Food Packaging — Energy Use in United States of America
United States of America: Food Packaging — Energy Use was 3,053 TJ in 2023. ▼ Falling
Food Packaging — Energy Use in United States of America, 1992–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in TJ.
Analysis
The most recent figure for food packaging — energy use in United States of America is 3,053 TJ, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 7.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, food packaging — energy use in United States of America peaked at 6,079 TJ in 1996 and was at its lowest, 1,551 TJ, in 2004.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 32 years of available data.
Food Packaging — Energy Use in United States of America, year by year
| Year | TJ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 4,116 TJ | — |
| 1993 | 4,094 TJ | -0.5% |
| 1994 | 4,069 TJ | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 5,861 TJ | +44.0% |
| 1996 | 6,079 TJ | +3.7% |
| 1997 | 5,954 TJ | -2.1% |
| 1998 | 3,964 TJ | -33.4% |
| 1999 | 3,924 TJ | -1.0% |
| 2000 | 2,678 TJ | -31.7% |
| 2001 | 2,273 TJ | -15.1% |
| 2002 | 2,488 TJ | +9.5% |
| 2003 | 2,456 TJ | -1.3% |
| 2004 | 1,551 TJ | -36.8% |
| 2005 | 1,650 TJ | +6.3% |
| 2006 | 3,568 TJ | +116.3% |
| 2007 | 3,661 TJ | +2.6% |
| 2008 | 3,678 TJ | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 3,952 TJ | +7.5% |
| 2010 | 4,177 TJ | +5.7% |
| 2011 | 3,671 TJ | -12.1% |
| 2012 | 3,562 TJ | -3.0% |
| 2013 | 3,294 TJ | -7.5% |
| 2014 | 3,727 TJ | +13.2% |
| 2015 | 3,629 TJ | -2.6% |
| 2016 | 4,417 TJ | +21.7% |
| 2017 | 3,901 TJ | -11.7% |
| 2018 | 3,390 TJ | -13.1% |
| 2019 | 3,370 TJ | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 3,333 TJ | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 3,136 TJ | -5.9% |
| 2022 | 3,053 TJ | -2.6% |
| 2023 | 3,053 TJ | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4,758 TJ | 3,924 TJ | 6,079 TJ | 8 |
| 2000s | 2,796 TJ | 1,551 TJ | 3,952 TJ | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,714 TJ | 3,294 TJ | 4,417 TJ | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,144 TJ | 3,053 TJ | 3,333 TJ | 4 |
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More climate change data for United States of America
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 10.76 billion kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 274,482 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 60,922 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 213,560 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 229.89 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 7,627 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 107,381 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 89,068 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 18,313 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 336.11 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is food packaging — energy use in United States of America?
- Food packaging — energy use in United States of America was 3,053 TJ in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest food packaging — energy use recorded in United States of America?
- The highest recorded value was 6,079 TJ in 1996.
- What is the lowest food packaging — energy use recorded in United States of America?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,551 TJ in 2004.
- How does United States of America rank for food packaging — energy use?
- United States of America ranks 12th out of 17 groups with data for 2023.
- Is food packaging — energy use rising or falling in United States of America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this United States of America 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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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.