Food Packaging — Energy Use in Europe
Europe: Food Packaging — Energy Use was 38,547 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
Europe recorded 38,547 TJ for food packaging — energy use in 2023.
That represents a change of down 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, food packaging — energy use in Europe peaked at 44,592 TJ in 2012 and was at its lowest, 11,514 TJ, in 1990.
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 | 11,514 TJ | — |
| 1991 | 11,548 TJ | +0.3% |
| 1992 | 12,036 TJ | +4.2% |
| 1993 | 33,675 TJ | +179.8% |
| 1994 | 22,277 TJ | -33.8% |
| 1995 | 20,498 TJ | -8.0% |
| 1996 | 21,643 TJ | +5.6% |
| 1997 | 23,392 TJ | +8.1% |
| 1998 | 21,958 TJ | -6.1% |
| 1999 | 22,522 TJ | +2.6% |
| 2000 | 23,081 TJ | +2.5% |
| 2001 | 25,162 TJ | +9.0% |
| 2002 | 24,884 TJ | -1.1% |
| 2003 | 25,681 TJ | +3.2% |
| 2004 | 30,108 TJ | +17.2% |
| 2005 | 23,654 TJ | -21.4% |
| 2006 | 24,309 TJ | +2.8% |
| 2007 | 27,251 TJ | +12.1% |
| 2008 | 25,562 TJ | -6.2% |
| 2009 | 24,286 TJ | -5.0% |
| 2010 | 29,093 TJ | +19.8% |
| 2011 | 43,607 TJ | +49.9% |
| 2012 | 44,592 TJ | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 39,811 TJ | -10.7% |
| 2014 | 37,073 TJ | -6.9% |
| 2015 | 41,126 TJ | +10.9% |
| 2016 | 42,266 TJ | +2.8% |
| 2017 | 42,269 TJ | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 40,430 TJ | -4.4% |
| 2019 | 40,435 TJ | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 41,616 TJ | +2.9% |
| 2021 | 38,598 TJ | -7.3% |
| 2022 | 38,545 TJ | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 38,547 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +179.8% | 12,036 TJ | 33,675 TJ |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 20,106 TJ | 11,514 TJ | 33,675 TJ | 10 |
| 2000s | 25,398 TJ | 23,081 TJ | 30,108 TJ | 10 |
| 2010s | 40,070 TJ | 29,093 TJ | 44,592 TJ | 10 |
| 2020s | 39,326 TJ | 38,545 TJ | 41,616 TJ | 4 |
Countries ranked near Europe
- 1 Russian Federation 24,407 TJ compare
- 2 China 16,609 TJ compare
- 2 Republic of Moldova 8.35 TJ compare
- 3 OECD 16,505 TJ compare
- 4 China, mainland 16,194 TJ compare
- 5 Germany 3,162 TJ compare
- 6 Finland 2,427 TJ compare
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 38,547 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 44,592 TJ in 2012.
- What is the lowest food packaging — energy use recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,514 TJ in 1990.
- How does Europe rank for food packaging — energy use?
- Europe ranks 3rd out of 17 groups with data for 2023.
- Is food packaging — energy use rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.2%. 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 (Heat). 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.