{"id": 1295480, "name": "Traditional biomass as a share of primary energy (including traditional biomass)", "unit": "%", "createdAt": "2026-08-07T07:50:35.000Z", "updatedAt": "2026-08-14T18:18:21.000Z", "coverage": "", "timespan": "1800-2025", "datasetId": 8095, "shortUnit": "%", "columnOrder": 0, "shortName": "traditional_biomass_share_including_biomass_pct", "catalogPath": "grapher/energy/2026-06-30/energy_mix/energy_mix#traditional_biomass_share_including_biomass_pct", "descriptionShort": "Measured as a percentage of [total energy supply](#dod:total-energy-supply), including traditional biomass.", "descriptionProcessing": "- Traditional biomass comes from Vaclav Smil's historical estimates (2017), which cover the World only, going back to 1800.\n- Smil's estimates end in 2015. For later years, we assume that traditional biomass stays at its 2015 value.", "type": "float", "dataChecksum": "15480014426240614169", "metadataChecksum": "1643175930788342078", "datasetName": "Energy mix", "updatePeriodDays": 365, "datasetVersion": "2026-06-30", "nonRedistributable": false, "display": {"name": "Traditional biomass", "unit": "%", "shortUnit": "%"}, "schemaVersion": 2, "processingLevel": "major", "presentation": {"titlePublic": "Traditional biomass as a share of primary energy (including traditional biomass)", "topicTagsLinks": ["Energy"]}, "descriptionKey": "- Traditional biomass is fuelwood, charcoal, crop residues and dung.\n- Total energy supply covers only commercially-traded fuels, so shares on this chart are measured against total energy supply plus traditional biomass.\n- Traditional biomass is only available at the global level.", "dimensions": {"years": {"values": [{"id": 1800}, {"id": 1810}, {"id": 1820}, {"id": 1830}, {"id": 1840}, {"id": 1850}, {"id": 1860}, {"id": 1870}, {"id": 1880}, {"id": 1890}, {"id": 1900}, {"id": 1910}, {"id": 1920}, {"id": 1930}, {"id": 1940}, {"id": 1950}, {"id": 1960}, {"id": 1965}, {"id": 1966}, {"id": 1967}, {"id": 1968}, {"id": 1969}, {"id": 1970}, {"id": 1971}, {"id": 1972}, {"id": 1973}, {"id": 1974}, {"id": 1975}, {"id": 1976}, {"id": 1977}, {"id": 1978}, {"id": 1979}, {"id": 1980}, {"id": 1981}, {"id": 1982}, {"id": 1983}, {"id": 1984}, {"id": 1985}, {"id": 1986}, {"id": 1987}, {"id": 1988}, {"id": 1989}, {"id": 1990}, {"id": 1991}, {"id": 1992}, {"id": 1993}, {"id": 1994}, {"id": 1995}, {"id": 1996}, {"id": 1997}, {"id": 1998}, {"id": 1999}, {"id": 2000}, {"id": 2001}, {"id": 2002}, {"id": 2003}, {"id": 2004}, {"id": 2005}, {"id": 2006}, {"id": 2007}, {"id": 2008}, {"id": 2009}, {"id": 2010}, {"id": 2011}, {"id": 2012}, {"id": 2013}, {"id": 2014}, {"id": 2015}, {"id": 2016}, {"id": 2017}, {"id": 2018}, {"id": 2019}, {"id": 2020}, {"id": 2021}, {"id": 2022}, {"id": 2023}, {"id": 2024}, {"id": 2025}]}, "entities": {"values": [{"id": 355, "name": "World", "code": "OWID_WRL"}]}}, "origins": [{"id": 7094, "title": "Energy Transitions: Global and National Perspectives", "producer": "Smil", "citationFull": "Energy Transitions: Global and National Perspectives, 2nd edition, Appendix A, Vaclav Smil (2017).", "attributionShort": "Smil", "urlMain": "https://vaclavsmil.com/book/energy-transitions-global-and-national-perspectives-second-expanded-and-updated-edition/", "dateAccessed": "2023-12-12", "datePublished": "2017-01-01", "license": {"url": "https://vaclavsmil.com/book/energy-transitions-global-and-national-perspectives-second-expanded-and-updated-edition/", "name": "CC BY 4.0"}}, {"id": 20497, "titleSnapshot": "Statistical Review of World Energy - Consolidated dataset narrow format", "title": "Statistical Review of World Energy", "description": "The Energy Institute Statistical Review of World Energy analyses data on world energy markets from the prior year.", "producer": "Energy Institute", "citationFull": "Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026).", "attribution": "Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026)", "attributionShort": "Energy Institute", "urlMain": "https://www.energyinst.org/statistical-review/", "dateAccessed": "2026-07-02", "datePublished": "2026-06-30", "license": {"url": "https://www.energyinst.org/terms", "name": "\u00a9 Energy Institute 2026"}}]}