Food Household Consumption — Energy Use in Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa: Food Household Consumption — Energy Use was 69,951 TJ in 2023. ▲ Rising
Food Household Consumption — Energy Use in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in TJ.
Analysis
Sub-Saharan Africa recorded 69,951 TJ for food household consumption — energy use in 2023. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 39.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, food household consumption — energy use in Sub-Saharan Africa peaked at 69,951 TJ in 2023 and was at its lowest, 21,564 TJ, in 1993.
That places Sub-Saharan Africa 25th out of 33 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Food Household Consumption — Energy Use in Sub-Saharan Africa, year by year
| Year | TJ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 22,294 TJ | — |
| 1991 | 23,022 TJ | +3.3% |
| 1992 | 23,291 TJ | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 21,564 TJ | -7.4% |
| 1994 | 21,924 TJ | +1.7% |
| 1995 | 23,814 TJ | +8.6% |
| 1996 | 27,334 TJ | +14.8% |
| 1997 | 28,753 TJ | +5.2% |
| 1998 | 28,302 TJ | -1.6% |
| 1999 | 28,138 TJ | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 28,510 TJ | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 33,034 TJ | +15.9% |
| 2002 | 31,587 TJ | -4.4% |
| 2003 | 34,618 TJ | +9.6% |
| 2004 | 37,443 TJ | +8.2% |
| 2005 | 38,445 TJ | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 41,130 TJ | +7.0% |
| 2007 | 43,090 TJ | +4.8% |
| 2008 | 43,423 TJ | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 43,466 TJ | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 46,083 TJ | +6.0% |
| 2011 | 48,283 TJ | +4.8% |
| 2012 | 48,821 TJ | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 50,105 TJ | +2.6% |
| 2014 | 51,172 TJ | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 53,249 TJ | +4.1% |
| 2016 | 61,435 TJ | +15.4% |
| 2017 | 62,784 TJ | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 66,284 TJ | +5.6% |
| 2019 | 67,108 TJ | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 66,487 TJ | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 69,536 TJ | +4.6% |
| 2022 | 69,772 TJ | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 69,951 TJ | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 24,844 TJ | 21,564 TJ | 28,753 TJ | 10 |
| 2000s | 37,475 TJ | 28,510 TJ | 43,466 TJ | 10 |
| 2010s | 55,532 TJ | 46,083 TJ | 67,108 TJ | 10 |
| 2020s | 68,936 TJ | 66,487 TJ | 69,951 TJ | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sub-Saharan Africa
- 22 Republic of Korea 42,777 TJ compare
- 23 Egypt 39,154 TJ compare
- 24 Algeria 32,483 TJ compare
- 25 South Africa 31,269 TJ compare
- 26 Philippines 28,397 TJ compare
- 27 Spain 27,092 TJ compare
- 28 Portugal 27,070 TJ compare
More climate change data for Sub-Saharan Africa
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Indirect emissions (N2O that) 6.71 kt (2050)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Indirect emissions (N2O that leaches) 15.1 kt (2050)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers 67.1 kt (2050)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers 88.91 kt (2050)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers 4.27 billion kg (2050)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Nitrogen fertilizer content applied 427.00 million kg (2050)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Nitrogen fertilizer content applied 1.28 billion kg (2050)
- All Crops — Burning crop residues 137.43 kt (2050)
- All Crops — Burning crop residues 3.56 kt (2050)
- All Crops — Burning crop residues 50.90 million t (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is food household consumption — energy use in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Food household consumption — energy use in Sub-Saharan Africa was 69,951 TJ in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest food household consumption — energy use recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 69,951 TJ in 2023.
- What is the lowest food household consumption — energy use recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 21,564 TJ in 1993.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa rank for food household consumption — energy use?
- Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 25th out of 33 groups with data for 2023.
- Is food household consumption — energy use rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 39.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sub-Saharan Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Food Household Consumption — Energy Use (Electricity). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.