Gaseous biofuels — Energy production in Northern America
Northern America: Gaseous biofuels — Energy production was 240,314 TJ in 2024. ▲ Rising
Gaseous biofuels — Energy production in Northern America, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in TJ.
Analysis
Northern America recorded 240,314 TJ for gaseous biofuels — energy production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 11.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gaseous biofuels — energy production in Northern America peaked at 240,529 TJ in 2023 and was at its lowest, 33,624 TJ, in 1992.
That places Northern America 7th out of 27 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 54,544 TJ | 33,624 TJ | 131,002 TJ | 10 |
| 2000s | 177,647 TJ | 136,454 TJ | 228,716 TJ | 10 |
| 2010s | 191,950 TJ | 140,874 TJ | 234,080 TJ | 10 |
| 2020s | 233,665 TJ | 222,157 TJ | 240,529 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 gaseous biofuels — energy production in Northern America?
- Gaseous biofuels — energy production in Northern America was 240,314 TJ in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest gaseous biofuels — energy production recorded in Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 240,529 TJ in 2023.
- What is the lowest gaseous biofuels — energy production recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 33,624 TJ in 1992.
- How does Northern America rank for gaseous biofuels — energy production?
- Northern America ranks 7th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is gaseous biofuels — energy production rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern America data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Gaseous biofuels — Energy production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 35 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.