Switzerland vs United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Food Processing — Energy Use

Switzerland
659.05 TJ
in 2023
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
705.83 TJ
in 2023
Switzerland rank
21st
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank
20th

Food Processing — Energy Use over time

  • Switzerland
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
0200400600800199120072023

How they compare

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland currently reports 705.83 TJ against 659.05 TJ in Switzerland, a difference of 46.78 TJ.

That makes United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland's figure about 1.1 times Switzerland's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 22 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Switzerland ahead.

Switzerland ranks 21st and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 20th of 37 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Switzerland averaged higher in 2 and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Switzerland United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Difference Ahead
2000s 224.75 TJ 147.75 TJ 77 TJ Switzerland
2010s 277.31 TJ 73.31 TJ 204 TJ Switzerland
2020s 545.75 TJ 710.87 TJ 165.12 TJ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher food processing — energy use, Switzerland or United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, at 705.83 TJ against 659.05 TJ in Switzerland as of 2023.
What is the difference in food processing — energy use between Switzerland and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
46.78 TJ, with United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Switzerland and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
22 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2023.
How do Switzerland and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank globally for food processing — energy use?
Switzerland ranks 21st and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 20th of 37 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Food Processing — Energy Use (Heat). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Switzerland vs United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Food Processing — Energy Use. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 16 September 2026, from https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/food-processing-energy-use-heat/switzerland/united-kingdom-of-great-britain-and-northern-ireland/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/food-processing-energy-use-heat/switzerland/united-kingdom-of-great-britain-and-northern-ireland/">Switzerland vs United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Food Processing — Energy Use</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Food Processing — Energy Use (Heat)
Unit
TJ
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
55 places, 1,461 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed

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.