Wood charcoal production rose 0% to 114 kt in Switzerland in 2018, according to Faostat.
Historically, wood charcoal production in Switzerland reached an all time high of 130 kt in 2014 and an all time low of 21.0 kt in 1976. When compared to Switzerland's main peers, wood charcoal production in Austria amounted to 1,379 kt, 40,000 kt in France, 30,000 kt in Germany and 10,000 kt in Italy in 2018.
Switzerland has been ranked 148th 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 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
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 | ||||||||||||||||
Poland | kt | 127,758 | 110,470 | 133,979 | 143,857 | 91,026 | ||||||||||||||||
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 |