Solid biofuels — Energy consumption in Northern America
Northern America: Solid biofuels — Energy consumption was 2.28 million TJ in 2024. ▲ Rising
Solid biofuels — Energy consumption in Northern America, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in TJ.
Analysis
The most recent figure for solid biofuels — energy consumption in Northern America is 2.28 million TJ, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, solid biofuels — energy consumption in Northern America peaked at 2.33 million TJ in 2019 and was at its lowest, 1.33 million TJ, in 1993.
Northern America ranks 16th of 31 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.
Solid biofuels — Energy consumption in Northern America, year by year
| Year | TJ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1.35 million TJ | — |
| 1991 | 1.48 million TJ | +9.9% |
| 1992 | 1.72 million TJ | +16.0% |
| 1993 | 1.33 million TJ | -22.4% |
| 1994 | 1.37 million TJ | +2.7% |
| 1995 | 1.58 million TJ | +15.3% |
| 1996 | 1.52 million TJ | -3.7% |
| 1997 | 1.43 million TJ | -5.7% |
| 1998 | 1.58 million TJ | +10.0% |
| 1999 | 2.23 million TJ | +41.7% |
| 2000 | 2.20 million TJ | -1.6% |
| 2001 | 1.88 million TJ | -14.5% |
| 2002 | 1.70 million TJ | -9.6% |
| 2003 | 1.92 million TJ | +12.8% |
| 2004 | 2.06 million TJ | +7.3% |
| 2005 | 2.18 million TJ | +5.8% |
| 2006 | 2.22 million TJ | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 2.17 million TJ | -2.4% |
| 2008 | 2.10 million TJ | -3.2% |
| 2009 | 1.93 million TJ | -8.2% |
| 2010 | 2.12 million TJ | +9.8% |
| 2011 | 2.10 million TJ | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 1.99 million TJ | -5.2% |
| 2013 | 2.18 million TJ | +9.4% |
| 2014 | 2.23 million TJ | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 2.05 million TJ | -8.0% |
| 2016 | 1.97 million TJ | -3.9% |
| 2017 | 1.97 million TJ | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 2.26 million TJ | +14.9% |
| 2019 | 2.33 million TJ | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 2.14 million TJ | -8.2% |
| 2021 | 2.18 million TJ | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 2.19 million TJ | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 2.28 million TJ | +4.0% |
| 2024 | 2.28 million TJ | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.56 million TJ | 1.33 million TJ | 2.23 million TJ | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.03 million TJ | 1.70 million TJ | 2.22 million TJ | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.12 million TJ | 1.97 million TJ | 2.33 million TJ | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.21 million TJ | 2.14 million TJ | 2.28 million TJ | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern America
- 13 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 31,572 TJ compare
- 13 Germany 405,130 TJ compare
- 14 Guatemala 381,078 TJ compare
- 14 Republic of Moldova 20,739 TJ compare
- 15 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 17,933 TJ compare
- 15 Zimbabwe 351,406 TJ compare
- 16 Nepal 344,198 TJ compare
- 16 Polynesia 1,138 TJ compare
- 17 France 341,173 TJ compare
- 17 Micronesia 817.01 TJ compare
- 18 Myanmar 331,188 TJ compare
- 18 Timor-Leste 603.27 TJ compare
- 19 Mexico 307,308 TJ compare
- 19 Syrian Arab Republic 186.21 TJ compare
More environment data for Northern America
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.23 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.25 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.466 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.49 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 43.74 million t (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Production 70.81 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Production 60.43 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 92.54 million t (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 11.92 g/Int$ (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is solid biofuels — energy consumption in Northern America?
- Solid biofuels — energy consumption in Northern America was 2.28 million TJ in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest solid biofuels — energy consumption recorded in Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 2.33 million TJ in 2019.
- What is the lowest solid biofuels — energy consumption recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.33 million TJ in 1993.
- How does Northern America rank for solid biofuels — energy consumption?
- Northern America ranks 16th out of 31 groups with data for 2024.
- Is solid biofuels — energy consumption rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.3%. 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 Solid biofuels — Energy consumption. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.