Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
73% of biodiesel comes from vegetable oils (31% palm, 24% soybean and 14% rapeseed), while 21% comes from used cooking oils (IFPRI, 2023).
59% of ethanol comes from corn, 22% from sugarcane, 2% from molasses, 2% from wheat and the rest from other crops (IFPRI, 2023).
22% of sugarcane production and 16% of corn production are used for ethanol production (IFPRI, 2023).
44% was the increase in global biofuel production between 2011 and 2021, continuing its sustained growth during that period (IFPRI, 2023).
1.67% (185 kha) of Honduras' land area is dedicated to oil palm cultivation, the second largest after fruit crops with 0.07% (7.84 kha) (GFW, 2024).
Oil palm accounts for 1.3% (68.4 kha) of the total estimated agroforestry plantation coverage in Costa Rica (GFW, 2024).
Global production of hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) grew by 272% in the last ten years (IICA, 2022).
94% was the accumulated growth shown in global biodiesel production in the last decade (IICA, 2022).
60 billion dollars (1.3% of GDP) were spent by Latin American and Caribbean countries on fossil fuel subsidies in 2020 (IDB, 2023).
6% of El Salvador's GDP in 2021 corresponds to the import of fossil fuels for energy (IDB, 2024).
