Share of electricity generation from bioenergy in Japan
Japan: Share of electricity generation from bioenergy was 5.3% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of electricity generation from bioenergy in Japan, 2000–2025
Source: Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Japan recorded 5.3% for share of electricity generation from bioenergy in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 19.3% on the previous year and up 92.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of electricity generation from bioenergy in Japan peaked at 5.3% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 1.5%, in 2000.
Japan ranks 37th of 213 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Share of electricity generation from bioenergy in Japan, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.5% | — |
| 2001 | 1.5% | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 1.5% | +3.8% |
| 2003 | 1.6% | +6.6% |
| 2004 | 1.6% | -1.6% |
| 2005 | 1.9% | +16.8% |
| 2006 | 1.8% | -1.7% |
| 2007 | 1.9% | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 1.8% | -4.4% |
| 2009 | 1.8% | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 1.9% | +3.5% |
| 2011 | 1.9% | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 2.0% | +4.6% |
| 2013 | 2.1% | +6.6% |
| 2014 | 2.2% | +4.3% |
| 2015 | 2.8% | +24.4% |
| 2016 | 2.2% | -19.5% |
| 2017 | 2.2% | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 2.4% | +7.6% |
| 2019 | 2.6% | +10.8% |
| 2020 | 3.0% | +14.0% |
| 2021 | 3.4% | +11.9% |
| 2022 | 3.6% | +8.1% |
| 2023 | 4.2% | +14.8% |
| 2024 | 4.5% | +7.1% |
| 2025 | 5.3% | +19.3% |
Japan compared with similar countries
- Japan's 5.3% is above the median for high income countries, which is 1.2%, 4.4× the median. (75 countries reporting)
- Japan's 5.3% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.3%, 15.9× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.7% | 1.5% | 1.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.2% | 1.9% | 2.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.0% | 3.0% | 5.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Japan
More energy & mining data for Japan
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate -0.7535 % change on previous year (2025)
- Coal consumption, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Coal consumption, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Coal production, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Coal production, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Fuel imports 19.6% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of electricity generation from bioenergy in Japan?
- Share of electricity generation from bioenergy in Japan was 5.3% in 2025, according to Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of electricity generation from bioenergy recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 5.3% in 2025.
- What is the lowest share of electricity generation from bioenergy recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.5% in 2000.
- How does Japan rank for share of electricity generation from bioenergy?
- Japan ranks 37th out of 213 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of electricity generation from bioenergy rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 92.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Japan data come from?
- The figures come from Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of electricity generation from bioenergy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Measured as a percentage of total electricity produced in the country or region.