Food Packaging — Energy Use (Coal) by country

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...

Countries reporting
67
Highest
654,509 TJ
China
Lowest
0.0024 TJ
Guyana
Median
186.2 TJ
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
2,799

What the numbers show

Food Packaging — Energy Use (Coal) is currently reported for 67 countries. The highest value is 654,509 TJ in China; the lowest is 0.0024 TJ in Guyana.

The median across all reporting countries is 186.2 TJ, and the mean is 21,943 TJ.

Over the past decade 31 countries rose and 33 fell. The largest increase was in Bosnia and Herzegovina (up 126,214.0%), and the largest decrease in Ireland (down 95.7%).

Food Packaging — Energy Use: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 654,509 TJ 2023 down 10.5% volatile
2 China, mainland 635,758 TJ 2023 down 9.2% volatile
3 OECD 46,351 TJ 2023 down 35.5% falling
4 China, Taiwan Province of 18,750 TJ 2023 down 40.6% falling
5 Indonesia 17,026 TJ 2023 up 598.6% volatile
6 India 15,658 TJ 2023 up 7.1% rising
7 Japan 12,358 TJ 2023 down 33.9% rising
8 Kazakhstan 11,009 TJ 2023 up 6.8% falling
9 Brazil 8,610 TJ 2023 up 488.8% volatile
10 Viet Nam 6,922 TJ 2023 up 4,716.3% volatile
11 Türkiye 4,959 TJ 2023 up 333.6% volatile
12 Colombia 4,453 TJ 2023 up 1,093.5% volatile
13 Republic of Korea 4,163 TJ 2023 up 4.0% volatile
14 France 3,324 TJ 2023 up 107.6% volatile
15 Australia and New Zealand 3,098 TJ 2023 up 36.0% falling
16 Australia 3,085 TJ 2023 up 35.4% falling
17 Germany 2,903 TJ 2023 down 30.1% falling
18 Poland 2,688 TJ 2023 down 35.5% volatile
19 Canada 2,125 TJ 2023 down 21.1% falling
20 Thailand 2,106 TJ 2023 up 90.2% volatile
21 Russian Federation 1,999 TJ 2023 up 1,380.7% volatile
22 Greece 1,323 TJ 2016 up 69.1% rising
23 Slovakia 1,150 TJ 2023 down 42.1% falling
24 Ukraine 789.37 TJ 2023 down 65.1% volatile
25 Finland 770.56 TJ 2023 up 373.9% volatile
26 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 464.41 TJ 2023 down 72.7% volatile
27 Norway 417.81 TJ 2023 down 1.7% falling
28 Spain 389.11 TJ 2023 down 40.5% rising
29 Sweden 386.07 TJ 2023 down 32.6% flat
30 Austria 282.06 TJ 2023 down 56.0% rising
31 Tajikistan 281.99 TJ 2023 up 121.2% volatile
32 Iceland 236.99 TJ 2015 up 35.8% rising
33 Czechia 204.6 TJ 2023 down 54.8% volatile
34 Italy 186.2 TJ 2023 up 47.1% falling
35 Zimbabwe 167.41 TJ 2023 up 210.7% volatile
36 Serbia 149.73 TJ 2023 up 308.6% volatile
37 Myanmar 147.31 TJ 2023 down 1.2% rising
38 Bosnia and Herzegovina 126.04 TJ 2023 up 126,214.0% volatile
39 Romania 118.18 TJ 2023 down 61.5% volatile
40 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 104.42 TJ 2023 up 1,027.0% volatile
41 Peru 98.3 TJ 2023 down 37.6% volatile
42 Belgium 87.66 TJ 2023 down 71.1% falling
43 Uzbekistan 86.85 TJ 2023 up 242.7% rising
44 Bulgaria 75.68 TJ 2023 up 86.7% rising
45 Hungary 44.94 TJ 2023 up 1,287.5% volatile
46 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 38.57 TJ 2023 down 86.8% volatile
47 Albania 31.79 TJ 2023 down 90.3% volatile
48 Kyrgyzstan 29.56 TJ 2023 up 342.1% volatile
49 Eswatini 21.28 TJ 2023 volatile
50 Morocco 18.91 TJ 2023 up 162.9% rising
51 New Zealand 12.88 TJ 2023 up 6.1% rising
52 Switzerland 12.7 TJ 2023 down 54.9% volatile
53 Slovenia 11.96 TJ 2023 down 88.1% volatile
54 Croatia 9.07 TJ 2023 up 2,050.8% volatile
55 Georgia 7.05 TJ 2023 up 1,012.9% volatile
56 Montenegro 6.53 TJ 2023 up 36.4% falling
57 Luxembourg 5.77 TJ 2023 down 77.8% volatile
58 North Macedonia 5.58 TJ 2023 down 92.4% volatile
59 Portugal 5.32 TJ 2023 down 77.0% volatile
60 Denmark 2.36 TJ 2017 volatile
61 Chile 2.15 TJ 2023 down 42.7% volatile
62 Belarus 1.69 TJ 2011 down 38.0% volatile
63 Latvia 0.4496 TJ 2023 down 75.9% volatile
64 Estonia 0.4225 TJ 2017 down 92.3% volatile
65 Ireland 0.3037 TJ 2017 down 95.7% volatile
66 Lithuania 0.2155 TJ 2017 volatile
67 Guyana 0.0024 TJ 2023 down 94.5% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Food Packaging — Energy Use (Coal)
Unit
TJ
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
99 places, 2,799 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed

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.