Energy Use (Pre- and Post-Production) — Emissions in Australia
Australia: Energy Use (Pre- and Post-Production) — Emissions was 5.26 kt in 2023. ▼ Falling
Energy Use (Pre- and Post-Production) — Emissions in Australia, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kt.
Analysis
Australia recorded 5.26 kt for energy use (pre- and post-production) — emissions in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 34 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 6.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, energy use (pre- and post-production) — emissions in Australia peaked at 7.06 kt in 2000 and was at its lowest, 5.26 kt, in 2023.
Australia ranks 16th of 222 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 34 years of available data.
Energy Use (Pre- and Post-Production) — Emissions in Australia, year by year
| Year | kt | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 5.57 kt | — |
| 1991 | 5.71 kt | +2.5% |
| 1992 | 5.57 kt | -2.4% |
| 1993 | 5.64 kt | +1.3% |
| 1994 | 5.96 kt | +5.5% |
| 1995 | 5.93 kt | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 6.73 kt | +13.5% |
| 1997 | 7 kt | +3.9% |
| 1998 | 6.88 kt | -1.7% |
| 1999 | 6.94 kt | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 7.06 kt | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 7.04 kt | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 5.53 kt | -21.4% |
| 2003 | 6.06 kt | +9.6% |
| 2004 | 6.12 kt | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 6.09 kt | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 6.2 kt | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 6.16 kt | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 6.49 kt | +5.4% |
| 2009 | 6.72 kt | +3.6% |
| 2010 | 6.69 kt | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 6.19 kt | -7.5% |
| 2012 | 5.49 kt | -11.3% |
| 2013 | 5.6 kt | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 5.43 kt | -3.0% |
| 2015 | 5.33 kt | -2.0% |
| 2016 | 5.38 kt | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 6.19 kt | +15.1% |
| 2018 | 5.99 kt | -3.3% |
| 2019 | 6.07 kt | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 5.69 kt | -6.3% |
| 2021 | 5.5 kt | -3.4% |
| 2022 | 5.27 kt | -4.1% |
| 2023 | 5.26 kt | -0.1% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 5.26 kt is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.1299 kt, 40.5× the median. (72 countries reporting)
- Australia's 5.26 kt is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.0174 kt, 302.8× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6.19 kt | 5.57 kt | 7 kt | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.35 kt | 5.53 kt | 7.06 kt | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.84 kt | 5.33 kt | 6.69 kt | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.43 kt | 5.26 kt | 5.69 kt | 4 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 13 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.1488 kt compare
- 13 Australia and New Zealand 5.83 kt compare
- 14 Mexico 5.49 kt compare
- 14 Republic of Moldova 0.1065 kt compare
- 15 Canada 5.47 kt compare
- 15 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.0776 kt compare
- 16 Melanesia 0.0633 kt compare
- 17 Germany 4.86 kt compare
- 17 Polynesia 0.0219 kt compare
- 18 South Africa 4.84 kt compare
- 18 Timor-Leste 0.0061 kt compare
- 19 Republic of Korea 4.35 kt compare
- 19 Micronesia 0.0057 kt compare
More climate change data for Australia
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 1.30 billion kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 118,578 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 34,162 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 84,416 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 128.91 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 3,015 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 12,473 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 10,966 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 1,507 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 41.38 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is energy use (pre- and post-production) — emissions in Australia?
- Energy use (pre- and post-production) — emissions in Australia was 5.26 kt in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest energy use (pre- and post-production) — emissions recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 7.06 kt in 2000.
- What is the lowest energy use (pre- and post-production) — emissions recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.26 kt in 2023.
- How does Australia rank for energy use (pre- and post-production) — emissions?
- Australia ranks 16th out of 222 countries with data for 2023.
- Is energy use (pre- and post-production) — emissions rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Energy Use (Pre- and Post-Production) — Emissions (CH4). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.