China vs Western Europe: Food Packaging — Energy Use
Food Packaging — Energy Use over time
- China
- Western Europe
How they compare
Western Europe currently reports 76,225 TJ against 16,419 TJ in China, a difference of 59,806 TJ.
That makes Western Europe's figure about 4.6 times China's.
Across all 34 years both countries report, Western Europe has been ahead every year.
China ranks 12th and Western Europe ranks 10th of 81 countries.
Western Europe has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Western Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,978 TJ | 65,774 TJ | 63,796 TJ | Western Europe |
| 2000s | 3,267 TJ | 82,622 TJ | 79,355 TJ | Western Europe |
| 2010s | 8,752 TJ | 79,945 TJ | 71,193 TJ | Western Europe |
| 2020s | 16,464 TJ | 78,880 TJ | 62,416 TJ | Western Europe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher food packaging — energy use, China or Western Europe?
- Western Europe, at 76,225 TJ against 16,419 TJ in China as of 2023.
- What is the difference in food packaging — energy use between China and Western Europe?
- 59,806 TJ, with Western Europe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Western Europe?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do China and Western Europe rank globally for food packaging — energy use?
- China ranks 12th and Western Europe ranks 10th of 81 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Food Packaging — Energy Use (Natural Gas, including LNG). 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.