Australia vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Food Processing β€” Energy Use

Australia
68,524 TJ
in 2023
Sub-Saharan Africa
58,042 TJ
in 2023
Australia rank
20th
Sub-Saharan Africa rank
23rd

Food Processing β€” Energy Use over time

  • Australia
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
020.0k40.0k60.0k80.0k199020062023

How they compare

Australia currently reports 68,524 TJ against 58,042 TJ in Sub-Saharan Africa, a difference of 10,482 TJ.

That makes Australia's figure about 1.2 times Sub-Saharan Africa's.

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

Australia ranks 20th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 23rd of 94 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia Sub-Saharan Africa Difference Ahead
1990s 69,517 TJ 2,024 TJ 67,493 TJ Australia
2000s 74,015 TJ 6,911 TJ 67,104 TJ Australia
2010s 75,109 TJ 30,081 TJ 45,028 TJ Australia
2020s 68,680 TJ 45,883 TJ 22,797 TJ Australia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher food processing β€” energy use, Australia or Sub-Saharan Africa?
Australia, at 68,524 TJ against 58,042 TJ in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2023.
What is the difference in food processing β€” energy use between Australia and Sub-Saharan Africa?
10,482 TJ, with Australia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Sub-Saharan Africa?
34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
How do Australia and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for food processing β€” energy use?
Australia ranks 20th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 23rd of 94 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Food Processing β€” Energy Use (Total). 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

Australia vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Food Processing β€” Energy Use. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 16 August 2026, from https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/food-processing-energy-use-total/australia/sub-saharan-africa/

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-total/australia/sub-saharan-africa/">Australia vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Food Processing β€” Energy Use</a> β€” Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Food Processing β€” Energy Use (Total)
Unit
TJ
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
128 places, 3,328 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.