Wood pellets — Production by country

The database contains data on the production and trade in roundwood and in primary wood and paper products for all countries and territories in the world.The main types of primary forest products included in this database are roundwood, sawnwood, wood-based panels, pulp, and paper and paperboard. These products are...

Countries reporting
73
Highest
6.00 million t
Viet Nam
Lowest
0 t
Brunei Darussalam
Median
156,000 t
Years covered
13
2012–2024
Data points
1,285

What the numbers show

Wood pellets — Production is currently reported for 73 countries. The highest value is 6.00 million t in Viet Nam; the lowest is 0 t in Brunei Darussalam.

The median across all reporting countries is 156,000 t, and the mean is 531,659 t.

Over the past decade 45 countries rose and 12 fell. The largest increase was in Montenegro (up 3,563.2%), and the largest decrease in Honduras (down 100.0%).

Wood pellets — Production: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Viet Nam 6.00 million t 2024 up 650.0% volatile
2 Germany 3.70 million t 2024 up 78.1% rising
3 Canada 3.45 million t 2024 up 81.6% rising
4 Latvia 2.06 million t 2024 up 60.9% rising
5 France 2.00 million t 2024 up 90.5% rising
6 Austria 1.80 million t 2024 up 89.6% rising
7 Sweden 1.58 million t 2024 down 0.1% rising
8 Estonia 1.36 million t 2024 up 77.6% rising
9 Poland 1.25 million t 2024 up 78.6% rising
10 Malaysia 1.20 million t 2024 up 566.7% volatile
11 Russian Federation 1.10 million t 2024 up 20.3% rising
12 Republic of Korea 886,000 t 2024 up 1,672.0% volatile
13 China 873,000 t 2024 up 135.9% rising
13 China, mainland 873,000 t 2024 up 135.9% rising
15 Indonesia 850,000 t 2024 up 962.5% volatile
16 Spain 800,000 t 2024 up 128.6% rising
17 Brazil 700,000 t 2024 up 1,328.6% volatile
18 Belgium 646,860 t 2024 up 63.8% rising
19 Lithuania 600,000 t 2024 up 140.0% rising
20 Portugal 556,000 t 2024 down 46.2% falling
21 Ukraine 500,000 t 2024 up 138.1% rising
22 Czechia 472,000 t 2024 up 136.0% rising
23 Italy 433,000 t 2024 down 3.8% rising
24 Romania 381,420 t 2024 down 30.7% falling
25 Thailand 365,000 t 2024 up 217.4% volatile
26 Croatia 334,808 t 2024 up 73.8% rising
27 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 327,000 t 2024 down 7.7% flat
28 Finland 323,626 t 2024 down 0.1% rising
29 Switzerland 323,000 t 2024 up 101.9% rising
30 Serbia 314,000 t 2024 up 48.1% rising
31 Slovakia 288,371 t 2024 up 188.4% volatile
32 Chile 260,000 t 2024 up 766.7% volatile
33 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 233,000 t 2024 down 16.5% flat
34 Denmark 180,000 t 2024 up 95.7% rising
35 Australia and New Zealand 174,910 t 2024 up 29.6% rising
36 Slovenia 172,000 t 2024 up 72.0% rising
37 Japan 156,000 t 2024 up 23.8% rising
38 Bulgaria 152,313 t 2024 up 8.8% rising
39 Norway 150,000 t 2024 up 165.5% volatile
40 Bosnia and Herzegovina 122,665 t 2024 down 37.7% falling
41 Australia 99,910 t 2024 down 4.8% volatile
42 Montenegro 96,524 t 2024 up 3,563.2% volatile
43 Argentina 82,579 t 2024 up 1,276.3% volatile
44 New Zealand 75,000 t 2024 up 150.0% rising
45 Greece 72,801 t 2024 up 102.2% rising
46 Hungary 69,355 t 2024 up 2,109.5% volatile
47 Luxembourg 63,000 t 2024 up 26.0% rising
48 Belarus 50,000 t 2024 down 66.7% volatile
49 Albania 40,000 t 2024 up 716.3% volatile
50 Ireland 37,538 t 2024 up 17.3% rising
51 Türkiye 31,739 t 2024 up 693.5% volatile
52 Zambia 29,000 t 2024 up 26.1% rising
53 Republic of Moldova 26,568 t 2024 volatile
54 Egypt 25,000 t 2024 unchanged rising
55 Uruguay 24,000 t 2024 up 1,543.8% volatile
56 Costa Rica 22,172 t 2024 down 4.2% falling
57 Tunisia 9,000 t 2024 up 800.0% volatile
58 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 5,375 t 2024 up 138.0% flat
59 Mexico 4,000 t 2024 unchanged rising
60 North Macedonia 3,000 t 2024 volatile
61 Azerbaijan 100 t 2024 unchanged falling
62 Armenia 0 t 2024 flat
62 Cyprus 0 t 2024 flat
62 Honduras 0 t 2024 down 100.0% volatile
62 Iceland 0 t 2024 flat
62 Kazakhstan 0 t 2024 flat
62 Kyrgyzstan 0 t 2024 flat
62 Liechtenstein 0 t 2024 flat
62 Malta 0 t 2024 flat
62 Mauritius 0 t 2024 flat
62 Turkmenistan 0 t 2024 flat
62 Uzbekistan 0 t 2024 flat
62 Brunei Darussalam 0 t 2024 flat

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Wood pellets — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
101 places, 1,285 data points, 2012–2024
Last refreshed

The database contains data on the production and trade in roundwood and in primary wood and paper products for all countries and territories in the world.The main types of primary forest products included in this database are roundwood, sawnwood, wood-based panels, pulp, and paper and paperboard. These products are detailed further and defined in the Joint Forest Sector Questionnaire (JFSQ) (https://www.fao.org/statistics/data-collection/forestry/en). The database contains details of the following topics: - roundwood removals (production) by coniferous and non-coniferous wood and assortments, - production and trade in industrial roundwood, sawnwood, wood-based panels, wood charcoal, pulp, paper and paperboard, and other products. More detailed information on wood products, including definitions, can be found at: https://www.fao.org/statistics/data-collection/forestry/en