Food Packaging — Energy Use (Natural Gas, including LNG) by country
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What the numbers show
Food Packaging — Energy Use (Natural Gas, including LNG) is currently reported for 81 countries. The highest value is 482,580 TJ in OECD; the lowest is 1.61 TJ in Albania.
The median across all reporting countries is 1,832 TJ, and the mean is 12,479 TJ.
Over the past decade 48 countries rose and 32 fell. The largest increase was in Dominican Republic (up 1,975.2%), and the largest decrease in India (down 90.8%).
Food Packaging — Energy Use: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OECD | 482,580 TJ | 2023 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 2 | Russian Federation | 66,668 TJ | 2023 | down 23.0% | rising |
| 3 | Germany | 35,502 TJ | 2023 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 4 | Italy | 30,697 TJ | 2023 | up 30.6% | falling |
| 5 | Algeria | 28,325 TJ | 2023 | up 152.8% | volatile |
| 6 | Canada | 27,372 TJ | 2023 | up 34.9% | rising |
| 7 | Australia and New Zealand | 21,907 TJ | 2023 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 8 | Spain | 21,278 TJ | 2023 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 9 | Australia | 21,121 TJ | 2023 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 10 | France | 20,544 TJ | 2023 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 11 | Brazil | 19,905 TJ | 2023 | up 1,430.8% | volatile |
| 12 | China (People’s Republic of) | 16,419 TJ | 2023 | up 122.6% | volatile |
| 13 | Qatar | 15,936 TJ | 2023 | up 213.4% | volatile |
| 14 | Argentina | 14,304 TJ | 2012 | up 629.4% | volatile |
| 15 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 14,273 TJ | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 16 | Thailand | 13,304 TJ | 2023 | up 58.9% | volatile |
| 17 | Mexico | 13,154 TJ | 2023 | down 26.1% | rising |
| 18 | China, mainland | 12,695 TJ | 2023 | up 162.5% | volatile |
| 19 | Poland | 12,234 TJ | 2023 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 20 | Japan | 11,904 TJ | 2023 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 21 | Uzbekistan, Republic of | 10,154 TJ | 2023 | up 582.0% | volatile |
| 22 | Republic of Korea | 7,970 TJ | 2023 | down 6.4% | volatile |
| 23 | Austria | 7,390 TJ | 2023 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 24 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 5,832 TJ | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 25 | Belgium | 5,354 TJ | 2023 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 26 | Czechia | 4,449 TJ | 2023 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 27 | Portugal | 4,205 TJ | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 28 | Tunisia | 4,163 TJ | 2023 | down 6.9% | flat |
| 29 | Colombia | 4,042 TJ | 2023 | up 22.6% | volatile |
| 30 | China, Taiwan Province of | 3,724 TJ | 2023 | up 46.7% | rising |
| 31 | Finland | 3,217 TJ | 2023 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 32 | Romania | 3,191 TJ | 2023 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 33 | Azerbaijan, Republic of | 3,123 TJ | 2023 | up 105.4% | volatile |
| 34 | Bulgaria | 2,635 TJ | 2023 | up 18.8% | volatile |
| 35 | Belarus, Republic of | 2,482 TJ | 2023 | down 57.4% | flat |
| 36 | Chile | 2,245 TJ | 2023 | up 173.7% | volatile |
| 37 | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 2,136 TJ | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 38 | Hungary | 1,979 TJ | 2023 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 39 | Kazakhstan, Republic of | 1,953 TJ | 2023 | up 100.9% | rising |
| 40 | Ireland | 1,908 TJ | 2023 | up 33.0% | volatile |
| 41 | Slovak Republic | 1,832 TJ | 2023 | down 30.7% | falling |
| 42 | Slovenia | 1,824 TJ | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 43 | Ukraine | 1,778 TJ | 2023 | down 70.5% | rising |
| 44 | Greece | 1,739 TJ | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 45 | Indonesia | 1,538 TJ | 2023 | up 112.2% | volatile |
| 46 | South Africa | 1,512 TJ | 2023 | down 50.3% | falling |
| 47 | Serbia, Republic of | 1,352 TJ | 2023 | up 133.5% | volatile |
| 48 | Switzerland | 1,244 TJ | 2023 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 49 | Oman | 1,219 TJ | 2023 | down 45.9% | falling |
| 50 | Denmark | 1,166 TJ | 2023 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 51 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,162 TJ | 2023 | down 34.4% | rising |
| 52 | Saudi Arabia | 1,161 TJ | 1999 | down 12.7% | rising |
| 53 | Armenia, Republic of | 1,039 TJ | 2023 | up 5.8% | falling |
| 54 | Sweden | 931.81 TJ | 2023 | up 89.7% | rising |
| 55 | Croatia | 900.83 TJ | 2023 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 56 | Nigeria | 894.05 TJ | 2023 | up 116.2% | volatile |
| 57 | New Zealand | 786.07 TJ | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 58 | Kuwait | 690.38 TJ | 2023 | up 36.9% | rising |
| 59 | Tajikistan, Republic of | 609.75 TJ | 2023 | up 324.0% | rising |
| 60 | Pakistan | 588.4 TJ | 2023 | up 56.6% | rising |
| 61 | Norway | 580.99 TJ | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 62 | Mozambique, Republic of | 462.89 TJ | 2023 | up 17.5% | volatile |
| 63 | Georgia | 365.89 TJ | 2023 | up 121.6% | volatile |
| 64 | Luxembourg | 358.42 TJ | 2023 | down 58.5% | falling |
| 65 | India | 346.88 TJ | 2023 | down 90.8% | volatile |
| 66 | Myanmar | 312.88 TJ | 2023 | up 1,397.4% | volatile |
| 67 | Malaysia | 300 TJ | 2006 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 68 | Morocco | 285.05 TJ | 2023 | up 221.7% | rising |
| 69 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 234.75 TJ | 2023 | up 427.2% | volatile |
| 70 | Kyrgyz Republic | 224.35 TJ | 2023 | down 50.8% | volatile |
| 71 | Latvia | 220.71 TJ | 2023 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 72 | Bahrain, Kingdom of | 219.91 TJ | 2023 | up 560.4% | volatile |
| 73 | Lithuania | 205.59 TJ | 2023 | down 33.9% | volatile |
| 74 | Estonia | 113.91 TJ | 2023 | down 43.6% | falling |
| 75 | Peru | 78.9 TJ | 2015 | up 941.7% | rising |
| 76 | Dominican Republic | 78.87 TJ | 2023 | up 1,975.2% | volatile |
| 77 | North Macedonia, Republic of | 52.53 TJ | 2023 | up 36.3% | rising |
| 78 | United Arab Emirates | 37.61 TJ | 2023 | down 2.2% | volatile |
| 79 | Uruguay | 31.43 TJ | 2023 | down 42.3% | falling |
| 80 | Montenegro | 18.68 TJ | 2023 | up 102.6% | rising |
| 81 | Albania | 1.61 TJ | 1996 | down 67.7% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 705,805 TJ
- Europe 258,702 TJ
- Annex I countries 537,071 TJ
- Asia 109,283 TJ
- Americas 276,291 TJ
- Eastern Europe 97,560 TJ
- Southern Europe 62,301 TJ
- United States of America 203,270 TJ
- European Union (27) 169,706 TJ
- Non-Annex I countries 168,733 TJ
- Western Asia 38,546 TJ
- Western Europe 76,225 TJ
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.