Colombia vs South America: Food Processing — Energy Use
Food Processing — Energy Use over time
- Colombia
- South America
How they compare
South America currently reports 249,014 TJ against 86,409 TJ in Colombia, a difference of 162,605 TJ.
That makes South America's figure about 2.9 times Colombia's.
Across all 17 years both countries report, South America has been ahead every year.
Colombia ranks 16th and South America ranks 7th of 89 countries.
South America has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Colombia | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 28,084 TJ | 93,443 TJ | 65,358 TJ | South America |
| 2010s | 52,266 TJ | 131,251 TJ | 78,984 TJ | South America |
| 2020s | 81,205 TJ | 236,428 TJ | 155,223 TJ | South America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher food processing — energy use, Colombia or South America?
- South America, at 249,014 TJ against 86,409 TJ in Colombia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in food processing — energy use between Colombia and South America?
- 162,605 TJ, with South America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and South America?
- 17 years are reported by both, from 2007 to 2023.
- How do Colombia and South America rank globally for food processing — energy use?
- Colombia ranks 16th and South America ranks 7th of 89 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.