Liquid biofuels — Energy consumption in Malawi
Malawi: Liquid biofuels — Energy consumption was 146.6 TJ in 2024. ▼ Falling
Liquid biofuels — Energy consumption in Malawi, 2012–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in TJ.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 146.6 TJ for liquid biofuels — energy consumption in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 13 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.0% on the previous year and down 47.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, liquid biofuels — energy consumption in Malawi peaked at 420.75 TJ in 2018 and was at its lowest, 146.6 TJ, in 2024.
That places Malawi 57th out of 68 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
Liquid biofuels — Energy consumption in Malawi, year by year
| Year | TJ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 296.24 TJ | — |
| 2013 | 259.75 TJ | -12.3% |
| 2014 | 279.07 TJ | +7.4% |
| 2015 | 416.46 TJ | +49.2% |
| 2016 | 354.2 TJ | -14.9% |
| 2017 | 291.95 TJ | -17.6% |
| 2018 | 420.75 TJ | +44.1% |
| 2019 | 369.23 TJ | -12.2% |
| 2020 | 304.83 TJ | -17.4% |
| 2021 | 302.68 TJ | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 152.41 TJ | -49.6% |
| 2023 | 149.56 TJ | -1.9% |
| 2024 | 146.6 TJ | -2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 335.96 TJ | 259.75 TJ | 420.75 TJ | 8 |
| 2020s | 211.22 TJ | 146.6 TJ | 304.83 TJ | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 54 Malta 483.81 TJ compare
- 55 Ethiopia 427.65 TJ compare
- 56 Republic of Korea 285.57 TJ compare
- 58 Belgium-Luxembourg 132.02 TJ
- 59 Cuba 113.88 TJ compare
- 60 Dominican Republic 69.92 TJ
More environment data for Malawi
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -0.9153 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -0.8098 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.254 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.07 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 3.65 % 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 5.3 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is liquid biofuels — energy consumption in Malawi?
- Liquid biofuels — energy consumption in Malawi was 146.6 TJ in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest liquid biofuels — energy consumption recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 420.75 TJ in 2018.
- What is the lowest liquid biofuels — energy consumption recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 146.6 TJ in 2024.
- How does Malawi rank for liquid biofuels — energy consumption?
- Malawi ranks 57th out of 68 countries with data for 2024.
- Is liquid biofuels — energy consumption rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 47.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Liquid biofuels — Energy consumption. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 13 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.