Biomass Capacity by Country

Biomass capacity by country measures installed biomass power plant capacity for each country, in gigawatts (GW). This includes power plants using biomass fuels such as wood, waste and biogas. The statistics are based on the U.S. Energy Information Administration's (EIA) International Energy Statistics. The table covers 145 countries, with 141 reported 2024 values, and includes data from 2019 to 2024. The world total stood at 180.13 GW in 2024, up from 164.75 GW in 2023.

The United States (39.85 GW) led in 2024, narrowly ahead of China (32.56 GW). Brazil (17.81 GW), India (11.24 GW) and Germany (10.00 GW) completed the top five.

Biomass Capacity by Country

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#	Country	2024 (GW)
1	United States US	39.85
2	China CN	32.56
3	Brazil BR	17.81
4	India IN	11.24
5	Germany DE	10
6	United Kingdom GB	7.54
7	Japan JP	6.22
8	Thailand TH	4.54
9	Sweden SE	3.66
10	Indonesia ID	3.42
11	Italy IT	3.37
12	France FR	3.35
13	Finland FI	3.15
14	South Korea KR	2.78
15	Canada CA	2.7
16	Türkiye TR	2.01
17	Denmark DK	1.97
18	Spain ES	1.29
19	Austria AT	1.28
20	Poland PL	1.18
21	Australia AU	0.96
22	Malaysia MY	0.94
23	Mexico MX	0.89
24	Netherlands NL	0.87
25	Guatemala GT	0.87
26	Czech Republic CZ	0.82
27	Philippines PH	0.8
28	Belgium BE	0.8
29	Taiwan TW	0.75
30	Uruguay UY	0.74
31	Portugal PT	0.71
32	Chile CL	0.6
33	Hungary HU	0.53
34	Vietnam VN	0.46
35	Cuba CU	0.44
36	Pakistan PK	0.43
37	Ukraine UA	0.4
38	Colombia CO	0.39
39	Argentina AR	0.38
40	Ethiopia ET	0.31
41	El Salvador SV	0.3
42	Estonia EE	0.3
43	Bolivia BO	0.27
44	South Africa ZA	0.27
45	Panama PA	0.25
46	Switzerland CH	0.23
47	Honduras HN	0.23
48	Nicaragua NI	0.22
49	Singapore SG	0.22
50	Slovakia SK	0.21
51	Peru PE	0.2
52	Sudan SD	0.2
53	Kenya KE	0.19
54	Greece GR	0.17
55	Ecuador EC	0.16
56	Romania RO	0.16
57	Croatia HR	0.15
58	New Zealand NZ	0.15
59	Belarus BY	0.14
60	Lithuania LT	0.13
61	Egypt EG	0.13
62	Russia RU	0.13
63	Latvia LV	0.13
64	Laos LA	0.12
65	Eswatini SZ	0.11
66	Zimbabwe ZW	0.1
67	Uganda UG	0.1
68	Luxembourg LU	0.09
69	Mauritius MU	0.09
70	Ireland IE	0.09
71	Dominican Republic DO	0.08
72	Norway NO	0.08
73	Costa Rica CR	0.08
74	Bulgaria BG	0.08
75	Mozambique MZ	0.08
76	Cambodia KH	0.07
77	Tanzania TZ	0.07
78	Fiji FJ	0.07
79	Myanmar MM	0.06
80	Hong Kong HK	0.06
81	Slovenia SI	0.06
82	Venezuela VE	0.06
83	Serbia RS	0.06
84	Angola AO	0.05
85	Senegal SN	0.05
86	Sri Lanka LK	0.05
87	Bangladesh BD	0.05
88	Guyana GY	0.05
89	Mali ML	0.04
90	Zambia ZM	0.04
91	Paraguay PY	0.04
92	Azerbaijan AZ	0.04
93	Belize BZ	0.04
94	United Arab Emirates AE	0.03
95	Sierra Leone SL	0.03
96	Jamaica JM	0.03
97	Macau MO	0.03
98	Israel IL	0.03
99	Iran IR	0.02
100	Nigeria NG	0.02
101	Malawi MW	0.02
102	Qatar QA	0.02
103	Papua New Guinea PG	0.02
104	Cyprus CY	0.01
105	Jordan JO	0.01
106	North Macedonia MK	0.01
107	Congo CG	0.01
108	Bosnia and Herzegovina BA	0.01
109	Ghana GH	0.01
110	Morocco MA	0.01
111	Lebanon LB	0.01
112	Moldova MD	0.01
113	Nepal NP	0.01
114	Syria SY	0.01
115	Trinidad and Tobago TT	0.01
116	Puerto Rico PR	0
117	Burundi BI	0
118	Malta MT	0
119	DR Congo CD	0
120	Vanuatu VU	0
121	Chad TD	0
122	Faroe Islands FO	0
123	Suriname SR	0
124	Albania AL	0
125	Gabon GA	0
126	Aruba AW	0
127	Burkina Faso BF	0
128	Greenland GL	0
129	Kazakhstan KZ	0
130	New Caledonia NC	0
131	Bahamas BS	0
132	Rwanda RW	0
133	Solomon Islands SB	0
134	Samoa WS	0
135	Palestine PS	0
136	Namibia NA	0
137	Madagascar MG	0
138	Liberia LR	0
139	Saint Lucia LC	0
140	Yemen YE	0
141	Iceland IS	0

The United States accounted for about 22.1% of the world total in 2024, about 1.2 times China. The top two together held about 40.2%, the top three about 50.1%, the top five about 61.9%, and the top ten about 76.0%.

The United States drove the 2024 increase

The United States recorded the largest increase in absolute terms, rising from 29.28 to 39.85 GW (+10.57 GW, about 36.1%). The world total rose from 164.75 to 180.13 GW (+15.38 GW, about 9.3%), meaning the United States supplied about 69% of the net increase. The largest decline among reported country pairs was Thailand, which fell by 0.074 GW, or about 1.6%.

Biomass capacity is less concentrated than wind or solar

The United States (+36.1%) grew by far the fastest among the top five; China (+4.2%), India (+4.5%), Brazil (+1.8%) and Germany (+1.4%) all increased modestly. The United States and China together accounted for about 40.2% of global biomass capacity, compared with about 59.5% of global wind capacity. Thailand's capacity fell by 0.074 GW, or about 1.6%, the largest decline among reported country pairs.

Global biomass capacity has grown steadily since 2019

Reported world values were 127.63 GW in 2019, 137.03 GW in 2020, 146.80 GW in 2021, 156.68 GW in 2022, 164.75 GW in 2023 and 180.13 GW in 2024. Capacity ended about 41.2% above the 2019 level, with the world total increasing every year. The United States accounted for much of the recent acceleration, rising from 15.72 GW in 2019 to 39.85 GW in 2024.

Biomass capacity has a different geographic pattern

The United States held 22.1% of global biomass capacity in 2024, while the top five countries together accounted for 61.9%. That is a less concentrated distribution than the wind and solar rankings, where the leading countries hold much larger shares of global capacity. Biomass projects can use locally available materials such as wood, agricultural residues and waste, giving the technology a different geographic pattern from wind and solar. The ranking reflects installed plants, not electricity generated.

Biomass Capacity by Country

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#	Country	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
1	United States	15.72	16.03	18.7	22.53	29.28	39.85
2	China	16.54	23.58	27.35	29.39	31.26	32.56
3	Brazil	15.36	15.69	16.35	17.22	17.49	17.81
4	India	10.23	10.53	10.59	10.67	10.75	11.24
5	Germany	9.99	10.32	9.79	9.83	9.86	10
6	United Kingdom	7.04	7.12	7.39	7.46	7.49	7.54
7	Japan	3.51	4.1	4.59	5.48	5.81	6.22
8	Thailand	4.1	4.24	4.48	4.6	4.62	4.54
9	Sweden	5.3	4.56	4.47	4.51	3.66	3.66
10	Indonesia	1.88	1.9	2.27	3	3.38	3.42
11	Italy	3.45	3.44	3.42	3.39	3.4	3.37
12	France	2.01	1.93	2.04	2.07	2.09	3.35
13	Finland	2.23	2.71	2.71	3.2	2.93	3.15
14	South Korea	2.54	2.14	2.73	2.73	2.75	2.78
15	Canada	2.67	2.67	2.67	2.7	2.7	2.7
16	Türkiye	0.78	1.1	1.58	1.86	2.01	2.01
17	Denmark	1.98	2.09	2.15	2.01	1.97	1.97
18	Spain	1.11	1.26	1.28	1.28	1.28	1.29
19	Austria	1.25	1.25	1.17	1.2	1.23	1.28
20	Poland	1.01	1.05	1.1	1.22	1.18	1.18
21	Australia	0.86	0.88	0.88	0.88	0.87	0.96
22	Malaysia	0.88	0.89	0.9	0.9	0.94	0.94
23	Mexico	0.97	0.97	0.88	0.88	0.89	0.89
24	Netherlands	0.82	0.87	0.94	0.93	0.87	0.87
25	Guatemala	1.04	1.04	0.87	0.87	0.87	0.87
26	Czech Republic	0.83	0.85	0.85	0.86	0.82	0.82
27	Philippines	0.05	0.06	0.52	0.63	0.68	0.8
28	Belgium	0.91	0.92	0.82	0.87	0.84	0.8
29	Taiwan	0.71	0.72	0.72	0.72	0.75	0.75
30	Uruguay	0.42	0.42	0.42	0.42	0.74	0.74
31	Portugal	0.7	0.72	0.72	0.71	0.71	0.71
32	Chile	0.44	0.4	0.49	0.49	0.6	0.6
33	Hungary	0.5	0.51	0.55	0.53	0.53	0.53
34	Vietnam	0.38	0.38	0.37	0.39	0.41	0.46
35	Cuba	0.84	0.95	0.48	0.44	0.44	0.44
36	Pakistan	0.43	0.43	0.43	0.43	0.43	0.43
37	Ukraine	0.18	0.21	0.28	0.28	0.3	0.4
38	Colombia	0.32	0.33	0.35	0.35	0.39	0.39
39	Argentina	0.3	0.31	0.36	0.37	0.38	0.38
40	Ethiopia	0.29	0.29	0.34	0.34	0.31	0.31
41	El Salvador	0.31	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
42	Estonia	0.27	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
43	Bolivia	0.17	0.18	0.14	0.19	0.26	0.27
44	South Africa	0.26	0.26	0.26	0.26	0.26	0.27
45	Panama	0.03	0.03	0.27	0.26	0.25	0.25
46	Switzerland	0.24	0.24	0.23	0.23	0.23	0.23
47	Honduras	0.22	0.22	0.22	0.23	0.23	0.23
48	Nicaragua	0.22	0.22	0.22	0.22	0.22	0.22
49	Singapore	0.21	0.2	0.21	0.23	0.24	0.22
50	Slovakia	0.23	0.23	0.25	0.26	0.21	0.21
51	Peru	0.2	0.2	0.19	0.2	0.2	0.2
52	Sudan	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2
53	Kenya	0.09	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.19
54	Greece	0.09	0.1	0.11	0.13	0.14	0.17
55	Ecuador	0.15	0.15	0.15	0.15	0.15	0.16
56	Romania	0.14	0.17	0.14	0.19	0.16	0.16
57	Croatia	0.13	0.14	0.15	0.16	0.15	0.15
58	New Zealand	0.15	0.14	0.14	0.14	0.15	0.15
59	Belarus	0.05	0.12	0.12	0.14	0.14	0.14
60	Lithuania	0.11	0.12	0.12	0.12	0.17	0.13
61	Egypt	0.08	0.08	0.12	0.13	0.13	0.13
62	Russia	1.37	1.37	1.37	1.37	0.13	0.13
63	Latvia	0.16	0.16	0.15	0.14	0.13	0.13
64	Laos	0.11	0.11	0.12	0.12	0.12	0.12
65	Eswatini	0.11	0.11	0.11	0.11	0.11	0.11
66	Zimbabwe	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
67	Uganda	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
68	Luxembourg	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.09	0.09
69	Mauritius	0.09	0.09	0.09	0.09	0.09	0.09
70	Ireland	0.11	0.11	0.11	0.11	0.09	0.09
71	Dominican Republic	0.05	0.05	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.08
72	Norway	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.08
73	Costa Rica	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.08
74	Bulgaria	0.06	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.08	0.08
75	Mozambique	0.01	0.01	0.07	0.07	0.08	0.08
76	Cambodia	0.05	0.05	0.07	0.08	0.07	0.07
77	Tanzania	0.07	0.07	0.07	0.07	0.07	0.07
78	Fiji	0.05	0.05	0.06	0.07	0.07	0.07
79	Myanmar	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.06
80	Hong Kong	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.06	0.06	0.06
81	Slovenia	0.06	0.07	0.07	0.07	0.07	0.06
82	Venezuela	0	0	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.06
83	Serbia	0.03	0.03	0.04	0.04	0.06	0.06
84	Angola	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05
85	Senegal	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.05	0.05
86	Sri Lanka	0.04	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05
87	Bangladesh	0.01	0.01	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05
88	Guyana	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.05	0.05
89	Mali	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04
90	Zambia	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04
91	Paraguay	0.02	0.02	0.07	0.07	0.04	0.04
92	Azerbaijan	0.05	0.05	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04
93	Belize	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04
94	United Arab Emirates	0	0	0	0.02	0.03	0.03
95	Sierra Leone	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03
96	Jamaica	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03
97	Macau	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03
98	Israel	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03
99	Iran	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.02
100	Nigeria	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02
101	Malawi	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02
102	Qatar	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02
103	Papua New Guinea	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02
104	Cyprus	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01
105	Jordan	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01
106	North Macedonia	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01
107	Congo	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01
108	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	0	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01
109	Ghana	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01
110	Morocco	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01
111	Lebanon	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01
112	Moldova	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.01
113	Nepal	0	0	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01
114	Syria	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01
115	Trinidad and Tobago	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01
116	Puerto Rico	0	0	0	0	0	0
117	Burundi	0	0	0	0	0	0
118	Malta	0	0	0	0	0	0
119	DR Congo	0	0	0	0	0	0
120	Vanuatu	0	0	0	0	0	0
121	Chad	0	0	0	0	0	0
122	Faroe Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0
123	Suriname	0	0	0	0	0	0
124	Albania	0	0	0	0	0	0
125	Gabon	0	0	0	0	0	0
126	Aruba	0	0	0	0	0	0
127	Burkina Faso	0	0	0	0	0	0
128	Greenland	0	0	0	0	0	0
129	Kazakhstan	0	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0
130	New Caledonia	0	0	0	0	0	0
131	Bahamas	0	0	0	0	0	0
132	Rwanda	0	0	0	0	0	0
133	Solomon Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0
134	Samoa	0	0	0	0	0	0
135	Palestine	0	0	0	0	0	0
136	Namibia	0	0	0	0	0	0
137	Madagascar	0	0	0	0	0	0
138	Liberia	0	0	0	0	0	0
139	Saint Lucia	0	0	0	0	0	0
140	Yemen	0	0	0	0	0	0
141	Iceland	0	0	0	0	0	0

Methodology

The statistics are based on the U.S. Energy Information Administration's (EIA) International Energy Statistics. Values represent annual installed biomass capacity in gigawatts (GW). Where no value is available, the cell is left empty. A value of 0 indicates that the source reports zero. 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 biomass capacity only; other sources and generation are reported separately in the source.