Fuelwood — Energy consumption in Central America
Central America: Fuelwood — Energy consumption was 750,695 TJ in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fuelwood — Energy consumption in Central America, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in TJ.
Analysis
Central America recorded 750,695 TJ for fuelwood — energy consumption in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.3% on the previous year and up 24.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fuelwood — energy consumption in Central America peaked at 750,695 TJ in 2024 and was at its lowest, 506,770 TJ, in 1990.
Central America ranks 24th of 35 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 532,996 TJ | 506,770 TJ | 552,223 TJ | 10 |
| 2000s | 566,535 TJ | 527,379 TJ | 595,892 TJ | 10 |
| 2010s | 628,539 TJ | 594,746 TJ | 697,745 TJ | 10 |
| 2020s | 723,229 TJ | 678,694 TJ | 750,695 TJ | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central America
More environment data for Central America
- Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 754.93 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 2.39 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 4.8 g/Int$ (2024)
- Country area — Area 247,937 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area — Area 245,161 1000 ha (2024)
- Agriculture — Area 116,397 1000 ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Area 116,316 1000 ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 47.44 % (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 22.26 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 25,888 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fuelwood — energy consumption in Central America?
- Fuelwood — energy consumption in Central America was 750,695 TJ in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fuelwood — energy consumption recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 750,695 TJ in 2024.
- What is the lowest fuelwood — energy consumption recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 506,770 TJ in 1990.
- How does Central America rank for fuelwood — energy consumption?
- Central America ranks 24th out of 35 groups with data for 2024.
- Is fuelwood — energy consumption rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Central America data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Fuelwood — Energy consumption. 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.