Australia vs China: Food Processing — Energy Use
Food Processing — Energy Use over time
- Australia
- China
How they compare
Australia currently reports 22,414 TJ against 17,064 TJ in China, a difference of 5,350 TJ.
That makes Australia's figure about 1.3 times China's.
Across all 34 years both countries report, Australia has been ahead every year.
Australia ranks 18th and China ranks 20th of 88 countries.
Australia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | China | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 17,749 TJ | 10,518 TJ | 7,231 TJ | Australia |
| 2000s | 19,834 TJ | 12,182 TJ | 7,652 TJ | Australia |
| 2010s | 23,150 TJ | 14,120 TJ | 9,030 TJ | Australia |
| 2020s | 22,191 TJ | 16,624 TJ | 5,567 TJ | Australia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher food processing — energy use, Australia or China?
- Australia, at 22,414 TJ against 17,064 TJ in China as of 2023.
- What is the difference in food processing — energy use between Australia and China?
- 5,350 TJ, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and China?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Australia and China rank globally for food processing — energy use?
- Australia ranks 18th and China ranks 20th of 88 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Food Processing — Energy Use (Electricity). 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.