Australia vs South America: Food Retail — Energy Use
Food Retail — Energy Use over time
- Australia
- South America
How they compare
South America currently reports 62,052 TJ against 12,194 TJ in Australia, a difference of 49,858 TJ.
That makes South America's figure about 5.1 times Australia's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Australia ahead.
Australia ranks 22nd and South America ranks 19th of 71 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 1 and South America in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 10,018 TJ | 2,854 TJ | 7,164 TJ | Australia |
| 2000s | 10,880 TJ | 20,675 TJ | 9,794 TJ | South America |
| 2010s | 11,814 TJ | 56,499 TJ | 44,685 TJ | South America |
| 2020s | 11,202 TJ | 54,216 TJ | 43,014 TJ | South America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher food retail — energy use, Australia or South America?
- South America, at 62,052 TJ against 12,194 TJ in Australia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in food retail — energy use between Australia and South America?
- 49,858 TJ, with South America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and South America?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Australia and South America rank globally for food retail — energy use?
- Australia ranks 22nd and South America ranks 19th of 71 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Food Retail — Energy Use (Natural Gas, including LNG). 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.