Food Packaging — Energy Use in Americas
Americas: Food Packaging — Energy Use was 193,905 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 193,905 TJ.
The figure is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 27.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, food packaging — energy use in Americas peaked at 236,620 TJ in 1991 and was at its lowest, 152,248 TJ, in 2013.
That places Americas 4th out of 32 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 34 years of available data.
Food Packaging — Energy Use in Americas, year by year
| Year | TJ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 184,624 TJ | — |
| 1991 | 236,620 TJ | +28.2% |
| 1992 | 218,466 TJ | -7.7% |
| 1993 | 211,057 TJ | -3.4% |
| 1994 | 205,598 TJ | -2.6% |
| 1995 | 211,451 TJ | +2.8% |
| 1996 | 212,591 TJ | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 209,984 TJ | -1.2% |
| 1998 | 187,796 TJ | -10.6% |
| 1999 | 187,251 TJ | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 193,096 TJ | +3.1% |
| 2001 | 195,108 TJ | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 166,521 TJ | -14.7% |
| 2003 | 166,399 TJ | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 162,982 TJ | -2.1% |
| 2005 | 163,574 TJ | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 159,121 TJ | -2.7% |
| 2007 | 186,533 TJ | +17.2% |
| 2008 | 189,842 TJ | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 167,498 TJ | -11.8% |
| 2010 | 154,251 TJ | -7.9% |
| 2011 | 159,395 TJ | +3.3% |
| 2012 | 155,087 TJ | -2.7% |
| 2013 | 152,248 TJ | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 154,774 TJ | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 163,907 TJ | +5.9% |
| 2016 | 176,455 TJ | +7.7% |
| 2017 | 185,100 TJ | +4.9% |
| 2018 | 179,222 TJ | -3.2% |
| 2019 | 182,245 TJ | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 174,386 TJ | -4.3% |
| 2021 | 186,968 TJ | +7.2% |
| 2022 | 191,084 TJ | +2.2% |
| 2023 | 193,905 TJ | +1.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Food Packaging — Energy Use in Americas changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +28.2% | 184,624 TJ | 236,620 TJ |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 206,544 TJ | 184,624 TJ | 236,620 TJ | 10 |
| 2000s | 175,067 TJ | 159,121 TJ | 195,108 TJ | 10 |
| 2010s | 166,268 TJ | 152,248 TJ | 185,100 TJ | 10 |
| 2020s | 186,586 TJ | 174,386 TJ | 193,905 TJ | 4 |
Countries ranked near Americas
- 1 OECD 359,030 TJ compare
- 2 Russian Federation 52,657 TJ compare
- 2 Türkiye 14,038 TJ compare
- 3 Canada 46,740 TJ compare
- 4 China 45,078 TJ compare
- 5 Brazil 43,246 TJ compare
- 5 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1,209 TJ compare
- 6 China, mainland 38,158 TJ compare
- 7 Japan 26,624 TJ compare
- 7 Republic of Moldova 100.4 TJ compare
More climate change data for Americas
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 28.70 billion kg (2050)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is food packaging — energy use in Americas?
- Food packaging — energy use in Americas was 193,905 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 236,620 TJ in 1991.
- What is the lowest food packaging — energy use recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 152,248 TJ in 2013.
- How does Americas rank for food packaging — energy use?
- Americas ranks 4th 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 up 27.4%. 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 (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.