Biofuels Consumption by Country

Biofuels consumption by country measures total biofuels consumed for each country, in million metric tons (Mmt) per year. As with production, the total covers fuel ethanol and biomass-based diesel together. The statistics are based on the U.S. Energy Information Administration's (EIA) International Energy Statistics. The table covers 78 countries, with 72 reported 2024 values, and includes data from 2019 to 2024. The world total stood at 157.6238 Mmt in 2024, up from 145.6600 Mmt in 2023.

The United States (59.2973 Mmt) remains the largest reported consumer, but the story of 2024 belongs to Brazil (36.6101 Mmt), whose surge reshaped the year. Indonesia (11.0344 Mmt) ranks third, with India (5.1046 Mmt) just ahead of Canada (5.0615 Mmt) in a close race for fourth. Empty means no reported value, not zero.

Biofuels Consumption by Country

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#	Country	2024 (Mmt)
1	United States US	59.3
2	Brazil BR	36.61
3	Indonesia ID	11.03
4	India IN	5.1
5	Canada CA	5.06
6	China CN	4.64
7	France FR	3.95
8	Germany DE	3.65
9	United Kingdom GB	2.87
10	Thailand TH	2.44
11	Spain ES	1.97
12	Sweden SE	1.75
13	Argentina AR	1.67
14	Italy IT	1.51
15	Poland PL	1.45
16	Colombia CO	1.27
17	Netherlands NL	1.06
18	Malaysia MY	0.87
19	Belgium BE	0.86
20	South Korea KR	0.83
21	Philippines PH	0.75
22	Japan JP	0.66
23	Romania RO	0.63
24	Finland FI	0.61
25	Austria AT	0.58
26	Peru PE	0.54
27	Norway NO	0.43
28	Paraguay PY	0.41
29	Portugal PT	0.37
30	Hungary HU	0.37
31	Czech Republic CZ	0.36
32	Ireland IE	0.32
33	Vietnam VN	0.29
34	Greece GR	0.27
35	Denmark DK	0.27
36	Switzerland CH	0.21
37	Australia AU	0.2
38	Ukraine UA	0.19
39	Mexico MX	0.19
40	Slovakia SK	0.19
41	Bulgaria BG	0.19
42	Bolivia BO	0.18
43	Türkiye TR	0.17
44	Albania AL	0.15
45	Luxembourg LU	0.14
46	Tanzania TZ	0.14
47	Lithuania LT	0.13
48	Ecuador EC	0.12
49	Slovenia SI	0.1
50	Mozambique MZ	0.08
51	Zimbabwe ZW	0.08
52	Uruguay UY	0.07
53	Jamaica JM	0.07
54	Taiwan TW	0.07
55	Kenya KE	0.03
56	Iceland IS	0.02
57	Cyprus CY	0.02
58	Estonia EE	0.02
59	Latvia LV	0.02
60	Ethiopia ET	0.02
61	Malta MT	0.01
62	Malawi MW	0.01
63	Guatemala GT	0.01
64	Cuba CU	0
65	South Africa ZA	0
66	Kazakhstan KZ	0
67	Croatia HR	0
68	Bermuda BM	0
69	North Macedonia MK	0
70	Georgia GE	0
71	New Zealand NZ	0
72	Pakistan PK	0
73	Belarus BY	-
74	Costa Rica CR	-
75	Hong Kong HK	-
76	Panama PA	-
77	Serbia RS	-

The United States accounted for about 37.6% of the reported world total in 2024, consuming about 1.6 times as much as Brazil. The top two together held about 60.9%, the top three about 67.9%, the top five about 74.3%, and the top ten about 85.4%.

Brazil's year

Brazil's consumption jumped from 29.0880 to 36.6101 Mmt (+7.5221 Mmt, about 25.9%), the largest reported increase in any biofuels series for 2024. The world total rose from 145.6600 to 157.6238 Mmt (+11.9638 Mmt, about 8.2%), so Brazil alone accounted for about 63% of the world increase. The largest decline among reported pairs was France, slipping from 4.2096 to 3.9461 Mmt (-0.2635 Mmt, about 6.3%).

How consumption changed across major consumers

The top ten split in half. The United States (+4.0671 Mmt, +7.4%), Brazil (+25.9%), Indonesia (+2.9%), Canada (+12.5%) and China (+17.3%) all grew, while France, Germany, the United Kingdom, India and Thailand all declined. The European consumers in the top ten all declined: France (-6.3%), Germany (-6.0%) and the United Kingdom (-5.1%).

2019 to 2024 in this series

Reported world values were 128.6043 Mmt in 2019, 120.5343 Mmt in 2020, 128.7275 Mmt in 2021, 136.1784 Mmt in 2022, 145.6600 Mmt in 2023 and 157.6238 Mmt in 2024. Consumption ended about 22.6% above the 2019 level after the 2020 dip, followed by four consecutive years of growth. The figures show the change over time but do not explain its causes.

Biofuels consumption in context

Consumers and producers are mostly the same countries in a different order: the United States consumed 59.2973 Mmt against production of 65.4133 Mmt, while Brazil consumed 36.6101 Mmt against production of 36.5405 Mmt — nearly identical. Canada (5.0615 Mmt) ranks fifth here while sitting eighth in production. As elsewhere in this dataset, many countries have earlier values but no reported 2024 value.

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#	Country	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
1	United States	50.46	45.14	50.84	53.01	55.23	59.3
2	Brazil	30.99	28.42	27.6	27.59	29.09	36.61
3	Indonesia	5.6	7.38	8.14	9.12	10.72	11.03
4	India	1.65	1.77	3.05	4.2	5.16	5.1
5	Canada	3.06	2.9	3.02	3.38	4.5	5.06
6	China	4.4	3.48	3.61	3.63	3.96	4.64
7	France	3.8	3.22	3.54	4.09	4.21	3.95
8	Germany	3.37	3.95	3.6	3.82	3.88	3.65
9	United Kingdom	2.24	2.1	2.02	2.74	3.03	2.87
10	Thailand	2.83	2.8	2.52	2.34	2.44	2.44
11	Spain	1.74	1.44	1.47	1.56	2.17	1.97
12	Sweden	1.62	1.65	1.73	2.02	1.91	1.75
13	Argentina	1.97	1.1	1.22	1.6	1.49	1.67
14	Italy	1.45	1.44	1.61	1.57	1.68	1.51
15	Poland	1.24	1.25	1.35	1.46	1.56	1.45
16	Colombia	1.09	1	1	0.99	1.13	1.27
17	Netherlands	0.94	1.17	1.08	1.24	1.13	1.06
18	Malaysia	0.76	0.7	0.76	0.84	0.87	0.87
19	Belgium	0.55	0.77	0.86	0.91	0.92	0.86
20	South Korea	0.63	0.47	0.57	0.63	0.72	0.83
21	Philippines	0.68	0.58	0.64	0.68	0.7	0.75
22	Japan	0.63	0.68	0.67	0.67	0.65	0.66
23	Romania	0.51	0.59	0.61	0.7	0.67	0.63
24	Finland	0.48	0.45	0.79	0.64	0.66	0.61
25	Austria	0.28	0.25	0.29	0.51	0.62	0.58
26	Peru	0.47	0.46	0.51	0.53	0.53	0.54
27	Norway	0.49	0.42	0.4	0.41	0.45	0.43
28	Paraguay	0.3	0.32	0.33	0.33	0.36	0.41
29	Portugal	0.32	0.29	0.38	0.4	0.41	0.37
30	Hungary	0.25	0.35	0.36	0.38	0.39	0.37
31	Czech Republic	0.42	0.45	0.43	0.41	0.39	0.36
32	Ireland	0.22	0.21	0.21	0.26	0.35	0.32
33	Vietnam	0.12	0.12	0.12	0.16	0.22	0.29
34	Greece	0.22	0.26	0.28	0.27	0.28	0.27
35	Denmark	0.26	0.3	0.31	0.3	0.28	0.27
36	Switzerland	0.17	0.22	0.2	0.2	0.22	0.21
37	Australia	0.21	0.15	0.15	0.15	0.21	0.2
38	Ukraine	0.15	0.16	0.17	0.18	0.18	0.19
39	Mexico	0.15	0.16	0.19	0.18	0.18	0.19
40	Slovakia	0.19	0.2	0.2	0.21	0.2	0.19
41	Bulgaria	0.21	0.19	0.19	0.22	0.21	0.19
42	Bolivia	0.09	0.12	0.16	0.17	0.17	0.18
43	Türkiye	0.2	0.13	0.15	0.17	0.17	0.17
44	Albania	0.12	0.11	0.11	0.15	0.16	0.15
45	Luxembourg	0.15	0.16	0.16	0.15	0.15	0.14
46	Tanzania	0.12	0.13	0.13	0.13	0.13	0.14
47	Lithuania	0.1	0.13	0.13	0.14	0.14	0.13
48	Ecuador	0.07	0.09	0.09	0.1	0.11	0.12
49	Slovenia	0.1	0.1	0.11	0.09	0.11	0.1
50	Mozambique	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.08
51	Zimbabwe	0.07	0.07	0.07	0.08	0.08	0.08
52	Uruguay	0.06	0.1	0.1	0.07	0.07	0.07
53	Jamaica	0.06	0.05	0.05	0.08	0.07	0.07
54	Taiwan	0.03	0.04	0.05	0.06	0.06	0.07
55	Kenya	0	0	0.01	0.02	0.03	0.03
56	Iceland	0.02	0.02	0.04	0.02	0.02	0.02
57	Cyprus	0.01	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.02
58	Estonia	0.03	0.04	0.05	0.03	0.02	0.02
59	Latvia	0.04	0.06	0.06	0.03	0.02	0.02
60	Ethiopia	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.02
61	Malta	0.01	0.02	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01
62	Malawi	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01
63	Guatemala	0.01	0	0	0.01	0.01	0.01
64	Cuba	0	-	-	0.01	0.01	0
65	South Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
66	Kazakhstan	0	-	0	0	0	0
67	Croatia	0.07	0.07	0.1	0.02	0	0
68	Bermuda	0	0	0	0	0	0
69	North Macedonia	0	0	0	0	0	0
70	Georgia	0	0	0	0	0	0
71	New Zealand	0.01	0.01	0.01	0	0	0
72	Pakistan	0	0	0	0	0	0
73	Belarus	0.02	-	-	-	-	-
74	Costa Rica	0	-	-	-	-	-
75	Hong Kong	0	-	-	-	-	-
76	Panama	0	-	-	-	-	-
77	Serbia	0	0	0	0	-	-

Methodology

The statistics are based on the U.S. Energy Information Administration's (EIA) International Energy Statistics. Values represent annual biofuels consumption in million metric tons (Mmt). Where no value is available, the cell is left empty. A value of 0 indicates that the source reports zero. Coverage is incomplete in 2024: 72 of the 78 countries have a reported value, while many countries have values for earlier years but no reported 2024 value. The sum of the countries listed on this page may not equal the reported world total because the country-level data presented here do not necessarily represent the complete set of values used for the world total. This page covers total biofuels consumption only; fuel ethanol and biomass-based diesel are reported separately in the source.