Which has higher food packaging — energy use, Americas or Japan?

Americas, at 495,302 TJ against 50,887 TJ in Japan as of 2023.

What is the difference in food packaging — energy use between Americas and Japan?

444,415 TJ, with Americas ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and Japan?

34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.

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.

Americas vs Japan: Food Packaging — Energy Use (Total)

Americas

495,302 TJ

in 2023

Japan

50,887 TJ

in 2023

Americas rank

7th

Japan rank

8th

Food Packaging — Energy Use (Total) over time

Americas
Japan

How they compare

Americas currently reports 495,302 TJ against 50,887 TJ in Japan, a difference of 444,415 TJ.

That makes Americas's figure about 9.7 times Japan's.

Across all 34 years both countries report, Americas has been ahead every year.

Americas ranks 7th and Japan ranks 8th of 34 groups.

Americas has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Americas	Japan	Difference	Ahead
1990s	427,177 TJ	62,853 TJ	364,324 TJ	Americas
2000s	437,774 TJ	64,673 TJ	373,101 TJ	Americas
2010s	416,524 TJ	61,353 TJ	355,170 TJ	Americas
2020s	477,587 TJ	52,481 TJ	425,106 TJ	Americas

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher food packaging — energy use, Americas or Japan?: Americas, at 495,302 TJ against 50,887 TJ in Japan as of 2023.
What is the difference in food packaging — energy use between Americas and Japan?: 444,415 TJ, with Americas ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and Japan?: 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
How do Americas and Japan rank globally for food packaging — energy use?: Americas ranks 7th and Japan ranks 8th of 34 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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Indicator: Food Packaging — Energy Use (Total)
Unit: TJ
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage: 155 places, 4,536 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed: 23 October 2026

The FAOSTAT domain Emissions from Pre- and Post-Agricultural Production provides estimates of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and related activity data associated with pre- and post-production stages of agrifood systems. The domain includes methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), fluorinated gases (F-gases) and their aggregates expressed in carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2eq). Estimates are computed following Tier 1 methods of the IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014) and are disseminated annually.