — Energy production in Northern America, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in TJ.
Analysis
In 2024, black liquor — energy production in Northern America stood at 825,422 TJ.
That represents a change of down 7.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, black liquor — energy production in Northern America peaked at 1.15 million TJ in 1997 and was at its lowest, 730,251 TJ, in 2009.
That places Northern America 4th out of 22 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.05 million TJ | 985,139 TJ | 1.15 million TJ | 10 |
| 2000s | 883,659 TJ | 730,251 TJ | 1.02 million TJ | 10 |
| 2010s | 836,861 TJ | 777,012 TJ | 889,144 TJ | 10 |
| 2020s | 829,450 TJ | 811,506 TJ | 856,636 TJ | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern America
More environment data for Northern America
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.25 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.23 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.466 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.49 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 43.74 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 92.54 million t (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 40.32 % (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 11.92 g/Int$ (2024)
- Country area — Area 2.59 million 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is black liquor — energy production in Northern America?
- Black liquor — energy production in Northern America was 825,422 TJ in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest black liquor — energy production recorded in Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 1.15 million TJ in 1997.
- What is the lowest black liquor — energy production recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 730,251 TJ in 2009.
- How does Northern America rank for black liquor — energy production?
- Northern America ranks 4th out of 22 groups with data for 2024.
- Is black liquor — energy production rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Northern America data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Black liquor — Energy production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain Bioenergy contains data on bioenergy use and bioenergy production, covering the following items: i) animal waste, ii) bagasse, iii) bio jet kerosene, iv) biodiesel, v) biogases, vi) biogasoline, vii) black liquor, viii) charcoal, ix) fuelwood, x) other liquid biofuels, xi) other vegetal material and residues.