Bioenergy around the world

In 2025, bioenergy made 2.2% of the world's electricity, 705 TWh, the same share as in 2020. That was 18% more electricity than in 2020. In 2000 its share was 1.0%.

Bioenergy is electricity from burning plant material, such as wood pellets and crop waste, and from biogas. It counts as renewable because plants can be grown again, but it gives off carbon dioxide when it is burnt.

The countries that made the most electricity from bioenergy were China (212 TWh), Brazil (54.8 TWh) and Japan (54.6 TWh). Réunion relied on it most: 34% of its electricity in 2023.

Over the five years to each country's latest figures, the share of electricity from bioenergy rose most in Réunion (from 7% to 34%), Guadeloupe (from 4% to 16%) and Martinique (from 5% to 16%).

See the same figures for any region, with a chart you can read year by year, on the dashboard's World tab.

The world's share over time

Year	Share of electricity	Electricity (TWh)
2000	1.0%	154
2005	1.2%	213
2010	1.5%	327
2015	2.0%	472
2020	2.2%	600
2024	2.3%	702
2025	2.2%	705

By region in 2025

Region	Share of electricity	Electricity (TWh)
Latin America and Caribbean	4.5%	83.6
Europe	4.1%	211
Asia	2.1%	345
North America	1.1%	56.7
Oceania	1.1%	3.75
Africa	0.4%	3.92
Middle East	under 0.1%	0.57

Highest share

Share of each country's electricity from bioenergy in its latest full year (2025 unless shown). Countries generating under 1 TWh a year are left out.

Country	Share	Electricity (TWh)
1. 🇷🇪 Réunion (2023)	34%	1.04
2. 🇱🇺 Luxembourg	27%	0.42
3. 🇺🇾 Uruguay	25%	2.96
4. 🇬🇹 Guatemala (2024)	22%	3.51
5. 🇩🇰 Denmark	22%	7.62
6. 🇪🇪 Estonia	22%	1.33
7. 🇳🇮 Nicaragua (2024)	20%	0.89
8. 🇲🇶 Martinique (2023)	16%	0.24
9. 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe (2023)	16%	0.26
10. 🇬🇧 United Kingdom	14%	41.2
11. 🇫🇮 Finland	13%	10.4
12. 🇸🇻 El Salvador	12%	0.78
13. 🇱🇻 Latvia	10%	0.66
14. 🇫🇯 Fiji (2024)	10%	0.12
15. 🇩🇪 Germany	10%	50.5

Most electricity generated

Electricity from bioenergy in each country's latest full year (2025 unless shown), in terawatt hours (TWh).

Country	Electricity (TWh)	Share
1. 🇨🇳 China	212	2%
2. 🇧🇷 Brazil	54.8	7.3%
3. 🇯🇵 Japan	54.6	5.3%
4. 🇩🇪 Germany	50.5	10%
5. 🇺🇸 United States	45.2	1%
6. 🇬🇧 United Kingdom	41.2	14%
7. 🇮🇳 India	22.9	1.1%
8. 🇮🇩 Indonesia (2024)	21.2	5.7%
9. 🇰🇷 South Korea	20.0	3.2%
10. 🇮🇹 Italy	15.6	5.9%
11. 🇨🇦 Canada	10.4	1.6%
12. 🇫🇮 Finland	10.4	13%
13. 🇫🇷 France	10.3	1.8%
14. 🇹🇭 Thailand	10.2	5.4%
15. 🇸🇪 Sweden	9.86	5.8%

Biggest rises in five years

Each country's share of electricity from bioenergy five years before its latest figures, in its latest full year (2025 unless shown), and the rise in percentage points: from 3% to 21% is a rise of 18 points.

Country	Before	Latest	Rise (points)
1. 🇷🇪 Réunion (2023)	7%	34%	+27
2. 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe (2023)	4%	16%	+12
3. 🇲🇶 Martinique (2023)	5%	16%	+11
4. 🇺🇾 Uruguay	20%	25%	+5
5. 🇳🇮 Nicaragua (2024)	18%	20%	+2
6. 🇬🇧 United Kingdom	12%	14%	+2
7. 🇫🇯 Fiji (2024)	8%	10%	+2
8. 🇺🇬 Uganda (2024)	6%	8%	+2
9. 🇮🇩 Indonesia (2024)	4%	6%	+2
10. 🇯🇵 Japan	3%	5%	+2
11. 🇩🇰 Denmark	21%	22%	+1
12. 🇩🇪 Germany	9%	10%	+1
13. 🇨🇿 Czechia	7%	8%	+1
14. 🇧🇪 Belgium	6%	7%	+1
15. 🇧🇬 Bulgaria	4%	5%	+1

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Source: Ember yearly electricity data (CC BY 4.0), figures up to 2025; Ember's latest-year figures are first estimates and may be revised. Countries are compared on their latest full year. Amounts for countries are worked out from each country's total and its share, rounded to three significant figures; changes over five years use whole percentages. TWh: terawatt hours (one billion kWh).