Fuelwood — Energy production in Thailand
Thailand: Fuelwood — Energy production was 79,904 TJ in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fuelwood — Energy production in Thailand, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in TJ.
Analysis
Thailand recorded 79,904 TJ for fuelwood — energy production in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.3% on the previous year and down 84.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fuelwood — energy production in Thailand peaked at 554,501 TJ in 1991 and was at its lowest, 79,904 TJ, in 2024.
That places Thailand 61st out of 190 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Fuelwood — Energy production in Thailand, year by year
| Year | TJ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 525,639 TJ | — |
| 1991 | 554,501 TJ | +5.5% |
| 1992 | 531,978 TJ | -4.1% |
| 1993 | 489,340 TJ | -8.0% |
| 1994 | 460,267 TJ | -5.9% |
| 1995 | 417,672 TJ | -9.3% |
| 1996 | 389,692 TJ | -6.7% |
| 1997 | 400,757 TJ | +2.8% |
| 1998 | 398,867 TJ | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 401,783 TJ | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 406,896 TJ | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 407,698 TJ | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 413,826 TJ | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 427,433 TJ | +3.3% |
| 2004 | 471,973 TJ | +10.4% |
| 2005 | 495,341 TJ | +5.0% |
| 2006 | 434,237 TJ | -12.3% |
| 2007 | 480,424 TJ | +10.6% |
| 2008 | 497,369 TJ | +3.5% |
| 2009 | 478,692 TJ | -3.8% |
| 2010 | 537,091 TJ | +12.2% |
| 2011 | 501,003 TJ | -6.7% |
| 2012 | 503,666 TJ | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 518,371 TJ | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 516,301 TJ | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 504,764 TJ | -2.2% |
| 2016 | 345,454 TJ | -31.6% |
| 2017 | 315,620 TJ | -8.6% |
| 2018 | 133,243 TJ | -57.8% |
| 2019 | 130,968 TJ | -1.7% |
| 2020 | 100,238 TJ | -23.5% |
| 2021 | 82,982 TJ | -17.2% |
| 2022 | 87,577 TJ | +5.5% |
| 2023 | 85,321 TJ | -2.6% |
| 2024 | 79,904 TJ | -6.3% |
Thailand compared with similar countries
- Thailand's 79,904 TJ is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 7,580 TJ, 10.5× the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Thailand's 79,904 TJ is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 20,843 TJ, 3.8× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fuelwood — Energy production in Thailand changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | -57.8% | 315,620 TJ | 133,243 TJ |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 457,050 TJ | 389,692 TJ | 554,501 TJ | 10 |
| 2000s | 451,389 TJ | 406,896 TJ | 497,369 TJ | 10 |
| 2010s | 400,648 TJ | 130,968 TJ | 537,091 TJ | 10 |
| 2020s | 87,204 TJ | 79,904 TJ | 100,238 TJ | 5 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
More environment data for Thailand
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 1.44 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 1.54 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.306 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.01 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 8.48 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.85 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0.1009 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fuelwood — energy production in Thailand?
- Fuelwood — energy production in Thailand was 79,904 TJ in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fuelwood — energy production recorded in Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 554,501 TJ in 1991.
- What is the lowest fuelwood — energy production recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 79,904 TJ in 2024.
- How does Thailand rank for fuelwood — energy production?
- Thailand ranks 61st out of 190 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fuelwood — energy production rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 84.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Thailand data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Fuelwood — 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.