Wood charcoal production rose 3.17% to 53,228,438 kt in the World in 2018, according to Faostat.
Historically, wood charcoal production in the World reached an all time high of 53,228,438 kt in 2018 and an all time low of 16,450,500 kt in 1961. When compared to World's main peers, wood charcoal production in China amounted to 1,623,733 kt, 30,000 kt in Germany, 15,000 kt in Japan and 852,000 kt in USA in 2018.
World has been ranked th within the group of 149 countries we follow in terms of wood charcoal production.
| 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 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Canada | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| China | kt | 1,673,142 | 1,664,077 | 1,650,518 | 1,637,071 | 1,623,733 | ||||||||||||||||
| France | kt | 40,000 | 35,000 | 35,000 | 35,000 | 40,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2,000 | 2,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | ||||||||
| India | kt | 2,880,000 | 2,880,000 | 2,880,000 | 2,880,000 | 2,880,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | kt | 25,000 | 18,000 | 17,000 | 16,000 | 15,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | kt | 90,000 | 91,000 | 100,000 | 106,000 | 124,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | kt | 127,758 | 110,470 | 133,979 | 143,857 | 91,026 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | kt | 52,634 | 52,320 | 70,000 | 73,000 | 78,900 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Korea | kt | 9,000 | 9,000 | 9,000 | 9,000 | 9,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | kt | 982,260 | 982,260 | 852,000 | 852,000 | 852,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| World | kt | 51,539,655 | 51,193,787 | 50,757,420 | 51,596,795 | 53,158,590 |
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