Food Packaging — Energy Use in Americas
Americas: Food Packaging — Energy Use was 276,291 TJ in 2023. ▲ Rising
Food Packaging — Energy Use in Americas, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in TJ.
Analysis
Americas recorded 276,291 TJ for food packaging — energy use in 2023.
The figure is down 0.9% on the previous year and up 38.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, food packaging — energy use in Americas peaked at 290,037 TJ in 2000 and was at its lowest, 38,955 TJ, in 1993.
Americas ranks 3rd of 31 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 Americas, year by year
| Year | TJ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 39,293 TJ | — |
| 1991 | 42,172 TJ | +7.3% |
| 1992 | 42,500 TJ | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 38,955 TJ | -8.3% |
| 1994 | 40,183 TJ | +3.2% |
| 1995 | 90,036 TJ | +124.1% |
| 1996 | 285,081 TJ | +216.6% |
| 1997 | 283,982 TJ | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 245,211 TJ | -13.7% |
| 1999 | 250,427 TJ | +2.1% |
| 2000 | 290,037 TJ | +15.8% |
| 2001 | 266,222 TJ | -8.2% |
| 2002 | 220,478 TJ | -17.2% |
| 2003 | 211,873 TJ | -3.9% |
| 2004 | 204,832 TJ | -3.3% |
| 2005 | 201,606 TJ | -1.6% |
| 2006 | 198,408 TJ | -1.6% |
| 2007 | 219,395 TJ | +10.6% |
| 2008 | 214,013 TJ | -2.5% |
| 2009 | 181,978 TJ | -15.0% |
| 2010 | 204,463 TJ | +12.4% |
| 2011 | 206,540 TJ | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 210,544 TJ | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 199,291 TJ | -5.3% |
| 2014 | 215,703 TJ | +8.2% |
| 2015 | 200,523 TJ | -7.0% |
| 2016 | 214,033 TJ | +6.7% |
| 2017 | 217,620 TJ | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 224,253 TJ | +3.0% |
| 2019 | 234,118 TJ | +4.4% |
| 2020 | 241,326 TJ | +3.1% |
| 2021 | 264,470 TJ | +9.6% |
| 2022 | 278,714 TJ | +5.4% |
| 2023 | 276,291 TJ | -0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 135,784 TJ | 38,955 TJ | 285,081 TJ | 10 |
| 2000s | 220,884 TJ | 181,978 TJ | 290,037 TJ | 10 |
| 2010s | 212,709 TJ | 199,291 TJ | 234,118 TJ | 10 |
| 2020s | 265,200 TJ | 241,326 TJ | 278,714 TJ | 4 |
Countries ranked near Americas
More climate change data for Americas
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 1.51 million kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 342,967 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 1.17 million kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 1,294 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 41,659 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 273,211 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 222,184 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 51,028 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 838.43 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 1,822 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is food packaging — energy use in Americas?
- Food packaging — energy use in Americas was 276,291 TJ in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest food packaging — energy use recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 290,037 TJ in 2000.
- What is the lowest food packaging — energy use recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 38,955 TJ in 1993.
- How does Americas rank for food packaging — energy use?
- Americas ranks 3rd out of 31 groups with data for 2023.
- Is food packaging — energy use rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 38.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Americas data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Food Packaging — Energy Use (Natural Gas, including LNG). 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.