Caribbean vs Western Africa: Food Packaging — Energy Use
Food Packaging — Energy Use over time
- Caribbean
- Western Africa
How they compare
Caribbean currently reports 2,776 TJ against 1,716 TJ in Western Africa, a difference of 1,060 TJ.
That makes Caribbean's figure about 1.6 times Western Africa's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Caribbean ahead.
Caribbean ranks 30th and Western Africa ranks 31st of 32 countries.
Caribbean has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Caribbean | Western Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,066 TJ | 151.66 TJ | 914.55 TJ | Caribbean |
| 2000s | 1,673 TJ | 409.53 TJ | 1,263 TJ | Caribbean |
| 2010s | 1,995 TJ | 879.06 TJ | 1,116 TJ | Caribbean |
| 2020s | 2,796 TJ | 2,134 TJ | 662.14 TJ | Caribbean |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher food packaging — energy use, Caribbean or Western Africa?
- Caribbean, at 2,776 TJ against 1,716 TJ in Western Africa as of 2023.
- What is the difference in food packaging — energy use between Caribbean and Western Africa?
- 1,060 TJ, with Caribbean ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean and Western Africa?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Caribbean and Western Africa rank globally for food packaging — energy use?
- Caribbean ranks 30th and Western Africa ranks 31st of 32 countries.
- 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.