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The bioeconomy in different countries

Explore the Bioeconomy country dashboard.

  • Visualisation | Last updated: 03 Jun 2026
Bioeconomy Knowledge Centre

For Bioeconomy indicators by country: See the EU Bioeconomy Monitoring System

Check out the Science for policy brief: National bioeconomy strategies in Europe

How to contribute: EC-Bioeconomy-KC@ec.europa.eu.

How to cite: Bioeconomy Country Dashboard, Knowledge Centre for Bioeconomy: https://knowledge4policy.ec.europa.eu/visualisation/bioeconomy-different-countries_en.

Descriptions:

Disclaimer

The information presented in this dashboard is not exhaustive. Links to other websites are for information only. The Knowledge Centre for Bioeconomy does not endorse or accept any responsibility or liability for the material on any website referred to or accessed through this dashboard.

National strategies
Information:
The data on national strategies includes the latest available information collected via desk research and a series of surveys with EU Member States and third countries’ experts.
How to cite:
National strategies, Bioeconomy Country Dashboard, EC’s Knowledge Centre for Bioeconomy. https://knowledge4policy.ec.europa.eu/visualisation/bioeconomy-different-countries
Time series:
Not applicable
Last update:
October 2025
Release date:
2018
Source:
Borzacchiello, Maria Teresa; Camia, Andrea; Eliasson, Ase; Girardi, Iacopo; Korosuo, Anu; Magnolfi, Valeria; Spartico, Giuseppe (2026): Bioeconomy national strategies, institutions and initiatives. European Commission, Joint Research Centre [Dataset]
 
The bioeconomy in different countries: Strategies & Initiatives – background information
Regional strategies
Information:

The strategies are classified as follows:

  • Fully dedicated to the bioeconomy: Strategies that exclusively focus on bioeconomy deployment, covering one or multiple areas and parts of or whole value chain.
  • Bioeconomy is one of the key elements: Strategies focused on the bioeconomy, alongside other topics, themes or sectors.
  • Minimum bioeconomy content: Strategies that tackle or cover the bioeconomy superficially.

The first layer of the map “All types of strategies” represents the regions in a hierarchical way, i.e. regions appear only with the strategy that is ranked highest according to the role of the bioeconomy.

Regions in this map follow the Nomenclature of territorial units for statistics (NUTS), and the geographical scale of the strategies can be NUTS 1, NUTS 2 or NUTS 3 level.

How to cite:
Regional strategies, Bioeconomy Country Dashboard, EC’s Knowledge Centre for Bioeconomy. https://knowledge4policy.ec.europa.eu/visualisation/bioeconomy-different-countries
Time series:
Not applicable
Last update:
October 2023
Release date:
November 2021
Source:
Haarich, S., Kirchmayr-Novak, S.; Sanchez Lopez, J., Borzacchiello, M.T., Avraamides, M. (2022): Regional bioeconomy strategies in the EU. European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] [Publication]
 
The bioeconomy in different countries – background information
Institutions
Information:
Data on institutions include the latest available information collected via desk research and a series of surveys with EU Member States and third countries’ experts.
How to cite:
Institutions, Bioeconomy country dashboard, EC’s Knowledge Centre for Bioeconomy. https://knowledge4policy.ec.europa.eu/visualisation/bioeconomy-different-countries_en
Time series:
Not applicable
Last update:
October 2025
Release date:
2018
Source:
Borzacchiello, Maria Teresa; Camia, Andrea; Eliasson, Ase; Girardi, Iacopo; Korosuo, Anu; MagnolfI, Valeria; Spartico, Giuseppe (2026): Bioeconomy national strategies, institutions and initiatives. European Commission, Joint Research Centre [Dataset]
 
The bioeconomy in different countries – background information
Bioeconomics, Jobs and wealth in the EU bioeconomy
Information:
The data are the result of a collaborative work between the JRC and the nova-Institute on the estimation of jobs, turnover and value added in the different bioeconomy areas of activity in EU Member States.
How to cite:
Lasarte-López, Jesús; González-Hermoso, Hugo; Tamosiunas, Saulius; Porc, Olaf; Poranki, Narendar; M'barek, Robert; (2025): Jobs and wealth in the EU bioeconomy. European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: https://data.jrc.ec.europa.eu/dataset/7d7d5481-2d02-4b36-8e79-697b04fa4278
Time series:
2008-2023
Last update:
November 2025
Release date:
January 2022
Source:
Jobs and wealth in the EU bioeconomy / JRC - Bioeconomics
 
Data-Modelling platform of resource economics, Bioeconomy
Biomass by sectors, Forestry
Information:
The Wood Resource Balance, a balance table for woody biomass, is useful in providing an overview of sources and uses of woody biomass, and more importantly, in highlighting data gaps and inconsistencies. It covers all EU member states and the UK.
How to cite:
Cazzaniga, N., Jasinevičius, G., Jonsson, K. and Mubareka, S. (2021): Wood Resource Balances of European Union and Member States - Release 2021, European Commission, 2021, JRC126552, https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC126552
Time series:
2009 - 2017
Last update:
December 2021
Release date:
December 2021
Source:
Wood resource balances of European Union and Member States
Biomass by sectors, Algae
Information:
The dashboard shows location of production plants of algae biomass categorised by species group and production system. It has been collated by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre from published lists of producers, websites and reports, from meetings with stakeholders and expert consultation. The dashboard includes information about 413 enterprises in the European Union, United Kingdom, Norway, Iceland and Switzerland.
How to cite:
Algae, biomass by sector, Bioeconomy Country Dashboard, EC’s Knowledge Centre for Bioeconomy, https://knowledge4policy.ec.europa.eu/visualisation/bioeconomy-different-countries
Time series:
Not applicable
Last update:
April 2022
Release date:
January 2021
Source:
Algae biomass
 
Algae production industry in Europe (from 2021)
 
Vazquez Calderon, F., Guillén Garcia, J., Araujo, R., Sanchez Lopez, J. (2022): Algae producing industry. European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset]
 
Vazquez Calderon, F. and Sanchez Lopez, J. (2022): An overview of the algae industry in Europe, Guillen Garcia, J. and Avraamides, M. editor(s), Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2022, ISBN 978-92-76-54516-3, doi:10.2760/813113, JRC130107.
 
Araújo, R.,(2019): Brief on algae biomass production. Lusser, M., Sanchez Lopez, J. and Avraamides, M. editor(s). 2019, ISBN 978-92-76-12270-8 doi: 10.2760/402819.
 
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