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23Energy sources
Biomass and waste (% of total primary energy supply)Excel

HDI Rank Country 1990 1 2005
1 Iceland 0 0.1
2 Norway 4.8 4.1
3 Australia 4.5 4.3
4 Canada 3.9 4.6
5 Ireland 1.0 1.6
6 Sweden 11.6 17.2
7 Switzerland 3.7 7.1
8 Japan 1.1 1.2
9 Netherlands 1.4 3.2
10 France 5.1 4.3
11 Finland 15.6 19.6
12 United States 3.2 3.2
13 Spain 4.5 3.5
14 Denmark 6.4 13.2
15 Austria 9.8 11.6
16 United Kingdom 0.3 1.7
17 Belgium 1.5 2.8
18 Luxembourg 0.7 1.2
19 New Zealand 4.0 5.1
20 Italy 0.6 2.3
21 Hong Kong, China (SAR) 0.5 0.3
22 Germany 1.3 3.5
23 Israel (.) (.)
24 Greece 4.0 3.3
25 Singapore 0 0
26 Korea (Republic of) 0.8 1.0
27 Slovenia 4.8 6.7
28 Cyprus 0.4 0.6
29 Portugal 14.0 10.8
30 Brunei Darussalam 1.0 0.7
31 Barbados .. ..
32 Czech Republic 0 3.9
33 Kuwait 0.1 0
34 Malta 0 0
35 Qatar 0.1 (.)
36 Hungary 1.3 4.0
37 Poland 2.2 5.1
38 Argentina 3.7 3.5
39 United Arab Emirates 0 (.)
40 Chile 19.0 15.5
41 Bahrain 0 0
42 Slovakia 0.8 2.4
43 Lithuania 1.8 8.3
44 Estonia 2.0 12.1
45 Latvia 8.5 30.2
46 Uruguay 24.2 15.4
47 Croatia 3.4 4.0
48 Costa Rica 36.6 7.0
49 Bahamas .. ..
50 Seychelles .. ..
51 Cuba 34.9 20.3
52 Mexico 5.9 4.7
53 Bulgaria 0.6 3.7
54 Saint Kitts and Nevis .. ..
55 Tonga .. ..
56 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 1.1 0.8
57 Antigua and Barbuda .. ..
58 Oman 0 0
59 Trinidad and Tobago 0.8 0.2
60 Romania 1.0 8.5
61 Saudi Arabia (.) (.)
62 Panama 28.3 16.1
63 Malaysia 9.1 4.5
64 Belarus 0.5 4.8
65 Mauritius .. ..
66 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.3 3.7
67 Russian Federation 1.4 1.1
68 Albania 13.6 9.6
69 Macedonia (TFYR) 0 5.6
70 Brazil 31.1 26.5
71 Dominica .. ..
72 Saint Lucia .. ..
73 Kazakhstan 0.2 0.1
74 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1.2 0.9
75 Colombia 22.3 14.4
76 Ukraine 0.1 0.2
77 Samoa .. ..
78 Thailand 33.4 16.5
79 Dominican Republic 24.2 18.6
80 Belize .. ..
81 China 23.2 13.0
82 Grenada .. ..
83 Armenia (.) (.)
84 Turkey 13.6 6.3
85 Suriname .. ..
86 Jordan 0.1 (.)
87 Peru 26.9 16.4
88 Lebanon 4.4 2.3
89 Ecuador 13.5 5.1
90 Philippines 29.2 24.4
91 Tunisia 18.7 13.3
92 Fiji .. ..
93 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines .. ..
94 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1.0 0.5
95 Paraguay .. ..
96 Georgia 3.7 20.1
97 Guyana .. ..
98 Azerbaijan (.) (.)
99 Sri Lanka 71.0 52.9
100 Maldives .. ..
101 Jamaica 16.2 12.2
102 Cape Verde .. ..
103 El Salvador 48.1 32.4
104 Algeria 0.1 0.2
105 Viet Nam 77.7 46.7
106 Occupied Palestinian Territories .. ..
107 Indonesia 43.6 28.5
108 Syrian Arab Republic (.) (.)
109 Turkmenistan 0 0
110 Nicaragua 53.2 50.5
111 Moldova 0.4 2.1
112 Egypt 3.3 2.3
113 Uzbekistan (.) (.)
114 Mongolia 1.3 1.7
115 Honduras 62.0 42.0
116 Kyrgyzstan 0.1 0.1
117 Bolivia 27.2 14.0
118 Guatemala 67.9 53.2
119 Gabon 59.7 58.8
120 Vanuatu .. ..
121 South Africa 11.4 10.5
122 Tajikistan 0 0
123 Sao Tome and Principe .. ..
124 Botswana 33.1 24.1
125 Namibia .. 13.5
126 Morocco 4.7 3.3
127 Equatorial Guinea .. ..
128 India 41.7 29.4
129 Solomon Islands .. ..
130 Lao People's Democratic Republic .. ..
131 Cambodia .. 73.2
132 Myanmar 84.4 69.6
133 Bhutan .. ..
134 Comoros .. ..
135 Ghana 73.1 66.0
136 Pakistan 43.2 35.5
137 Mauritania .. ..
138 Lesotho .. ..
139 Congo 69.4 56.3
140 Bangladesh 53.5 34.3
141 Swaziland .. ..
142 Nepal 93.4 86.6
143 Madagascar .. ..
144 Cameroon 75.9 78.6
145 Papua New Guinea .. ..
146 Haiti 76.5 75.8
147 Sudan 81.7 79.5
148 Kenya 78.4 74.6
149 Djibouti .. ..
150 Timor-Leste .. ..
151 Zimbabwe 50.4 61.9
152 Togo 82.6 79.4
153 Yemen 3.0 1.2
154 Uganda .. ..
155 Gambia .. ..
156 Senegal 60.6 39.2
157 Eritrea .. 64.8
158 Nigeria 79.8 78.0
159 Tanzania (United Republic of) 91.0 92.1
160 Guinea .. ..
161 Rwanda .. ..
162 Angola 68.8 63.8
163 Benin 93.2 64.7
164 Malawi .. ..
165 Zambia 73.4 78.7
166 Côte d'Ivoire 72.1 58.3
167 Burundi .. ..
168 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 84.0 92.5
169 Ethiopia 92.8 90.6
170 Chad .. ..
171 Central African Republic .. ..
172 Mozambique 94.4 85.4
173 Mali .. ..
174 Niger .. ..
175 Guinea-Bissau .. ..
176 Burkina Faso .. ..
177 Sierra Leone .. ..

Notes :
1 - Biomass, also referred to as traditional fuel, is comprised of animal and plant materials (wood, vegetal waste, ethanol, animal materials/wastes and sulphite lyes). Waste is comprised of municipal waste (wastes produced by the residential, commercial and public service sectors that are collected by local authorities for disposal in a central location for the production of heat and/or power) and industrial waste.

Source :
calculated based on data on primary energy supply from IEA (International Energy Agency). 2007. Energy Balances for OECD and non-OECD countries 2007.