Solid biofuels — 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
229
Highest
7.46 million TJ
India
Lowest
0.2031 TJ
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Median
19,000 TJ
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
8,593
What the numbers show
Solid biofuels — Energy consumption is currently reported for 229 countries. The highest value is 7.46 million TJ in India; the lowest is 0.2031 TJ in Saint Kitts and Nevis.
The median across all reporting countries is 19,000 TJ, and the mean is 195,817 TJ.
Over the past decade 124 countries rose and 100 fell. The largest increase was in Faroe Islands (up 480.0%), and the largest decrease in Curaçao (down 94.0%).
Solid biofuels — Energy consumption: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 7.46 million TJ | 2024 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 2 | OECD | 5.95 million TJ | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 3 | China | 4.64 million TJ | 2024 | up 37.9% | rising |
| 4 | China, mainland | 4.63 million TJ | 2024 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 5 | Brazil | 2.08 million TJ | 2024 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 6 | Ethiopia | 1.43 million TJ | 2024 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 7 | Nigeria | 1.23 million TJ | 2024 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 8 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1.01 million TJ | 2024 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 9 | Indonesia | 792,141 TJ | 2024 | up 36.8% | falling |
| 10 | United Republic of Tanzania | 740,648 TJ | 2024 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 11 | Pakistan | 656,550 TJ | 2024 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 12 | Uganda | 641,829 TJ | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 13 | Bangladesh | 608,375 TJ | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 14 | Kenya | 449,609 TJ | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 15 | Germany | 405,130 TJ | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 16 | Guatemala | 381,078 TJ | 2024 | up 86.3% | rising |
| 17 | Zimbabwe | 351,406 TJ | 2024 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 18 | Nepal | 344,198 TJ | 2024 | down 10.3% | rising |
| 19 | France | 341,173 TJ | 2024 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 20 | Myanmar | 331,188 TJ | 2024 | down 16.5% | rising |
| 21 | Mexico | 307,308 TJ | 2024 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 22 | Sudan (former) | 295,784 TJ | 2011 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 23 | Philippines | 293,472 TJ | 2024 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 24 | Canada | 291,211 TJ | 2024 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 25 | Thailand | 288,755 TJ | 2024 | down 60.5% | falling |
| 26 | Viet Nam | 285,866 TJ | 2024 | down 53.8% | falling |
| 27 | Mozambique | 281,699 TJ | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 28 | Cameroon | 277,404 TJ | 2024 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 29 | Italy | 276,625 TJ | 2024 | up 9.2% | volatile |
| 30 | Poland | 273,991 TJ | 2024 | up 47.5% | rising |
| 31 | Zambia | 268,918 TJ | 2024 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 32 | Sweden | 244,336 TJ | 2024 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 33 | Angola | 236,430 TJ | 2024 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 34 | Côte d'Ivoire | 216,297 TJ | 2024 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 35 | Madagascar | 202,067 TJ | 2024 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 36 | Finland | 200,994 TJ | 2024 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 37 | Australia and New Zealand | 186,336 TJ | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 38 | Chile | 183,750 TJ | 2024 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 39 | Spain | 173,087 TJ | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 40 | Sudan | 163,357 TJ | 2024 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 41 | Australia | 161,847 TJ | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 42 | Japan | 157,894 TJ | 2024 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 43 | Caribbean | 143,392 TJ | 2024 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 44 | Burkina Faso | 137,953 TJ | 2024 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 45 | South Africa | 135,445 TJ | 2024 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 46 | Austria | 135,269 TJ | 2024 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 47 | Malawi | 134,440 TJ | 2024 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 48 | Romania | 133,394 TJ | 2024 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 49 | Sri Lanka | 131,149 TJ | 2024 | down 18.6% | rising |
| 50 | Somalia | 126,000 TJ | 2024 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 51 | Uruguay | 115,915 TJ | 2024 | up 81.6% | volatile |
| 52 | Mali | 113,633 TJ | 2024 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 53 | Colombia | 104,354 TJ | 2024 | down 34.2% | falling |
| 54 | Guinea | 104,061 TJ | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 55 | Ghana | 103,147 TJ | 2024 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 56 | Haiti | 102,602 TJ | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 57 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 102,020 TJ | 2024 | up 100.3% | volatile |
| 58 | Czechia | 100,556 TJ | 2024 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 59 | Peru | 92,925 TJ | 2024 | down 20.1% | rising |
| 60 | Liberia | 91,845 TJ | 2024 | up 37.9% | rising |
| 61 | Benin | 91,768 TJ | 2024 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 62 | Ukraine | 91,071 TJ | 2024 | up 73.5% | volatile |
| 63 | Niger | 89,878 TJ | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 64 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 84,776 TJ | 2024 | up 2.6% | volatile |
| 65 | Russian Federation | 83,078 TJ | 2024 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 66 | Portugal | 76,308 TJ | 2024 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 67 | Türkiye | 75,456 TJ | 2024 | down 42.1% | falling |
| 68 | Melanesia | 75,004 TJ | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 69 | Rwanda | 74,935 TJ | 2024 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 70 | Togo | 72,120 TJ | 2024 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 71 | Serbia | 67,227 TJ | 2024 | up 55.9% | rising |
| 72 | Papua New Guinea | 65,377 TJ | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 73 | Chad | 65,345 TJ | 2024 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 74 | Hungary | 63,153 TJ | 2024 | down 16.1% | rising |
| 75 | Honduras | 61,524 TJ | 2024 | down 29.4% | rising |
| 76 | Morocco | 58,561 TJ | 2024 | up 49.3% | falling |
| 77 | Congo | 58,313 TJ | 2024 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 78 | Paraguay | 54,595 TJ | 2024 | down 45.6% | falling |
| 79 | Egypt | 54,241 TJ | 2024 | down 31.4% | rising |
| 80 | Tajikistan | 53,865 TJ | 2024 | up 7.2% | flat |
| 81 | Belgium | 53,704 TJ | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 82 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 51,700 TJ | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 83 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 51,325 TJ | 2024 | up 209.5% | volatile |
| 84 | Central African Republic | 50,761 TJ | 2024 | up 53.4% | rising |
| 85 | Nicaragua | 47,353 TJ | 2022 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 86 | Burundi | 45,244 TJ | 2024 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 87 | Argentina | 45,166 TJ | 2024 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 88 | Senegal | 44,664 TJ | 2024 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 89 | Sierra Leone | 43,941 TJ | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 90 | Croatia | 42,452 TJ | 2024 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 91 | Cambodia | 41,914 TJ | 2024 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 92 | Switzerland | 41,278 TJ | 2024 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 93 | Latvia | 40,344 TJ | 2024 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 94 | Greece | 37,835 TJ | 2024 | down 6.6% | flat |
| 95 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 37,366 TJ | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 96 | Tunisia | 36,598 TJ | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 97 | Denmark | 36,541 TJ | 2024 | down 12.8% | rising |
| 98 | Bulgaria | 35,898 TJ | 2024 | down 10.3% | rising |
| 99 | Norway | 34,878 TJ | 2024 | up 21.7% | falling |
| 100 | Serbia and Montenegro | 33,600 TJ | 2004 | up 282.2% | rising |
| 101 | Gabon | 33,043 TJ | 2024 | down 22.6% | rising |
| 102 | Slovakia | 31,838 TJ | 2024 | up 2.5% | volatile |
| 103 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 31,572 TJ | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 104 | Botswana | 29,443 TJ | 2024 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 105 | Belarus | 27,244 TJ | 2024 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 106 | South Sudan | 26,551 TJ | 2024 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 107 | Dominican Republic | 26,283 TJ | 2024 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 108 | New Zealand | 24,489 TJ | 2024 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 109 | Lithuania | 23,820 TJ | 2024 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 110 | Eswatini | 22,748 TJ | 2024 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 111 | Eritrea | 22,287 TJ | 2024 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 112 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 21,311 TJ | 2024 | down 13.8% | rising |
| 113 | Malaysia | 20,840 TJ | 2024 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 114 | Republic of Moldova | 20,739 TJ | 2024 | down 19.4% | volatile |
| 115 | Slovenia | 19,000 TJ | 2024 | down 16.8% | rising |
| 116 | Republic of Korea | 18,140 TJ | 2024 | down 76.7% | volatile |
| 117 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 17,933 TJ | 2024 | down 61.8% | falling |
| 118 | Estonia | 17,679 TJ | 2024 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 119 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 17,525 TJ | 1999 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 120 | Ecuador | 16,949 TJ | 2024 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 121 | Costa Rica | 16,346 TJ | 2024 | down 37.5% | rising |
| 122 | Mauritania | 15,470 TJ | 2024 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 123 | Guinea-Bissau | 15,184 TJ | 2024 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 124 | Afghanistan | 14,856 TJ | 2024 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 125 | Lesotho | 13,872 TJ | 2024 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 126 | Libya | 11,351 TJ | 2024 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 127 | Namibia | 10,966 TJ | 2024 | up 54.3% | rising |
| 128 | Panama | 8,440 TJ | 2024 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 129 | Cuba | 8,084 TJ | 2024 | down 72.0% | volatile |
| 130 | North Macedonia | 7,752 TJ | 2024 | down 18.0% | rising |
| 131 | Georgia | 7,461 TJ | 2024 | down 61.7% | falling |
| 132 | Armenia | 7,098 TJ | 2024 | up 45.4% | volatile |
| 133 | Montenegro | 6,856 TJ | 2024 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 134 | Lebanon | 6,016 TJ | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 135 | Ireland | 5,915 TJ | 2024 | down 28.0% | rising |
| 136 | Mongolia | 5,726 TJ | 2024 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 137 | Albania | 5,603 TJ | 2024 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 138 | Gambia | 5,553 TJ | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 139 | Fiji | 5,429 TJ | 2024 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 140 | China, Taiwan Province of | 5,428 TJ | 2024 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 141 | Jamaica | 4,734 TJ | 2024 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 142 | Bhutan | 4,178 TJ | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 143 | Comoros | 3,941 TJ | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 144 | El Salvador | 3,849 TJ | 2024 | down 54.2% | volatile |
| 145 | Equatorial Guinea | 3,794 TJ | 2024 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 146 | Jordan | 3,567 TJ | 2024 | up 71.0% | rising |
| 147 | Solomon Islands | 3,280 TJ | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 148 | Guyana | 3,134 TJ | 2024 | down 50.1% | falling |
| 149 | Palestine | 2,784 TJ | 2024 | down 57.3% | volatile |
| 150 | Djibouti | 2,348 TJ | 2024 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 151 | Yemen | 2,295 TJ | 2024 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 152 | United Arab Emirates | 1,652 TJ | 2024 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 153 | Suriname | 1,544 TJ | 2024 | down 18.7% | rising |
| 154 | Cyprus | 1,490 TJ | 2024 | up 81.5% | volatile |
| 155 | Luxembourg | 1,395 TJ | 2024 | down 31.1% | rising |
| 156 | Cabo Verde | 1,350 TJ | 2024 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 157 | Polynesia | 1,138 TJ | 2024 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 158 | Israel | 1,131 TJ | 2024 | up 31.3% | volatile |
| 159 | Samoa | 1,030 TJ | 2024 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 160 | French Guiana | 999.35 TJ | 2010 | up 66.6% | rising |
| 161 | Iraq | 977 TJ | 2024 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 162 | Azerbaijan | 905.35 TJ | 2024 | down 73.5% | volatile |
| 163 | Kazakhstan | 854.75 TJ | 2024 | down 63.8% | falling |
| 164 | Micronesia | 817.01 TJ | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 165 | Vanuatu | 811.92 TJ | 2024 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 166 | Sao Tome and Principe | 808.52 TJ | 2024 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 167 | Oman | 670.08 TJ | 2024 | down 8.5% | volatile |
| 168 | Mauritius | 647.47 TJ | 2024 | down 60.6% | volatile |
| 169 | Timor-Leste | 603.27 TJ | 2024 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 170 | Kiribati | 574.78 TJ | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 171 | Réunion | 571.42 TJ | 2010 | up 0.3% | volatile |
| 172 | Kuwait | 536.24 TJ | 2024 | down 65.2% | volatile |
| 173 | Saint Lucia | 494.8 TJ | 2024 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 174 | Uzbekistan | 431.9 TJ | 2024 | up 81.8% | volatile |
| 175 | Belize | 396.43 TJ | 2024 | down 80.0% | falling |
| 176 | Singapore | 384.5 TJ | 2024 | down 33.5% | volatile |
| 177 | Turkmenistan | 375.27 TJ | 2024 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 178 | Barbados | 374.68 TJ | 2024 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 179 | Algeria | 371.79 TJ | 2024 | up 48.1% | volatile |
| 180 | Grenada | 331.38 TJ | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 181 | Saudi Arabia | 324.84 TJ | 2024 | up 20.1% | volatile |
| 182 | Martinique | 303.01 TJ | 2010 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 183 | Bahrain | 297.83 TJ | 2024 | up 17.4% | volatile |
| 184 | Mayotte | 244.53 TJ | 2010 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 185 | Trinidad and Tobago | 220.09 TJ | 2024 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 186 | Marshall Islands | 197 TJ | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 187 | Syrian Arab Republic | 186.21 TJ | 2024 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 188 | Liechtenstein | 176.31 TJ | 2024 | down 5.7% | volatile |
| 189 | Qatar | 142.04 TJ | 2024 | down 46.9% | volatile |
| 190 | Maldives | 139.47 TJ | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 191 | Brunei Darussalam | 110.59 TJ | 2024 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 192 | New Caledonia | 107.05 TJ | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 193 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 88.5 TJ | 2024 | down 57.1% | volatile |
| 194 | Guadeloupe | 87.69 TJ | 2010 | down 3.4% | volatile |
| 195 | Dominica | 60.49 TJ | 2024 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 196 | Cook Islands | 57.15 TJ | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 197 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 53.72 TJ | 2024 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 198 | Bahamas | 51.07 TJ | 2024 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 199 | Malta | 46.4 TJ | 2024 | down 17.5% | volatile |
| 200 | Andorra | 43.16 TJ | 2024 | up 89.5% | rising |
| 201 | Netherlands Antilles (former) | 32.49 TJ | 2010 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 202 | French Polynesia | 30.34 TJ | 2024 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 203 | Seychelles | 29.52 TJ | 2024 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 204 | Guam | 29.5 TJ | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 204 | China, Macao SAR | 29.5 TJ | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 206 | Kyrgyzstan | 26.97 TJ | 2024 | down 77.7% | falling |
| 207 | United States Virgin Islands | 26 TJ | 2024 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 208 | Aruba | 25.92 TJ | 2024 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 209 | British Virgin Islands | 15.72 TJ | 2024 | up 42.1% | rising |
| 210 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 15.5 TJ | 2024 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 211 | Antigua and Barbuda | 14.99 TJ | 2024 | up 25.6% | volatile |
| 212 | Tonga | 12.4 TJ | 2024 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 213 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 8.22 TJ | 2024 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 214 | Wallis and Futuna Islands | 8.07 TJ | 2024 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 215 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 5.6 TJ | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 216 | Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha | 5.44 TJ | 2024 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 217 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 3.86 TJ | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 217 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 3.86 TJ | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 219 | Gibraltar | 2.87 TJ | 2024 | up 311.1% | volatile |
| 220 | Anguilla | 2.42 TJ | 2024 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 221 | Bermuda | 1.97 TJ | 2024 | down 43.9% | volatile |
| 222 | Faroe Islands | 1.71 TJ | 2024 | up 480.0% | volatile |
| 223 | Curaçao | 0.649 TJ | 2024 | down 94.0% | volatile |
| 224 | Saint Martin (French Part) | 0.59 TJ | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 225 | Niue | 0.307 TJ | 2024 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 226 | Saint Barthélemy | 0.295 TJ | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 227 | Cayman Islands | 0.2621 TJ | 2024 | down 43.6% | falling |
| 228 | Palau | 0.236 TJ | 2024 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 229 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.2031 TJ | 2024 | down 8.8% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 35.51 million TJ
- Non-Annex I countries 29.62 million TJ
- Asia 16.43 million TJ
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 16.29 million TJ
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 9.81 million TJ
- Africa 9.46 million TJ
- Southern Asia 9.30 million TJ
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 7.88 million TJ
- Americas 6.01 million TJ
- Annex I countries 5.87 million TJ
- Eastern Asia 4.86 million TJ
- Eastern Africa 4.81 million TJ
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 4.10 million TJ
- Europe 3.34 million TJ
- European Union (27) 2.79 million TJ
- South America 2.75 million TJ
- Western Africa 2.38 million TJ
- Northern America 2.28 million TJ
- South-eastern Asia 2.11 million TJ
- United States of America 1.99 million TJ
- Middle Africa 1.74 million TJ
- Western Europe 999,437 TJ
- Eastern Europe 860,962 TJ
- Central America 831,354 TJ
- Southern Europe 775,027 TJ
- Northern Europe 706,528 TJ
- Northern Africa 324,480 TJ
- Oceania 263,296 TJ
- Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 248,800 TJ
- Southern Africa 212,475 TJ
- Western Asia 112,989 TJ
- Central Asia 55,554 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.