Food Packaging — Energy Use in Europe
Europe: Food Packaging — Energy Use was 258,702 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
In 2023, food packaging — energy use in Europe stood at 258,702 TJ.
The figure is down 6.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, food packaging — energy use in Europe peaked at 315,660 TJ in 2005 and was at its lowest, 151,804 TJ, in 1990.
That places Europe 4th out of 31 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
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 | 151,804 TJ | — |
| 1991 | 182,979 TJ | +20.5% |
| 1992 | 170,153 TJ | -7.0% |
| 1993 | 179,727 TJ | +5.6% |
| 1994 | 185,629 TJ | +3.3% |
| 1995 | 238,700 TJ | +28.6% |
| 1996 | 251,519 TJ | +5.4% |
| 1997 | 261,727 TJ | +4.1% |
| 1998 | 240,384 TJ | -8.2% |
| 1999 | 251,541 TJ | +4.6% |
| 2000 | 276,227 TJ | +9.8% |
| 2001 | 286,302 TJ | +3.6% |
| 2002 | 286,543 TJ | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 300,535 TJ | +4.9% |
| 2004 | 293,805 TJ | -2.2% |
| 2005 | 315,660 TJ | +7.4% |
| 2006 | 308,441 TJ | -2.3% |
| 2007 | 303,082 TJ | -1.7% |
| 2008 | 310,990 TJ | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 270,209 TJ | -13.1% |
| 2010 | 285,302 TJ | +5.6% |
| 2011 | 274,692 TJ | -3.7% |
| 2012 | 271,865 TJ | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 277,374 TJ | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 278,271 TJ | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 271,655 TJ | -2.4% |
| 2016 | 267,944 TJ | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 275,793 TJ | +2.9% |
| 2018 | 273,533 TJ | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 264,949 TJ | -3.1% |
| 2020 | 253,523 TJ | -4.3% |
| 2021 | 284,341 TJ | +12.2% |
| 2022 | 258,698 TJ | -9.0% |
| 2023 | 258,702 TJ | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 211,416 TJ | 151,804 TJ | 261,727 TJ | 10 |
| 2000s | 295,179 TJ | 270,209 TJ | 315,660 TJ | 10 |
| 2010s | 274,138 TJ | 264,949 TJ | 285,302 TJ | 10 |
| 2020s | 263,816 TJ | 253,523 TJ | 284,341 TJ | 4 |
Countries ranked near Europe
More climate change data for Europe
- 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)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 379.31 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is food packaging — energy use in Europe?
- Food packaging — energy use in Europe was 258,702 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 315,660 TJ in 2005.
- What is the lowest food packaging — energy use recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 151,804 TJ in 1990.
- How does Europe rank for food packaging — energy use?
- Europe ranks 4th out of 31 groups with data for 2023.
- Is food packaging — energy use rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.7%. 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 (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.