Food Packaging — Energy Use (Heat) by country
The FAOSTAT domain Emissions from Pre- and Post-Agricultural Production provides estimates of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and related activity data associated with pre- and post-production stages of agrifood systems. The domain includes methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), fluorinated gases...
What the numbers show
Food Packaging — Energy Use (Heat) is currently reported for 41 countries. The highest value is 24,407 TJ in Russian Federation; the lowest is 0.1126 TJ in Luxembourg.
The median across all reporting countries is 134.38 TJ, and the mean is 2,222 TJ.
Over the past decade 18 countries rose and 23 fell. The largest increase was in Azerbaijan (up 349.2%), and the largest decrease in Luxembourg (down 93.5%).
Food Packaging — Energy Use (Heat): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian Federation | 24,407 TJ | 2023 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 2 | China | 16,609 TJ | 2023 | up 119.4% | volatile |
| 3 | OECD | 16,505 TJ | 2023 | down 19.0% | rising |
| 4 | China, mainland | 16,194 TJ | 2023 | up 125.1% | volatile |
| 5 | Germany | 3,162 TJ | 2023 | down 13.2% | volatile |
| 6 | Finland | 2,427 TJ | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 7 | France | 2,263 TJ | 2023 | up 34.7% | rising |
| 8 | Republic of Korea | 1,840 TJ | 2023 | up 43.4% | rising |
| 9 | Ukraine | 1,472 TJ | 2023 | down 31.6% | rising |
| 10 | Kazakhstan | 1,086 TJ | 2023 | down 33.7% | volatile |
| 11 | Poland | 735.93 TJ | 2023 | up 7.1% | volatile |
| 12 | Belarus | 716.84 TJ | 2023 | up 187.7% | rising |
| 13 | Serbia | 486.22 TJ | 2023 | up 148.7% | volatile |
| 14 | Italy | 436.81 TJ | 2023 | down 88.5% | falling |
| 15 | China, Taiwan Province of | 415 TJ | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 16 | Canada | 387.88 TJ | 2023 | up 60.0% | volatile |
| 17 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 274.45 TJ | 2023 | down 61.2% | falling |
| 18 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 239.73 TJ | 2023 | up 217.2% | volatile |
| 19 | Uzbekistan | 202.81 TJ | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 20 | Slovakia | 177.77 TJ | 2023 | down 64.2% | volatile |
| 21 | Czechia | 134.38 TJ | 2023 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 22 | Austria | 131.1 TJ | 2023 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 23 | Portugal | 128.82 TJ | 2023 | down 41.4% | volatile |
| 24 | Romania | 110.82 TJ | 2023 | up 115.8% | volatile |
| 25 | Switzerland | 110.21 TJ | 2023 | up 70.9% | volatile |
| 26 | Hungary | 102.9 TJ | 2023 | down 54.8% | falling |
| 27 | Bulgaria | 101.22 TJ | 2023 | down 23.4% | volatile |
| 28 | Belgium | 98.21 TJ | 2023 | down 68.6% | volatile |
| 29 | Azerbaijan | 34.48 TJ | 2023 | up 349.2% | volatile |
| 30 | Denmark | 26.76 TJ | 2023 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 31 | Norway | 18.13 TJ | 2023 | up 103.0% | volatile |
| 32 | Lithuania | 16.8 TJ | 2023 | down 54.8% | volatile |
| 33 | Slovenia | 11.79 TJ | 2023 | down 55.8% | falling |
| 34 | Republic of Moldova | 8.35 TJ | 2023 | down 33.9% | volatile |
| 35 | Estonia | 5.38 TJ | 2023 | up 52.7% | volatile |
| 36 | Croatia | 2.49 TJ | 2023 | down 5.1% | volatile |
| 37 | Georgia | 1.55 TJ | 2012 | down 79.4% | volatile |
| 38 | North Macedonia | 1.15 TJ | 2023 | down 62.9% | volatile |
| 39 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.6001 TJ | 2023 | up 7.4% | volatile |
| 40 | Latvia | 0.5435 TJ | 2023 | up 19.5% | volatile |
| 41 | Luxembourg | 0.1126 TJ | 2023 | down 93.5% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 61,761 TJ
- Annex I countries 41,493 TJ
- Europe 38,547 TJ
- Eastern Europe 27,967 TJ
- Non-Annex I countries 20,268 TJ
- Asia 19,772 TJ
- Eastern Asia 18,449 TJ
- European Union (27) 11,088 TJ
- Western Europe 6,039 TJ
- Northern Europe 3,474 TJ
- Americas 3,441 TJ
- Northern America 3,441 TJ
- United States of America 3,053 TJ
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 1,333 TJ
- Central Asia 1,289 TJ
- Southern Europe 1,067 TJ
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 203.41 TJ
- Western Asia 34.5 TJ
About this data
The FAOSTAT domain Emissions from Pre- and Post-Agricultural Production provides estimates of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and related activity data associated with pre- and post-production stages of agrifood systems. The domain includes methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), fluorinated gases (F-gases) and their aggregates expressed in carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2eq). Estimates are computed following Tier 1 methods of the IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014) and are disseminated annually.