Africa vs South Africa: Food Packaging — Energy Use
Food Packaging — Energy Use over time
- Africa
- South Africa
How they compare
Africa currently reports 82,243 TJ against 29,337 TJ in South Africa, a difference of 52,906 TJ.
That makes Africa's figure about 2.8 times South Africa's.
Across all 34 years both countries report, Africa has been ahead every year.
Africa ranks 16th and South Africa ranks 17th of 32 groups.
Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7,334 TJ | 4,753 TJ | 2,581 TJ | Africa |
| 2000s | 19,602 TJ | 10,402 TJ | 9,200 TJ | Africa |
| 2010s | 58,755 TJ | 26,369 TJ | 32,386 TJ | Africa |
| 2020s | 83,715 TJ | 30,434 TJ | 53,280 TJ | Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher food packaging — energy use, Africa or South Africa?
- Africa, at 82,243 TJ against 29,337 TJ in South Africa as of 2023.
- What is the difference in food packaging — energy use between Africa and South Africa?
- 52,906 TJ, with Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and South Africa?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Africa and South Africa rank globally for food packaging — energy use?
- Africa ranks 16th and South Africa ranks 17th of 32 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Food Packaging — Energy Use (Total). 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.