China vs Germany: Food Packaging — Energy Use
Food Packaging — Energy Use over time
- China
- Germany
How they compare
China currently reports 16,609 TJ against 3,162 TJ in Germany, a difference of 13,447 TJ.
That makes China's figure about 5.3 times Germany's.
Across all 33 years both countries report, China has been ahead every year.
China ranks 2nd and Germany ranks 5th of 41 countries.
China has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Germany | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,175 TJ | 490.29 TJ | 1,685 TJ | China |
| 2000s | 3,695 TJ | 1,297 TJ | 2,397 TJ | China |
| 2010s | 7,763 TJ | 3,204 TJ | 4,559 TJ | China |
| 2020s | 14,313 TJ | 3,119 TJ | 11,194 TJ | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher food packaging — energy use, China or Germany?
- China, at 16,609 TJ against 3,162 TJ in Germany as of 2023.
- What is the difference in food packaging — energy use between China and Germany?
- 13,447 TJ, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Germany?
- 33 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2023.
- How do China and Germany rank globally for food packaging — energy use?
- China ranks 2nd and Germany ranks 5th of 41 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Food Packaging — Energy Use (Heat). 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.