China vs Europe: Food Processing — Energy Use
Food Processing — Energy Use over time
- China
- Europe
How they compare
Europe currently reports 1.70 million TJ against 744,318 TJ in China, a difference of 958,822 TJ.
That makes Europe's figure about 2.3 times China's.
Across all 34 years both countries report, Europe has been ahead every year.
China ranks 2nd and Europe ranks 4th of 94 countries.
Europe has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 11,255 TJ | 1.36 million TJ | 1.35 million TJ | Europe |
| 2000s | 1.03 million TJ | 1.56 million TJ | 531,567 TJ | Europe |
| 2010s | 1.18 million TJ | 1.65 million TJ | 477,355 TJ | Europe |
| 2020s | 763,214 TJ | 1.70 million TJ | 940,456 TJ | Europe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher food processing — energy use, China or Europe?
- Europe, at 1.70 million TJ against 744,318 TJ in China as of 2023.
- What is the difference in food processing — energy use between China and Europe?
- 958,822 TJ, with Europe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Europe?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do China and Europe rank globally for food processing — energy use?
- China ranks 2nd and Europe ranks 4th of 94 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Food Processing — 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.