Japan vs Northern America: Food Processing — Energy Use
Food Processing — Energy Use over time
- Japan
- Northern America
How they compare
Northern America currently reports 408,449 TJ against 85,532 TJ in Japan, a difference of 322,917 TJ.
That makes Northern America's figure about 4.8 times Japan's.
Across all 34 years both countries report, Northern America has been ahead every year.
Japan ranks 3rd and Northern America ranks 6th of 84 countries.
Northern America has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Northern America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 64,085 TJ | 234,970 TJ | 170,885 TJ | Northern America |
| 2000s | 85,544 TJ | 321,067 TJ | 235,523 TJ | Northern America |
| 2010s | 90,452 TJ | 315,295 TJ | 224,843 TJ | Northern America |
| 2020s | 87,299 TJ | 380,478 TJ | 293,178 TJ | Northern America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher food processing — energy use, Japan or Northern America?
- Northern America, at 408,449 TJ against 85,532 TJ in Japan as of 2023.
- What is the difference in food processing — energy use between Japan and Northern America?
- 322,917 TJ, with Northern America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Northern America?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Japan and Northern America rank globally for food processing — energy use?
- Japan ranks 3rd and Northern America ranks 6th of 84 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.