South Africa vs World: Food Packaging — Energy Use
Food Packaging — Energy Use over time
- South Africa
- World
How they compare
World currently reports 789,894 TJ against 18,976 TJ in South Africa, a difference of 770,918 TJ.
That makes World's figure about 41.6 times South Africa's.
Across all 34 years both countries report, World has been ahead every year.
South Africa ranks 4th and World ranks 1st of 65 countries.
World has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | South Africa | World | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3,520 TJ | 162,661 TJ | 159,141 TJ | World |
| 2000s | 3,640 TJ | 622,029 TJ | 618,389 TJ | World |
| 2010s | 13,473 TJ | 804,328 TJ | 790,855 TJ | World |
| 2020s | 19,686 TJ | 725,020 TJ | 705,334 TJ | World |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher food packaging — energy use, South Africa or World?
- World, at 789,894 TJ against 18,976 TJ in South Africa as of 2023.
- What is the difference in food packaging — energy use between South Africa and World?
- 770,918 TJ, with World ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for South Africa and World?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do South Africa and World rank globally for food packaging — energy use?
- South Africa ranks 4th and World ranks 1st of 65 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Food Packaging — Energy Use (Coal). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Pre- and post- agricultural production includes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and related activity data, generated from pre- and post-agriculture production stages of the agri-food systems. Data are computed following the Tier 1 methods of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National greenhouse gas (GHG) Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014). The domain includes methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), carbon dioxide (CO2) and CO2 equivalent (CO2eq) emissions from the above activities as well as the aggregate fluorinated gases (F-gases) emissions. Estimates are available by country, with global coverage and are updated annually.The FAOSTAT domain disseminates information estimates of CH4, N2O, CO2 emissions, F-gases, their aggregates in CO2eq in units of kilotonnes (kt, or 10^6 kg), and the underlying activity data. CO2eq emissions are computed by using the IPCC Fifth Assessment report global warming potentials, AR5 (IPCC, 2014). Data are available for most countries and territories, for standard FAOSTAT regional aggregations, and for Annex I and non-Annex I country groups.