Global Biofuel Production

Updated on 08.25.2022
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Life and earth sciences

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Biofuels are obtained from . There are two main categories: “gasoline” (ethanol) and “gas oil” ( ). Their evaluation in thousands of Barrels of Oil Equivalent (BOE) per day gives a basis for comparison with daily production (1 ton of oil = 7 barrels). World biofuel production is steadily increasing, the three leading producer countries being the United States, Brazil and Indonesia.

Global Biofuel Production (in thousands of barrels of oil equivalent per day – boe/d)

Source: BP Statistical Review 2022
Country 2020 2021 2020-2021 Change
US 602 643 6,3%
Brazil 394 376 -4,8%
Indonesia 126 140 9,5%
China 58 64 10,0%
Germany 63 54 -16,1%
France 43 48 9,8%
Thailand 44 40 -10,5%
Argentina 27 38 29,8%
Netherlands 38 38 1,0%
India 23 37 37,2%
Total World 1682 1747 3,7%

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