Fuelwood — Energy consumption by country
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...
Countries reporting
215
Highest
5.97 million TJ
India
Lowest
0 TJ
Curaçao
Median
12,511 TJ
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
8,228
What the numbers show
Fuelwood — Energy consumption is currently reported for 215 countries. The highest value is 5.97 million TJ in India; the lowest is 0 TJ in Curaçao.
The median across all reporting countries is 12,511 TJ, and the mean is 122,613 TJ.
Over the past decade 99 countries rose and 110 fell. The largest increase was in Kuwait (up 307.8%), and the largest decrease in Singapore (down 100.0%).
Fuelwood — Energy consumption: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 5.97 million TJ | 2024 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 2 | OECD | 3.97 million TJ | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 3 | China | 1.28 million TJ | 2024 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 4 | China, mainland | 1.27 million TJ | 2024 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 5 | Ethiopia | 892,572 TJ | 2024 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 6 | Brazil | 768,688 TJ | 2024 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 7 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 727,128 TJ | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 8 | Nigeria | 602,495 TJ | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 9 | Indonesia | 515,754 TJ | 2024 | up 45.7% | falling |
| 10 | United Republic of Tanzania | 437,916 TJ | 2024 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 11 | Guatemala | 381,078 TJ | 2024 | up 88.2% | rising |
| 12 | Uganda | 364,779 TJ | 2024 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 13 | Germany | 355,782 TJ | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 14 | Kenya | 333,191 TJ | 2024 | up 38.7% | rising |
| 15 | France | 299,883 TJ | 2024 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 16 | Myanmar | 296,420 TJ | 2024 | down 17.2% | rising |
| 17 | Nepal | 290,777 TJ | 2024 | down 16.0% | rising |
| 18 | Pakistan | 282,340 TJ | 2024 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 19 | Bangladesh | 262,893 TJ | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 20 | Cameroon | 261,065 TJ | 2024 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 21 | Italy | 259,532 TJ | 2024 | up 7.1% | volatile |
| 22 | Poland | 255,673 TJ | 2024 | up 45.9% | rising |
| 23 | Mexico | 243,307 TJ | 2024 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 24 | Mozambique | 227,332 TJ | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 25 | Zimbabwe | 222,403 TJ | 2024 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 26 | Viet Nam | 182,563 TJ | 2024 | down 67.9% | falling |
| 27 | Sudan (former) | 174,299 TJ | 2011 | up 43.2% | rising |
| 28 | Zambia | 174,209 TJ | 2024 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 29 | Côte d'Ivoire | 173,244 TJ | 2024 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 30 | Philippines | 170,401 TJ | 2024 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 31 | Madagascar | 168,440 TJ | 2024 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 32 | Canada | 142,188 TJ | 2024 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 33 | Romania | 132,329 TJ | 2024 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 34 | Sri Lanka | 129,269 TJ | 2024 | down 19.2% | rising |
| 35 | Malawi | 123,821 TJ | 2024 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 36 | Chile | 118,456 TJ | 2024 | up 18.0% | falling |
| 37 | Sudan | 116,014 TJ | 2024 | up 41.0% | rising |
| 38 | Burkina Faso | 107,985 TJ | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 39 | Colombia | 104,345 TJ | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 40 | Spain | 97,656 TJ | 2024 | down 14.2% | flat |
| 41 | Mali | 93,661 TJ | 2024 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 42 | Austria | 92,221 TJ | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 43 | Ukraine | 90,460 TJ | 2024 | up 77.1% | volatile |
| 44 | Australia and New Zealand | 89,972 TJ | 2024 | down 15.8% | rising |
| 45 | Guinea | 89,815 TJ | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 46 | Caribbean | 85,396 TJ | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 47 | Niger | 85,191 TJ | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 48 | Russian Federation | 82,446 TJ | 2024 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 49 | Liberia | 80,635 TJ | 2024 | up 37.6% | rising |
| 50 | Peru | 80,547 TJ | 2024 | down 20.8% | rising |
| 51 | Angola | 79,627 TJ | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 52 | Czechia | 78,181 TJ | 2024 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 53 | Somalia | 77,346 TJ | 2024 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 54 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 73,978 TJ | 2024 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 55 | Benin | 68,124 TJ | 2024 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 56 | Serbia | 67,172 TJ | 2024 | up 56.0% | rising |
| 57 | Haiti | 66,547 TJ | 2024 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 58 | Australia | 65,606 TJ | 2024 | down 19.3% | rising |
| 59 | Finland | 65,592 TJ | 2024 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 60 | Sweden | 64,650 TJ | 2024 | up 12.0% | falling |
| 61 | Ghana | 60,640 TJ | 2024 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 62 | Honduras | 59,047 TJ | 2024 | down 23.2% | rising |
| 63 | Morocco | 57,043 TJ | 2024 | up 50.2% | falling |
| 64 | Rwanda | 54,956 TJ | 2024 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 65 | Tajikistan | 53,833 TJ | 2024 | up 7.2% | flat |
| 66 | Melanesia | 53,757 TJ | 2024 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 67 | Hungary | 51,881 TJ | 2024 | down 16.8% | rising |
| 68 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 51,001 TJ | 2024 | up 218.9% | volatile |
| 69 | Papua New Guinea | 50,142 TJ | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 70 | Japan | 48,806 TJ | 2024 | down 4.2% | volatile |
| 71 | Chad | 47,867 TJ | 2024 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 72 | Togo | 46,410 TJ | 2024 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 73 | Nicaragua | 45,842 TJ | 2022 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 74 | Belgium | 45,268 TJ | 2024 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 75 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 42,221 TJ | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 76 | Croatia | 41,840 TJ | 2024 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 77 | Latvia | 40,161 TJ | 2024 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 78 | Switzerland | 38,817 TJ | 2024 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 79 | Thailand | 37,700 TJ | 2024 | down 86.5% | falling |
| 80 | Denmark | 36,541 TJ | 2024 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 81 | Senegal | 35,798 TJ | 2024 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 82 | Paraguay | 35,665 TJ | 2024 | down 47.1% | flat |
| 83 | Cambodia | 34,888 TJ | 2024 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 84 | Norway | 34,256 TJ | 2024 | up 27.8% | flat |
| 85 | Congo | 33,651 TJ | 2024 | up 53.7% | volatile |
| 86 | Serbia and Montenegro | 33,600 TJ | 2004 | up 183.3% | rising |
| 87 | Burundi | 33,425 TJ | 2024 | down 17.1% | flat |
| 88 | Portugal | 32,986 TJ | 2024 | up 57.4% | falling |
| 89 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 32,238 TJ | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 90 | Greece | 29,661 TJ | 2024 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 91 | Sierra Leone | 28,273 TJ | 2024 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 92 | Botswana | 27,217 TJ | 2024 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 93 | Belarus | 27,213 TJ | 2024 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 94 | South Sudan | 24,864 TJ | 2024 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 95 | New Zealand | 24,365 TJ | 2024 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 96 | Tunisia | 23,530 TJ | 2024 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 97 | Lithuania | 23,223 TJ | 2024 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 98 | Egypt | 22,998 TJ | 2024 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 99 | Uruguay | 22,569 TJ | 2024 | down 13.1% | rising |
| 100 | Malaysia | 20,778 TJ | 2024 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 101 | Slovenia | 18,770 TJ | 2024 | down 15.2% | rising |
| 102 | Republic of Moldova | 17,013 TJ | 2024 | down 6.4% | volatile |
| 103 | Slovakia | 16,808 TJ | 2024 | down 26.9% | volatile |
| 104 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 16,628 TJ | 2024 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 105 | Dominican Republic | 14,726 TJ | 2024 | up 0.9% | volatile |
| 106 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 13,452 TJ | 1999 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 107 | Bulgaria | 12,838 TJ | 2024 | down 60.5% | rising |
| 108 | Eritrea | 12,511 TJ | 2024 | up 30.1% | falling |
| 109 | Eswatini | 11,641 TJ | 2024 | up 51.6% | rising |
| 110 | Guinea-Bissau | 10,679 TJ | 2024 | down 16.4% | rising |
| 111 | Republic of Korea | 10,415 TJ | 2024 | down 83.8% | volatile |
| 112 | Afghanistan | 10,076 TJ | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 113 | Türkiye | 8,985 TJ | 2024 | down 90.0% | volatile |
| 114 | Argentina | 8,922 TJ | 2024 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 115 | Ecuador | 8,750 TJ | 2024 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 116 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 8,248 TJ | 2024 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 117 | Estonia | 8,204 TJ | 2024 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 118 | Mauritania | 7,947 TJ | 2024 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 119 | Lesotho | 7,909 TJ | 2024 | down 39.0% | falling |
| 120 | Libya | 7,808 TJ | 2024 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 121 | Georgia | 7,393 TJ | 2024 | down 61.7% | falling |
| 122 | Montenegro | 6,814 TJ | 2024 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 123 | Panama | 6,768 TJ | 2024 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 124 | North Macedonia | 6,154 TJ | 2024 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 125 | Ireland | 5,884 TJ | 2024 | down 13.4% | rising |
| 126 | Namibia | 5,567 TJ | 2024 | up 48.3% | falling |
| 127 | Albania | 5,544 TJ | 2024 | down 32.1% | falling |
| 128 | China, Taiwan Province of | 5,428 TJ | 2024 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 129 | Costa Rica | 5,407 TJ | 2024 | down 51.1% | volatile |
| 130 | Mongolia | 5,200 TJ | 2024 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 131 | Gabon | 4,986 TJ | 2024 | down 83.0% | falling |
| 132 | Lebanon | 4,659 TJ | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 133 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 4,645 TJ | 2024 | up 47.8% | volatile |
| 134 | Armenia | 4,202 TJ | 2024 | down 6.7% | volatile |
| 135 | El Salvador | 3,842 TJ | 2024 | down 48.1% | volatile |
| 136 | Comoros | 3,499 TJ | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 137 | Equatorial Guinea | 3,426 TJ | 2024 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 138 | Gambia | 3,252 TJ | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 139 | Jamaica | 2,931 TJ | 2024 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 140 | Palestine | 2,391 TJ | 2024 | down 58.7% | volatile |
| 141 | Fiji | 1,578 TJ | 2024 | up 133.4% | volatile |
| 142 | Cabo Verde | 1,329 TJ | 2024 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 143 | Bhutan | 1,229 TJ | 2024 | down 42.2% | falling |
| 144 | Luxembourg | 1,225 TJ | 2024 | down 31.2% | rising |
| 145 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 1,195 TJ | 2024 | down 73.2% | volatile |
| 146 | Solomon Islands | 1,163 TJ | 2024 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 147 | Vanuatu | 790.09 TJ | 2024 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 148 | French Guiana | 774.01 TJ | 2010 | up 64.5% | rising |
| 149 | Djibouti | 773.41 TJ | 2024 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 150 | Polynesia | 760.45 TJ | 2024 | down 36.6% | falling |
| 151 | Suriname | 741.27 TJ | 2024 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 152 | Samoa | 734 TJ | 2024 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 153 | Guyana | 717.85 TJ | 2024 | down 38.9% | volatile |
| 154 | Jordan | 706.28 TJ | 2024 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 155 | Cyprus | 660.13 TJ | 2024 | up 145.4% | volatile |
| 156 | Azerbaijan | 649.8 TJ | 2024 | down 80.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Timor-Leste | 603.27 TJ | 2024 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 158 | Sao Tome and Principe | 498.77 TJ | 2024 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 159 | Uzbekistan | 431.9 TJ | 2024 | up 81.8% | volatile |
| 160 | Saint Lucia | 409.25 TJ | 2024 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 161 | Algeria | 371.79 TJ | 2024 | up 48.1% | volatile |
| 162 | Iraq | 328 TJ | 2024 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 163 | Belize | 319.73 TJ | 2024 | down 45.3% | falling |
| 164 | Mayotte | 242.08 TJ | 2010 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 165 | Grenada | 240.89 TJ | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 166 | Kazakhstan | 225.43 TJ | 2024 | down 90.0% | volatile |
| 167 | Israel | 183 TJ | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 168 | Liechtenstein | 176.31 TJ | 2024 | down 5.7% | volatile |
| 169 | Trinidad and Tobago | 167.01 TJ | 2024 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 170 | Cuba | 162.24 TJ | 2024 | down 96.0% | volatile |
| 171 | Mauritius | 120.55 TJ | 2024 | down 52.2% | rising |
| 172 | Maldives | 111.45 TJ | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 173 | Syrian Arab Republic | 106.56 TJ | 2024 | up 15.8% | volatile |
| 174 | Brunei Darussalam | 89.2 TJ | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 175 | New Caledonia | 84.04 TJ | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 176 | Turkmenistan | 80.28 TJ | 2024 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 177 | Kuwait | 75.66 TJ | 2024 | up 307.8% | volatile |
| 178 | Oman | 55.36 TJ | 2024 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 179 | Dominica | 53.35 TJ | 2024 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 180 | Micronesia | 51.08 TJ | 2024 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 181 | Kiribati | 47.5 TJ | 2024 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 182 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 42.86 TJ | 2024 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 183 | Malta | 36.66 TJ | 2024 | down 18.5% | rising |
| 184 | Andorra | 35.87 TJ | 2024 | up 63.6% | rising |
| 185 | Seychelles | 28.87 TJ | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 186 | Bahamas | 27.47 TJ | 2024 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 187 | Kyrgyzstan | 26.97 TJ | 2024 | down 77.7% | falling |
| 188 | Guadeloupe | 26.03 TJ | 2010 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 189 | Barbados | 25.91 TJ | 2024 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 190 | United States Virgin Islands | 21.19 TJ | 2024 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 191 | Netherlands Antilles (former) | 16.26 TJ | 2010 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 192 | Antigua and Barbuda | 14.99 TJ | 2024 | up 64.1% | rising |
| 193 | French Polynesia | 13.23 TJ | 2024 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 194 | British Virgin Islands | 11.67 TJ | 2024 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 195 | Aruba | 8.22 TJ | 2024 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 196 | Wallis and Futuna Islands | 8.07 TJ | 2024 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 197 | Bahrain | 6.34 TJ | 2024 | up 209.8% | volatile |
| 198 | Qatar | 5.98 TJ | 2024 | down 84.8% | volatile |
| 199 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 5.51 TJ | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 200 | Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha | 5.44 TJ | 2024 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 201 | Saudi Arabia | 5.41 TJ | 2024 | up 8.3% | volatile |
| 202 | Tonga | 5.02 TJ | 2024 | down 5.5% | volatile |
| 203 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 3.58 TJ | 2024 | down 36.8% | volatile |
| 204 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 3.12 TJ | 2024 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 205 | China, Macao SAR | 2.28 TJ | 2008 | — | volatile |
| 206 | Bermuda | 1.83 TJ | 2024 | down 41.9% | volatile |
| 206 | Anguilla | 1.83 TJ | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 208 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0.9135 TJ | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 208 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 0.9135 TJ | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 210 | Cayman Islands | 0.1736 TJ | 2024 | down 24.0% | volatile |
| 210 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.1736 TJ | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 212 | Niue | 0.13 TJ | 2024 | down 60.7% | falling |
| 213 | Gibraltar | 0.1279 TJ | 2024 | down 80.0% | falling |
| 214 | Singapore | 0 TJ | 2015 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 214 | Curaçao | 0 TJ | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 22.12 million TJ
- Non-Annex I countries 18.10 million TJ
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 12.04 million TJ
- Asia 9.78 million TJ
- Southern Asia 7.02 million TJ
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 6.54 million TJ
- Africa 6.17 million TJ
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 5.29 million TJ
- Annex I countries 4.01 million TJ
- Americas 3.50 million TJ
- Eastern Africa 3.15 million TJ
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 2.79 million TJ
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.