Food Packaging — Energy Use in France

France: Food Packaging — Energy Use was 20,544 TJ in 2023. ▬ Flat

Latest (2023)
20,544 TJ
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
10th
of 81 countries
All-time high
24,738 TJ
in 2003
All-time low
17,166 TJ
in 1994
Years of data
34
1990–2023

Food Packaging — Energy Use in France, 1990–2023

05.0k10.0k15.0k20.0k25.0k1990200620231990: 18.4k TJ1991: 19.1k TJ1992: 18.3k TJ1993: 19.0k TJ1994: 17.2k TJ1995: 21.0k TJ1996: 22.1k TJ1997: 23.1k TJ1998: 21.5k TJ1999: 21.5k TJ2000: 21.3k TJ2001: 24.0k TJ2002: 24.5k TJ2003: 24.7k TJ2004: 22.9k TJ2005: 21.2k TJ2006: 22.4k TJ2007: 19.6k TJ2008: 20.5k TJ2009: 17.8k TJ2010: 19.2k TJ2011: 18.5k TJ2012: 19.3k TJ2013: 21.6k TJ2014: 21.0k TJ2015: 19.9k TJ2016: 20.4k TJ2017: 20.5k TJ2018: 22.3k TJ2019: 21.9k TJ2020: 21.4k TJ2021: 22.7k TJ2022: 20.5k TJ2023: 20.5k TJ

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in TJ.

Analysis

The most recent figure for food packaging — energy use in France is 20,544 TJ, measured in 2023.

That represents a change of down 4.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, food packaging — energy use in France peaked at 24,738 TJ in 2003 and was at its lowest, 17,166 TJ, in 1994.

That places France 10th out of 81 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.

Food Packaging — Energy Use in France, year by year

Annual values for Food Packaging — Energy Use (Natural Gas, including LNG) in France, 1990 to 2023.
Year TJ Change
1990 18,366 TJ
1991 19,127 TJ +4.1%
1992 18,310 TJ -4.3%
1993 18,970 TJ +3.6%
1994 17,166 TJ -9.5%
1995 20,986 TJ +22.3%
1996 22,113 TJ +5.4%
1997 23,118 TJ +4.5%
1998 21,469 TJ -7.1%
1999 21,519 TJ +0.2%
2000 21,316 TJ -0.9%
2001 24,004 TJ +12.6%
2002 24,473 TJ +2.0%
2003 24,738 TJ +1.1%
2004 22,893 TJ -7.5%
2005 21,245 TJ -7.2%
2006 22,381 TJ +5.3%
2007 19,634 TJ -12.3%
2008 20,494 TJ +4.4%
2009 17,802 TJ -13.1%
2010 19,150 TJ +7.6%
2011 18,510 TJ -3.3%
2012 19,297 TJ +4.2%
2013 21,587 TJ +11.9%
2014 21,027 TJ -2.6%
2015 19,946 TJ -5.1%
2016 20,390 TJ +2.2%
2017 20,546 TJ +0.8%
2018 22,282 TJ +8.4%
2019 21,890 TJ -1.8%
2020 21,359 TJ -2.4%
2021 22,715 TJ +6.4%
2022 20,544 TJ -9.6%
2023 20,544 TJ +0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 20,114 TJ 17,166 TJ 23,118 TJ 10
2000s 21,898 TJ 17,802 TJ 24,738 TJ 10
2010s 20,463 TJ 18,510 TJ 22,282 TJ 10
2020s 21,290 TJ 20,544 TJ 22,715 TJ 4

Countries ranked near France

  1. 7 Australia and New Zealand 21,907 TJ compare
  2. 8 Spain 21,278 TJ compare
  3. 9 Australia 21,121 TJ compare
  4. 11 Brazil 19,905 TJ compare
  5. 12 China 16,419 TJ compare
  6. 13 Qatar 15,936 TJ compare

See the full ranking of 122 places →

More climate change data for France

All data for France →

Frequently asked questions

What is food packaging — energy use in France?
Food packaging — energy use in France was 20,544 TJ in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest food packaging — energy use recorded in France?
The highest recorded value was 24,738 TJ in 2003.
What is the lowest food packaging — energy use recorded in France?
The lowest recorded value was 17,166 TJ in 1994.
How does France rank for food packaging — energy use?
France ranks 10th out of 81 countries with data for 2023.
Is food packaging — energy use rising or falling in France?
Over the last ten years it is down 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this France 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.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 34 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Food Packaging — Energy Use in France. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 25 August 2026, from https://climate.statizoid.com/stat/food-packaging-energy-use-natural-gas-including-lng/france/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://climate.statizoid.com/stat/food-packaging-energy-use-natural-gas-including-lng/france/">Food Packaging — Energy Use in France</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Food Packaging — Energy Use (Natural Gas, including LNG)
Unit
TJ
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
122 places, 3,461 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed

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.