Wood charcoal production rose 0% to 10,000 kt in Italy in 2018, according to Faostat.
Historically, wood charcoal production in Italy reached an all time high of 72,829 kt in 1972 and an all time low of 10,000 kt in 2018. When compared to Italy's main peers, wood charcoal production in Austria amounted to 1,379 kt, 40,000 kt in France, 1,000 kt in Slovenia and 114 kt in Switzerland in 2018.
Italy has been ranked 104th within the group of 149 countries we follow in terms of wood charcoal production, 5 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Wood Charcoal Production | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Austria | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1,263 | 1,447 | 1,382 | 1,222 | 1,379 | |||||||
| Belgium | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Croatia | kt | 6,914 | 7,603 | 8,784 | 8,584 | 9,988 | ||||||||||||||||
| France | kt | 40,000 | 35,000 | 35,000 | 35,000 | 40,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2,000 | 2,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | ||||||||
| Hungary | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||||
| Italy | kt | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Slovenia | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 500 | 500 | 500 | 1,000 | ||
| Spain | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 42,330 | 35,847 | 35,960 | 42,210 | 49,718 | ||||||
| Switzerland | kt | 130 | 112 | 128 | 133 | 144 |
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