Food Packaging — Energy Use in Australia
Australia: Food Packaging — Energy Use was 21,121 TJ in 2023. ▼ Falling
Food Packaging — Energy Use in Australia, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in TJ.
Analysis
In 2023, food packaging — energy use in Australia stood at 21,121 TJ.
That represents a change of down 14.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, food packaging — energy use in Australia peaked at 46,009 TJ in 2010 and was at its lowest, 21,057 TJ, in 2020.
Australia ranks 9th of 81 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 34 years of available data.
Food Packaging — Energy Use in Australia, year by year
| Year | TJ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 25,193 TJ | — |
| 1991 | 25,190 TJ | -0.0% |
| 1992 | 26,179 TJ | +3.9% |
| 1993 | 27,211 TJ | +3.9% |
| 1994 | 28,454 TJ | +4.6% |
| 1995 | 29,000 TJ | +1.9% |
| 1996 | 29,263 TJ | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 29,649 TJ | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 30,986 TJ | +4.5% |
| 1999 | 33,363 TJ | +7.7% |
| 2000 | 34,174 TJ | +2.4% |
| 2001 | 33,527 TJ | -1.9% |
| 2002 | 30,543 TJ | -8.9% |
| 2003 | 33,681 TJ | +10.3% |
| 2004 | 34,587 TJ | +2.7% |
| 2005 | 35,094 TJ | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 34,881 TJ | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 40,257 TJ | +15.4% |
| 2008 | 37,604 TJ | -6.6% |
| 2009 | 39,546 TJ | +5.2% |
| 2010 | 46,009 TJ | +16.3% |
| 2011 | 29,037 TJ | -36.9% |
| 2012 | 23,616 TJ | -18.7% |
| 2013 | 24,798 TJ | +5.0% |
| 2014 | 24,161 TJ | -2.6% |
| 2015 | 22,614 TJ | -6.4% |
| 2016 | 22,081 TJ | -2.4% |
| 2017 | 21,226 TJ | -3.9% |
| 2018 | 21,336 TJ | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 21,169 TJ | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 21,057 TJ | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 21,729 TJ | +3.2% |
| 2022 | 21,121 TJ | -2.8% |
| 2023 | 21,121 TJ | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 28,449 TJ | 25,190 TJ | 33,363 TJ | 10 |
| 2000s | 35,389 TJ | 30,543 TJ | 40,257 TJ | 10 |
| 2010s | 25,605 TJ | 21,169 TJ | 46,009 TJ | 10 |
| 2020s | 21,257 TJ | 21,057 TJ | 21,729 TJ | 4 |
Countries ranked near Australia
More climate change data for Australia
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 118,578 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 34,162 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 84,416 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 128.91 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 3,015 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 12,473 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 10,966 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 1,507 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 41.38 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 53.82 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is food packaging — energy use in Australia?
- Food packaging — energy use in Australia was 21,121 TJ in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest food packaging — energy use recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 46,009 TJ in 2010.
- What is the lowest food packaging — energy use recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 21,057 TJ in 2020.
- How does Australia rank for food packaging — energy use?
- Australia ranks 9th out of 81 countries with data for 2023.
- Is food packaging — energy use rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Australia 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.