Food Packaging — Energy Use in Europe
Europe: Food Packaging — Energy Use was 205,830 TJ in 2023. ▲ Rising
Food Packaging — Energy Use in Europe, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in TJ.
Analysis
In 2023, food packaging — energy use in Europe stood at 205,830 TJ.
The figure is down 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, food packaging — energy use in Europe peaked at 242,318 TJ in 2007 and was at its lowest, 80,253 TJ, in 1990.
Europe ranks 3rd of 32 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Food Packaging — Energy Use in Europe, year by year
| Year | TJ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 80,253 TJ | — |
| 1991 | 102,007 TJ | +27.1% |
| 1992 | 136,400 TJ | +33.7% |
| 1993 | 138,390 TJ | +1.5% |
| 1994 | 126,349 TJ | -8.7% |
| 1995 | 138,614 TJ | +9.7% |
| 1996 | 154,753 TJ | +11.6% |
| 1997 | 171,978 TJ | +11.1% |
| 1998 | 172,929 TJ | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 179,535 TJ | +3.8% |
| 2000 | 189,452 TJ | +5.5% |
| 2001 | 197,436 TJ | +4.2% |
| 2002 | 199,970 TJ | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 202,594 TJ | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 208,671 TJ | +3.0% |
| 2005 | 208,869 TJ | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 215,016 TJ | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 242,318 TJ | +12.7% |
| 2008 | 236,788 TJ | -2.3% |
| 2009 | 213,753 TJ | -9.7% |
| 2010 | 224,009 TJ | +4.8% |
| 2011 | 220,745 TJ | -1.5% |
| 2012 | 213,603 TJ | -3.2% |
| 2013 | 209,650 TJ | -1.9% |
| 2014 | 215,783 TJ | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 222,487 TJ | +3.1% |
| 2016 | 218,886 TJ | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 221,819 TJ | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 222,324 TJ | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 219,867 TJ | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 209,609 TJ | -4.7% |
| 2021 | 218,320 TJ | +4.2% |
| 2022 | 205,903 TJ | -5.7% |
| 2023 | 205,830 TJ | -0.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Food Packaging — Energy Use in Europe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +33.7% | 102,007 TJ | 136,400 TJ |
| 1991 | +27.1% | 80,253 TJ | 102,007 TJ |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 140,121 TJ | 80,253 TJ | 179,535 TJ | 10 |
| 2000s | 211,487 TJ | 189,452 TJ | 242,318 TJ | 10 |
| 2010s | 218,917 TJ | 209,650 TJ | 224,009 TJ | 10 |
| 2020s | 209,916 TJ | 205,830 TJ | 218,320 TJ | 4 |
Countries ranked near Europe
More climate change data for Europe
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 14.60 billion kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 471,113 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 102,735 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 368,378 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 387.68 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 13,156 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 121,153 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 110,533 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 10,621 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 417.1 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is food packaging — energy use in Europe?
- Food packaging — energy use in Europe was 205,830 TJ in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest food packaging — energy use recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 242,318 TJ in 2007.
- What is the lowest food packaging — energy use recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 80,253 TJ in 1990.
- How does Europe rank for food packaging — energy use?
- Europe ranks 3rd out of 32 groups with data for 2023.
- Is food packaging — energy use rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Europe 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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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.