Food Packaging — Energy Use in Americas
Americas: Food Packaging — Energy Use was 21,665 TJ in 2023. ▼ Falling
Food Packaging — Energy Use in Americas, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in TJ.
Analysis
In 2023, food packaging — energy use in Americas stood at 21,665 TJ. That is the lowest value across all 34 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.8% on the previous year and down 25.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, food packaging — energy use in Americas peaked at 114,852 TJ in 1990 and was at its lowest, 21,665 TJ, in 2023.
Americas ranks 8th of 32 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 61,669 TJ | 36,538 TJ | 114,852 TJ | 10 |
| 2000s | 37,501 TJ | 29,446 TJ | 42,733 TJ | 10 |
| 2010s | 32,796 TJ | 23,399 TJ | 44,546 TJ | 10 |
| 2020s | 22,261 TJ | 21,665 TJ | 23,087 TJ | 4 |
Countries ranked near Americas
More climate change data for Americas
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 1.51 million kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 342,967 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 1.17 million kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 1,294 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 41,659 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 273,211 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 222,184 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 51,028 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 838.43 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 1,822 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is food packaging — energy use in Americas?
- Food packaging — energy use in Americas was 21,665 TJ in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest food packaging — energy use recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 114,852 TJ in 1990.
- What is the lowest food packaging — energy use recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 21,665 TJ in 2023.
- How does Americas rank for food packaging — energy use?
- Americas ranks 8th out of 32 groups with data for 2023.
- Is food packaging — energy use rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Americas data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Food Packaging — Energy Use (Coal). 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.