Fuel Ethanol Production by Country

Fuel ethanol production by country measures fuel ethanol produced for each country, in million metric tons (Mmt) per year. Fuel ethanol is ethanol intended for blending into motor gasoline, distinct from biomass-based diesel and from ethanol used for beverage or industrial purposes. The statistics are based on the U.S. Energy Information Administration's (EIA) International Energy Statistics. The table covers 69 countries, with 57 reported 2024 values, and includes data from 2019 to 2024. The world total stood at 96.6231 Mmt in 2024, up from 93.6913 Mmt in 2023.

Fuel ethanol production is highly concentrated. The United States (48.1800 Mmt) and Brazil (28.5615 Mmt) together hold nearly four-fifths of reported world production. India (4.9303 Mmt) edged ahead of China (3.4904 Mmt) for third place, with Canada (1.3870 Mmt) fifth. Empty means no reported value, not zero.

Fuel Ethanol Production by Country

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#	Country	Latest Data (Mmt)	Year
1	United States US	48.18	2024
2	Brazil BR	28.56	2024
3	India IN	4.93	2024
4	China CN	3.49	2024
5	Canada CA	1.39	2024
6	Thailand TH	1.03	2024
7	Argentina AR	0.96	2024
8	France FR	0.94	2024
9	Germany DE	0.62	2024
10	Hungary HU	0.6	2024
11	Colombia CO	0.58	2024
12	Portugal PT	0.54	2024
13	Paraguay PY	0.54	2024
14	United Kingdom GB	0.46	2024
15	Spain ES	0.44	2024
16	Poland PL	0.41	2024
17	Belgium BE	0.35	2024
18	Philippines PH	0.31	2024
19	Vietnam VN	0.29	2024
20	Austria AT	0.21	2024
21	Sweden SE	0.2	2024
22	Ukraine UA	0.19	2024
23	Australia AU	0.16	2024
24	Tanzania TZ	0.14	2024
25	Slovakia SK	0.13	2024
26	Ecuador EC	0.12	2024
27	Bolivia BO	0.1	2024
28	Zimbabwe ZW	0.09	2024
29	Mozambique MZ	0.08	2024
30	Italy IT	0.08	2024
31	Czech Republic CZ	0.08	2024
32	Türkiye TR	0.08	2024
33	Romania RO	0.07	2024
34	Uruguay UY	0.07	2024
35	Mexico MX	0.04	2024
36	Bulgaria BG	0.03	2024
37	Costa Rica CR	0.02	2021
38	Lithuania LT	0.02	2024
39	Greece GR	0.02	2024
40	Ethiopia ET	0.02	2024
41	Guatemala GT	0.02	2024
42	Kazakhstan KZ	0.01	2024
43	Ireland IE	0.01	2024
44	Peru PE	0.01	2024
45	Malawi MW	0.01	2024
46	Indonesia ID	0	2024
47	Cuba CU	0	2024
48	Pakistan PK	0	2024
49	South Africa ZA	0	2024
50	Kenya KE	0	2024
51	Taiwan TW	0	2024
52	New Zealand NZ	0	2024
53	Denmark DK	0	2024
54	Egypt EG	0	2024
55	Finland FI	0	2024
56	Japan JP	0	2024
57	Latvia LV	0	2024
58	Netherlands NL	0	2024
59	El Salvador SV	0	2019
60	Eswatini SZ	0	2019
61	Iran IR	0	2019
62	Jamaica JM	0	2019
63	Mauritius MU	0	2019
64	Nicaragua NI	0	2019
65	Panama PA	0	2019
66	Sudan SD	0	2019
67	Switzerland CH	0	2022
68	Trinidad and Tobago TT	0	2019
69	US Virgin Islands VI	0	2019

The United States accounted for about 49.9% of the reported world total in 2024, producing about 1.7 times as much as Brazil. The top two together held about 79.4%, the top three about 84.5%, the top five about 89.6%, and the top ten about 93.9%. Only about 6% of reported production sits outside the top ten.

Change from 2023 to 2024

The United States recorded the largest reported increase, rising from 46.3550 to 48.1800 Mmt (+1.8250 Mmt, about 3.9%). The world total rose from 93.6913 to 96.6231 Mmt (+2.9318 Mmt, about 3.1%), so the United States accounted for about 62% of the world increase. Brazil, the second-largest producer, recorded the largest decline among reported pairs, slipping from 28.8932 to 28.5615 Mmt (-0.3317 Mmt, about 1.1%).

2019 to 2024 in this series

Reported world values were 88.9596 Mmt in 2019, 80.6498 Mmt in 2020, 84.1411 Mmt in 2021, 87.4858 Mmt in 2022, 93.6913 Mmt in 2023 and 96.6231 Mmt in 2024. After the 2020 dip, production grew in each of the next four years and ended about 8.6% above the 2019 level. The figures show the change over time but do not explain its causes.

Fuel ethanol in context

Ethanol is the larger of the two biofuels production categories reported in this dataset, with 96.6231 Mmt in 2024. Its production is also highly concentrated: the United States and Brazil alone accounted for 79.4% of reported world production. Hungary (0.6040 Mmt), the tenth-largest producer, shows that smaller European producers still register, but none approaches the scale of the two leaders. As elsewhere in this dataset, many countries have earlier values but no reported 2024 value.

Fuel Ethanol Production by Country

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#	Country	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
1	United States	46.93	41.42	43.66	45.72	46.36	48.18
2	Brazil	27.37	25.03	25.59	25.03	28.89	28.56
3	India	1.51	1.67	2.94	3.93	5.03	4.93
4	China	3.38	2.99	2.69	2.99	3.3	3.49
5	Canada	1.48	1.32	1.35	1.32	1.36	1.39
6	Thailand	1.27	1.16	1.04	1.14	1.05	1.03
7	Argentina	0.85	1.13	0.48	0.55	0.72	0.96
8	France	0.88	0.74	0.75	0.9	0.89	0.94
9	Germany	0.53	0.55	0.58	0.6	0.57	0.62
10	Hungary	0.51	0.5	0.52	0.5	0.47	0.6
11	Colombia	0.3	0.26	0.28	0.25	0.23	0.58
12	Portugal	0.28	0.28	0.34	0.41	0.43	0.54
13	Paraguay	0.41	0.4	0.31	0.32	0.34	0.54
14	United Kingdom	0.21	0.26	0.32	0.35	0.41	0.46
15	Spain	0.43	0.43	0.44	0.4	0.44	0.44
16	Poland	0.2	0.2	0.25	0.31	0.32	0.41
17	Belgium	0.31	0.37	0.35	0.36	0.37	0.35
18	Philippines	0.27	0.22	0.28	0.29	0.3	0.31
19	Vietnam	0.12	0.12	0.12	0.16	0.22	0.29
20	Austria	0.19	0.16	0.21	0.21	0.21	0.21
21	Sweden	0.17	0.17	0.18	0.18	0.17	0.2
22	Ukraine	0.15	0.16	0.17	0.18	0.18	0.19
23	Australia	0.2	0.16	0.14	0.15	0.17	0.16
24	Tanzania	0.12	0.13	0.13	0.13	0.13	0.14
25	Slovakia	0.09	0.09	0.09	0.13	0.13	0.13
26	Ecuador	0.07	0.09	0.09	0.1	0.11	0.12
27	Bolivia	0.04	0.06	0.08	0.11	0.1	0.1
28	Zimbabwe	0.04	-	0.06	0.08	0.09	0.09
29	Mozambique	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.08
30	Italy	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.04	0.08
31	Czech Republic	0.08	0.07	0.07	0.08	0.08	0.08
32	Türkiye	0.08	0.05	0.09	0.07	0.07	0.08
33	Romania	0.05	0.04	0.05	0.04	0.07	0.07
34	Uruguay	0.06	0.06	0.07	0.07	0.08	0.07
35	Mexico	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04
36	Bulgaria	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.03	0.03	0.03
37	Lithuania	0.02	0.03	0.02	0.03	0.01	0.02
38	Greece	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02
39	Ethiopia	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.02
40	Guatemala	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02
41	Kazakhstan	0	-	0	0.01	0.01	0.01
42	Ireland	0.01	0	0	0.01	0.01	0.01
43	Peru	0.14	0.12	0.14	0.15	0.12	0.01
44	Malawi	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01
45	Indonesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
46	Cuba	-	-	0.01	0.01	0.01	0
47	Pakistan	0	0	0	0	0	0
48	South Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
49	Kenya	0	-	0	0	0	0
50	Taiwan	0	0	0	0	0	0
51	New Zealand	0	0	0	0	0	0
52	Denmark	0	0	0	0	0	0
53	Egypt	0	-	0	0	0	0
54	Finland	0	0	0	0	0	0
55	Japan	0	0	0	0	0	0
56	Latvia	0	0	0	0	0	0
57	Netherlands	0	0	0	0	0	0
58	Costa Rica	0.03	0.02	0.02	-	-	-
59	El Salvador	0	-	-	-	-	-
60	Eswatini	0	-	-	-	-	-
61	Iran	0	-	-	-	-	-
62	Jamaica	0	-	-	-	-	-
63	Mauritius	0	-	-	-	-	-
64	Nicaragua	0	-	-	-	-	-
65	Panama	0	-	-	-	-	-
66	Sudan	0	-	-	-	-	-
67	Switzerland	0	-	-	0	-	-
68	Trinidad and Tobago	0	-	-	-	-	-
69	US Virgin Islands	0	-	-	-	-	-

Methodology

The statistics are based on the U.S. Energy Information Administration's (EIA) International Energy Statistics. Values represent annual fuel ethanol production 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 thinner than in other energy series: 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 fuel ethanol production only; biomass-based diesel and total biofuels are reported separately in the source.