Global Biofuel Production

Updated on 08.25.2022

High School

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%