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Wood Fuel Production

Source: Faostat

Last Updated: Jun 1, 2016

Based on a comparison of 171 countries in 2015, India ranked the highest in wood fuel production with 306,634 '000 cbm followed by China and Taiwan. On the other end of the scale was Iceland with 0.900 '000 cbm, Mauritius with 1.80 '000 cbm and Israel with 2.00 '000 cbm.

Total wood fuel production reached 1,865,962 '000 cbm in 2015 in the World according to Faostat. This is 0.227% more than in the previous year and 3.6% more than 10 years ago.

Historically, total wood fuel production reached an all time high of 1,865,962 '000 cbm in 2015 and an all time low of 1,491,096 '000 cbm in 1962. The average annual growth amounted to 0.407% since 1961.

The top ranked country, India, accounted for 16.4 % of wood fuel production in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 35.3 % share while the ten largest countries some 62.5% in 2015.

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Country	Unit	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Afghanistan	'000 cbm																														1,598	1,641	1,655	1,694	1,726
Albania	'000 cbm																														350	350	1,100	1,100	1,100
Algeria	'000 cbm																														8,072	8,176	8,246	8,317	8,388
Angola	'000 cbm																														3,917	4,009	4,101	4,194	4,291
Argentina	'000 cbm																														4,267	4,375	4,556	3,978	4,595
Armenia	'000 cbm	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...		...	...										1,500	1,750	2,074	2,074	1,546
Australia	'000 cbm																														4,828	4,853	4,862	4,745	4,745
Austria	'000 cbm																														4,584	4,550	5,065	5,189	4,957
Azerbaijan	'000 cbm	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...												3.20	3.20	3.20	3.20	422
Bahamas	'000 cbm																														32.9	32.9	33.2	33.3	33.4
Bahrain	'000 cbm																														6.51	6.60	6.68	6.77	6.86
Bangladesh	'000 cbm																														27,359	27,287	27,128	26,971	26,816
Belarus	'000 cbm	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...																		2,094	2,292	2,292	7,443	7,633
Belgium	'000 cbm	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...										725	714	893	893	893
Belize	'000 cbm																														126	126	126	126	126
Benin	'000 cbm																														6,228	6,275	6,318	6,363	6,409
Bhutan	'000 cbm																														4,783	4,845	4,897	4,950	5,004
Bolivia	'000 cbm																														2,329	2,350	2,368	2,386	2,405
Bosnia and Herzegovina	'000 cbm	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...													1,329	1,260	1,314	1,268	1,335	...	...
Botswana	'000 cbm																														679	683	686	690	693
Brazil	'000 cbm																														104,547	107,032	113,175	119,965	118,123
Brunei	'000 cbm																														11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7
Bulgaria	'000 cbm																														2,375	2,657	2,841	2,916	2,778
Burkina Faso	'000 cbm																														12,600	12,785	12,963	13,145	13,331
Burundi	'000 cbm																														9,111	9,259	9,397	5,743	6,007
Cambodia	'000 cbm																														8,586	8,442	8,299	8,162	8,030
Cameroon	'000 cbm																														9,818	9,906	9,993	10,081	10,170
Canada	'000 cbm																														3,000	3,211	1,443	1,442	4,325
Central African Republic	'000 cbm																														2,000	2,000	2,000	2,000	2,000
Chad	'000 cbm																														6,949	7,070	7,184	7,300	7,419
Chile	'000 cbm																														14,621	12,655	15,998	15,998	16,122	...	...
China	'000 cbm																														192,390	188,823	185,430	182,100	178,831	...	...
Colombia	'000 cbm																														8,826	8,826	8,304	9,283	9,283
Comoros	'000 cbm																														259	266	273	280	287
Congo	'000 cbm																														1,315	1,336	1,357	1,379	1,401
Costa Rica	'000 cbm																														3,387	3,377	3,364	3,352	3,340
Croatia	'000 cbm	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...																		862	1,056	1,422	1,557	1,400
Cuba	'000 cbm																														1,743	1,141	1,141	1,141	1,141
Cyprus	'000 cbm																														3.72	3.63	3.55	6.52	5.67
Czech Republic	'000 cbm																														1,733	1,965	1,914	2,020	2,182
Dem. People's Republic of Korea	'000 cbm																														5,949	5,987	6,027	6,047	6,076
Dem. Republic of the Congo	'000 cbm																														75,446	76,602	77,736	78,894	80,078
Denmark	'000 cbm																														1,106	1,080	1,115	1,115	1,950
Djibouti	'000 cbm																														349	356	362	367	373
Dominican Republic	'000 cbm																														904	913	920	928	935
East Timor	'000 cbm	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...																	125	120	115	110	106
Ecuador	'000 cbm																														4,925	4,940	4,952	4,965	4,978
Egypt	'000 cbm																														17,397	17,511	17,556	17,601	17,646
El Salvador	'000 cbm																														4,223	4,225	4,217	4,210	4,203
Equatorial Guinea	'000 cbm																														447	447	447	447	447
Eritrea	'000 cbm	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...																	896	921	947	973	1,001
Estonia	'000 cbm	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...																		1,296	1,944	1,881	1,926	1,950
Ethiopia	'000 cbm	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...																	99,870	101,274	102,609	103,966	105,346
European Union	'000 cbm																														84,321	89,095	93,224	93,620	97,544
Fiji	'000 cbm																														37.0	37.0	37.0	37.0	37.0
Finland	'000 cbm																														4,952	4,975	5,241	7,695	7,660
France	'000 cbm																														25,366	26,174	26,653	26,550	26,853
Gabon	'000 cbm																														1,070	1,070	1,070	1,070	1,070
Gambia	'000 cbm																														684	694	703	713	722
Georgia	'000 cbm	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...												733	733	733	324	495
Germany	'000 cbm																														9,087	9,031	10,783	9,476	11,155
Ghana	'000 cbm																														36,564	37,791	38,985	40,203	41,448
Greece	'000 cbm																														747	711	857	795	1,193
Guatemala	'000 cbm																														17,685	18,059	18,410	18,768	19,133
Guinea	'000 cbm																														11,901	11,959	12,010	12,063	12,117
Guinea Bissau	'000 cbm																														2,561	2,600	2,637	2,675	2,713
Guyana	'000 cbm																														851	848	845	843	840
Haiti	'000 cbm																														2,033	2,041	2,050	2,060	2,070
Honduras	'000 cbm																														8,595	8,575	8,535	8,497	8,462
Hong Kong	'000 cbm																														14,621	12,655	15,998	15,998	16,122
Hungary	'000 cbm																														2,879	2,994	3,215	2,959	2,858
Iceland	'000 cbm	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	0.988	0.893	0.900
India	'000 cbm																														308,545	309,307	308,776	308,244	307,709
Indonesia	'000 cbm																														62,341	59,743	57,288	54,917	52,627
Iraq	'000 cbm																														118	118	118	118	118
Iran	'000 cbm																														60.0	53.0	46.0	52.0	52.0
Ireland	'000 cbm																														167	181	195	205	209
Israel	'000 cbm																														2.04	2.04	2.00	2.00	2.00
Italy	'000 cbm																														5,352	5,197	5,388	3,977	3,878
Ivory Coast	'000 cbm																														8,889	8,947	8,989	9,035	9,084
Jamaica	'000 cbm																														549	545	541	537	533
Japan	'000 cbm																														91.8	87.7	83.8	80.1	76.6
Jordan	'000 cbm																														294	302	310	318	326
Kazakhstan	'000 cbm	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...							...											243	272	272	244	215
Kenya	'000 cbm																														26,400	26,400	26,400	26,400	26,400
Kuwait	'000 cbm																														18.1	18.4	18.7	19.0	19.2
Kyrgyzstan	'000 cbm	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...													28.5	36.6	36.6	36.6	36.6
Laos	'000 cbm																														5,946	5,948	5,935	5,922	5,911
Latvia	'000 cbm	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...																		1,736	2,312	1,184	1,173	1,258
Lebanon	'000 cbm																														18.9	18.9	18.8	18.8	18.8
Lesotho	'000 cbm																														2,084	2,092	2,100	2,108	2,116
Liberia	'000 cbm																														6,751	7,008	7,254	7,508	7,771
Libya	'000 cbm																														939	952	964	975	987
Liechtenstein	'000 cbm	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...															15.0	16.0	18.0	16.1	12.7
Lithuania	'000 cbm	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...																		1,783	1,943	1,658	2,200	2,431
Luxembourg	'000 cbm	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...										16.5	16.8	17.5	28.0	66.2
Macao	'000 cbm																														7.84	7.72	7.60	7.49	7.37
Macedonia	'000 cbm	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...																	586	510	643	587	690
Madagascar	'000 cbm																														13,100	13,100	13,100	13,045	13,327
Malawi	'000 cbm																														5,348	5,405	5,466	5,528	5,593
Malaysia	'000 cbm																														2,858	2,810	2,760	2,711	2,664
Maldives	'000 cbm																														15.2	15.4	15.6	15.7	15.9
Mali	'000 cbm																														5,264	5,326	5,385	5,445	5,505
Mauritania	'000 cbm																														1,791	1,836	1,877	1,919	1,962
Mauritius	'000 cbm																														5.50	9.00	6.60	5.10	2.00
Mexico	'000 cbm																														38,752	38,829	38,834	38,840	38,845
Moldova	'000 cbm																														9,651	9,876	10,092	10,313	10,539
Mongolia	'000 cbm																														759	763	766	600	600
Montenegro	'000 cbm	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...				156	707	707	707	718
Morocco	'000 cbm																														6,802	6,786	6,762	6,741	6,720
Mozambique	'000 cbm																														16,724	16,724	16,724	16,724	16,724
Myanmar	'000 cbm																														38,286	38,286	38,286	38,286	38,286
Namibia	'000 cbm																														1,356	1,328	1,275	1,308	1,286
Nepal	'000 cbm																														12,555	12,526	12,464	12,403	12,344
Netherlands	'000 cbm																														290	290	290	290	290
New Zealand	'000 cbm																		...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
Nicaragua	'000 cbm																														6,064	6,097	6,110	6,125	6,141	...	...
Niger	'000 cbm																														9,651	9,876	10,092	10,313	10,539	...	...
Nigeria	'000 cbm																														62,793	63,215	63,600	63,999	64,414
Norway	'000 cbm																														2,253	2,121	1,785	1,785	2,579
Oman	'000 cbm																														37.6	39.0	40.2	41.4	42.7
Pakistan	'000 cbm																														29,660	29,660	29,660	29,660	29,660
Panama	'000 cbm																														1,143	1,128	1,112	1,096	1,081
Papua New Guinea	'000 cbm																														5,533	5,533	5,533	5,533	5,533
Paraguay	'000 cbm																														6,466	6,576	6,684	6,793	6,905
Peru	'000 cbm																														7,343	7,338	7,425	7,308	7,308
Philippines	'000 cbm																														12,469	12,362	12,250	12,144	12,042
Poland	'000 cbm																														4,154	4,124	4,980	5,043	5,144
Portugal	'000 cbm																														600	600	600	600	600
Qatar	'000 cbm																														4.93	4.98	5.01	5.03	5.06
Romania	'000 cbm																														3,969	2,564	4,014	5,038	5,103
Russia	'000 cbm	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...																		12,590	13,904	15,600	14,600	14,082
Rwanda	'000 cbm																														5,000	5,000	5,000	5,000	5,000
Saudi Arabia	'000 cbm																														240	247	254	261	268
Senegal	'000 cbm																														5,396	5,427	5,453	5,478	5,504
Serbia	'000 cbm	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...				1,778	6,223	6,345	6,232	6,357
Seychelles	'000 cbm	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...																				3.16	3.16	3.16	3.16	3.16
Sierra Leone	'000 cbm																														5,544	5,582	5,619	5,660	5,703
Singapore	'000 cbm																														33.3	32.8	32.2	31.7	31.2
Slovakia	'000 cbm	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...																	586	510	643	587	690	...	...
Slovenia	'000 cbm	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...																		983	1,104	1,336	1,121	1,127
Somalia	'000 cbm																														13,093	13,501	13,957	13,957	13,957
South Africa	'000 cbm																														12,000	12,000	12,000	12,000	12,000
South Korea	'000 cbm																														6,064	6,097	6,110	6,125	6,141
South Sudan	'000 cbm	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	4,383	4,428	4,474
Spain	'000 cbm																														2,080	5,120	3,900	3,030	3,435
Sri Lanka	'000 cbm																														5,283	5,212	5,136	5,061	4,988
Sudan	'000 cbm																														18,547	18,776	14,583	14,734	14,889
Suriname	'000 cbm																														46.9	47.5	48.0	48.5	49.1	...	...
Swaziland	'000 cbm	...																													1,045	1,063	1,078	1,093	1,109	...	...
Sweden	'000 cbm																														5,900	5,900	5,900	5,900	5,900
Switzerland	'000 cbm																														1,415	1,499	1,539	1,673	1,810
Syria	'000 cbm																														27.2	28.1	28.2	29.8	30.7
Taiwan	'000 cbm																														192,390	188,823	185,431	182,102	178,839
Tajikistan	'000 cbm	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...						90.0	90.0	90.0	90.0	90.0
Tanzania	'000 cbm																														99.5	97.1	94.7	92.4	90.2
Thailand	'000 cbm																														19,398	19,301	19,187	19,080	18,981
Togo	'000 cbm																														4,424	4,424	4,424	4,424	4,424
Trinidad and Tobago	'000 cbm																														33.1	32.8	32.5	32.2	31.9
Tunisia	'000 cbm																														2,177	2,185	2,188	3,569	3,610
Turkey	'000 cbm																														5,048	4,902	4,616	4,258	4,096
Turkmenistan	'000 cbm	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...												10.0	10.0	10.0	...	...	...	...
Uganda	'000 cbm																														39,046	39,636	41,600	41,600	41,600
Ukraine	'000 cbm	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...															8,040	8,610	9,521	9,656	9,920
United Arab Emirates	'000 cbm																														17.8	18.0	18.1	18.3	18.4
United Kingdom	'000 cbm																														988	1,381	1,234	1,332	1,578
USA	'000 cbm																														1,045	1,063	1,078	1,093	1,109
Uruguay	'000 cbm																														2,210	2,430	2,430	2,383	2,383
Uzbekistan	'000 cbm	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...												22.0	22.0	23.0	26.0	26.0
Venezuela	'000 cbm																														4,011	4,055	4,089	4,125	4,161
Vietnam	'000 cbm																														22,000	21,500	20,400	20,000	20,000
Yemen	'000 cbm																														425	441	456	472	489
Zambia	'000 cbm																														8,978	9,119	9,249	9,382	9,518
Zimbabwe	'000 cbm																														8,626	8,709	8,788	8,867	8,947
World	'000 cbm																														1,810,666	1,823,321	1,820,327	1,847,693	1,857,540

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