Based on a comparison of 24 countries in 2017, USA ranked the highest in biofuels production with 692,373 bpd followed by Brazil and Germany. On the other end of the scale was Mexico with 265 bpd, Australia with 2,703 bpd and Sweden with 3,476 bpd.
Total biofuels production reached 1,576,859 bpd in 2017 in the World according to World Bank / EIA. This is 3.4 % more than in the previous year and 55.5 % more than 10 years ago.
Historically, total biofuels production reached an all time high of 1,576,859 bpd in 2017 and an all time low of 145,946 bpd in 1990. The average annual growth amounted to 9.21 % since 1990.
The top ranked country, USA, accounted for 43.9 % of biofuels production in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 69.8 % share while the ten largest countries some 87.5 % in 2017.
Data for more countries are available at Biofuels Production (Barrels) indicator page.
Biofuels Production (Barrels) | Unit | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
Argentina | bpd | ... | ... | ... | 41,879 | 42,899 | 37,744 | 49,562 | 38,198 | |||||||||||||
Brazil | bpd | 269,976 | 275,526 | 320,796 | 337,498 | 362,379 | ||||||||||||||||
Canada | bpd | ... | ... | 16,850 | 18,764 | 19,858 | 22,277 | 21,413 | ||||||||||||||
China | bpd | ... | ... | ... | ... | 36,930 | 39,307 | 43,976 | 48,897 | 49,735 | ||||||||||||
Colombia | bpd | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10,730 | 11,729 | 12,182 | 12,673 | 12,998 | ||||||||
France | bpd | 36,276 | 40,098 | 43,233 | 48,225 | 47,963 | ||||||||||||||||
Germany | bpd | 55,608 | 56,670 | 51,923 | 64,862 | 59,820 | ||||||||||||||||
Indonesia | bpd | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 20,808 | 26,108 | 32,806 | 58,298 | 24,632 | ||||||||
Italy | bpd | 9,117 | 5,572 | 8,516 | 10,782 | 10,716 | ||||||||||||||||
Netherlands | bpd | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 12,642 | 23,860 | 28,023 | 37,112 | 34,033 | |||||||||
Poland | bpd | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7,759 | 12,180 | 13,057 | 14,050 | 17,611 | ||||||||||
Spain | bpd | 15,952 | 11,584 | 14,043 | 19,305 | 21,027 | ||||||||||||||||
Thailand | bpd | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 14,343 | 19,702 | 24,937 | 27,933 | 30,054 | |||||||||
USA | bpd | 584,540 | 557,221 | 582,165 | 616,531 | 634,492 | ||||||||||||||||
United Kingdom | bpd | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6,029 | 5,661 | 9,694 | 7,559 | 5,810 |