Food Household Consumption — Energy Use in Latin America and the Caribbean
Latin America and the Caribbean: Food Household Consumption — Energy Use was 603,549 TJ in 2023. ▲ Rising
Food Household Consumption — Energy Use in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in TJ.
Analysis
In 2023, food household consumption — energy use in Latin America and the Caribbean stood at 603,549 TJ. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.7% on the previous year and up 31.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, food household consumption — energy use in Latin America and the Caribbean peaked at 603,549 TJ in 2023 and was at its lowest, 190,824 TJ, in 1990.
That places Latin America and the Caribbean 12th out of 33 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Food Household Consumption — Energy Use in Latin America and the Caribbean, year by year
| Year | TJ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 190,824 TJ | — |
| 1991 | 200,670 TJ | +5.2% |
| 1992 | 208,205 TJ | +3.8% |
| 1993 | 215,701 TJ | +3.6% |
| 1994 | 225,942 TJ | +4.7% |
| 1995 | 243,041 TJ | +7.6% |
| 1996 | 260,505 TJ | +7.2% |
| 1997 | 264,138 TJ | +1.4% |
| 1998 | 272,435 TJ | +3.1% |
| 1999 | 294,534 TJ | +8.1% |
| 2000 | 304,554 TJ | +3.4% |
| 2001 | 311,264 TJ | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 308,413 TJ | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 321,071 TJ | +4.1% |
| 2004 | 336,087 TJ | +4.7% |
| 2005 | 356,506 TJ | +6.1% |
| 2006 | 368,940 TJ | +3.5% |
| 2007 | 392,145 TJ | +6.3% |
| 2008 | 391,570 TJ | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 395,189 TJ | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 412,910 TJ | +4.5% |
| 2011 | 424,713 TJ | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 445,588 TJ | +4.9% |
| 2013 | 458,245 TJ | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 474,090 TJ | +3.5% |
| 2015 | 488,185 TJ | +3.0% |
| 2016 | 504,403 TJ | +3.3% |
| 2017 | 507,434 TJ | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 509,695 TJ | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 517,700 TJ | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 540,615 TJ | +4.4% |
| 2021 | 570,424 TJ | +5.5% |
| 2022 | 582,176 TJ | +2.1% |
| 2023 | 603,549 TJ | +3.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 237,600 TJ | 190,824 TJ | 294,534 TJ | 10 |
| 2000s | 348,574 TJ | 304,554 TJ | 395,189 TJ | 10 |
| 2010s | 474,296 TJ | 412,910 TJ | 517,700 TJ | 10 |
| 2020s | 574,191 TJ | 540,615 TJ | 603,549 TJ | 4 |
Countries ranked near Latin America and the Caribbean
- 9 Canada 161,714 TJ compare
- 9 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 7,620 TJ compare
- 10 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 5,277 TJ compare
- 10 Japan 161,635 TJ compare
- 11 Indonesia 161,436 TJ compare
- 11 Republic of Moldova 4,049 TJ compare
- 12 Democratic Republic of the Congo 3,693 TJ compare
- 12 India 158,406 TJ compare
- 13 Lao People's Democratic Republic 3,539 TJ compare
- 13 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 147,143 TJ compare
- 14 Syrian Arab Republic 2,370 TJ compare
- 14 Uzbekistan 120,477 TJ compare
- 15 Italy 118,949 TJ compare
- 15 United Republic of Tanzania 1,219 TJ compare
More climate change data for Latin America and the Caribbean
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 148,600 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 1.19 million kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 272,414 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 918,156 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 1,028 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 32,791 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 32,308 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 1,154 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 438.84 kt (2050)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 15.67 billion kg (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is food household consumption — energy use in Latin America and the Caribbean?
- Food household consumption — energy use in Latin America and the Caribbean was 603,549 TJ in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest food household consumption — energy use recorded in Latin America and the Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 603,549 TJ in 2023.
- What is the lowest food household consumption — energy use recorded in Latin America and the Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 190,824 TJ in 1990.
- How does Latin America and the Caribbean rank for food household consumption — energy use?
- Latin America and the Caribbean ranks 12th out of 33 groups with data for 2023.
- Is food household consumption — energy use rising or falling in Latin America and the Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latin America and the Caribbean data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Food Household Consumption — Energy Use (Total). 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.