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Who Produces the Most of Biofuel within the World?

Biofuels Production (As % of Worldwide Production) (%), 2017

Energy & Utility | December 26, 2018

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Based on a comparison of 24 countries in 2017, USA ranked the highest in biofuels production as a share of worldwide production with 43.9% followed by Brazil and Germany. On the other end of the scale was Mexico with 0.017%, Australia with 0.171% and Sweden with 0.220%.

Data for more countries are available at Biofuels Production (As % of Worldwide Production) indicator page.

Biofuels Production (As % of Worldwide Production)	Unit	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Argentina	%	...	...	...												3.40%	3.43%	2.78%	3.30%	2.55%
Brazil	%															21.9%	22.0%	23.6%	22.5%	24.2%
Canada	%	...	...													1.37%	1.50%	1.46%	1.49%	1.43%
China	%	...	...	...	...											3.00%	3.15%	3.24%	3.26%	3.32%
Colombia	%	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...							0.872%	0.939%	0.897%	0.845%	0.868%
France	%															2.95%	3.21%	3.18%	3.22%	3.20%
Germany	%															4.52%	4.53%	3.83%	4.32%	4.00%
Indonesia	%	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...							1.69%	2.09%	2.42%	3.89%	1.65%
Italy	%															0.741%	0.446%	0.627%	0.719%	0.716%
Netherlands	%	...	...	...	...	...	...	...								1.03%	1.91%	2.06%	2.47%	2.27%
Poland	%	...	...	...	...	...	...									0.630%	0.975%	0.962%	0.937%	1.18%
Spain	%															1.30%	0.927%	1.03%	1.29%	1.40%
Thailand	%	...	...	...	...	...	...	...								1.16%	1.58%	1.84%	1.86%	2.01%
USA	%															47.5%	44.6%	42.9%	41.1%	42.4%
United Kingdom	%	...	...	...	...	...										0.490%	0.453%	0.714%	0.504%	0.388%