Food Household Consumption — Energy Use in Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa: Food Household Consumption — Energy Use was 78,437 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
The most recent figure for food household consumption — energy use in Sub-Saharan Africa is 78,437 TJ, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 20.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, food household consumption — energy use in Sub-Saharan Africa peaked at 80,748 TJ in 2018 and was at its lowest, 28,638 TJ, in 1991.
Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 27th of 33 groups on this measure, 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 | 28,782 TJ | — |
| 1991 | 28,638 TJ | -0.5% |
| 1992 | 28,747 TJ | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 29,132 TJ | +1.3% |
| 1994 | 28,945 TJ | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 30,031 TJ | +3.8% |
| 1996 | 32,694 TJ | +8.9% |
| 1997 | 34,305 TJ | +4.9% |
| 1998 | 32,924 TJ | -4.0% |
| 1999 | 31,965 TJ | -2.9% |
| 2000 | 32,180 TJ | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 38,885 TJ | +20.8% |
| 2002 | 39,421 TJ | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 43,633 TJ | +10.7% |
| 2004 | 48,153 TJ | +10.4% |
| 2005 | 50,298 TJ | +4.5% |
| 2006 | 54,503 TJ | +8.4% |
| 2007 | 60,058 TJ | +10.2% |
| 2008 | 62,024 TJ | +3.3% |
| 2009 | 61,449 TJ | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 53,274 TJ | -13.3% |
| 2011 | 56,830 TJ | +6.7% |
| 2012 | 62,901 TJ | +10.7% |
| 2013 | 64,911 TJ | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 66,392 TJ | +2.3% |
| 2015 | 66,564 TJ | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 62,384 TJ | -6.3% |
| 2017 | 64,364 TJ | +3.2% |
| 2018 | 80,748 TJ | +25.5% |
| 2019 | 76,667 TJ | -5.1% |
| 2020 | 75,359 TJ | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 78,200 TJ | +3.8% |
| 2022 | 78,258 TJ | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 78,437 TJ | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 30,616 TJ | 28,638 TJ | 34,305 TJ | 10 |
| 2000s | 49,060 TJ | 32,180 TJ | 62,024 TJ | 10 |
| 2010s | 65,503 TJ | 53,274 TJ | 80,748 TJ | 10 |
| 2020s | 77,564 TJ | 75,359 TJ | 78,437 TJ | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sub-Saharan Africa
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 78,437 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 80,748 TJ in 2018.
- What is the lowest food household consumption — energy use recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 28,638 TJ in 1991.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa rank for food household consumption — energy use?
- Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 27th 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 20.8%. 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 (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.