Food Packaging — Energy Use (Total) by country
The FAOSTAT domain Emissions from Pre- and Post-Agricultural Production provides estimates of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and related activity data associated with pre- and post-production stages of agrifood systems. The domain includes methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), fluorinated gases...
Countries reporting
121
Highest
904,466 TJ
OECD
Lowest
0.0024 TJ
Guyana
Median
2,621 TJ
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
4,536
What the numbers show
Food Packaging — Energy Use (Total) is currently reported for 121 countries. The highest value is 904,466 TJ in OECD; the lowest is 0.0024 TJ in Guyana.
The median across all reporting countries is 2,621 TJ, and the mean is 29,141 TJ.
Over the past decade 68 countries rose and 50 fell. The largest increase was in Brunei Darussalam (up 13,583.7%), and the largest decrease in Suriname (down 95.8%).
Food Packaging — Energy Use (Total): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OECD | 904,466 TJ | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 2 | China | 732,615 TJ | 2023 | down 6.5% | volatile |
| 3 | China, mainland | 702,805 TJ | 2023 | down 5.3% | volatile |
| 4 | Russian Federation | 145,731 TJ | 2023 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 5 | Canada | 76,625 TJ | 2023 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 6 | Brazil | 71,762 TJ | 2023 | up 1,342.0% | volatile |
| 7 | Germany | 64,439 TJ | 2023 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 8 | Japan | 50,887 TJ | 2023 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 9 | Italy | 43,971 TJ | 2023 | up 9.7% | falling |
| 10 | Australia and New Zealand | 40,458 TJ | 2023 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 11 | France | 38,472 TJ | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 12 | Australia | 37,605 TJ | 2023 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 13 | Türkiye | 34,882 TJ | 2023 | up 68.0% | volatile |
| 14 | Algeria | 31,546 TJ | 2023 | up 150.5% | volatile |
| 15 | Spain | 31,239 TJ | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 16 | Republic of Korea | 30,746 TJ | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 17 | China, Taiwan Province of | 29,810 TJ | 2023 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 18 | South Africa | 29,337 TJ | 2023 | up 30.3% | volatile |
| 19 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 27,022 TJ | 2023 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 20 | Poland | 23,488 TJ | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 21 | Mexico | 21,863 TJ | 2023 | down 18.9% | rising |
| 22 | Thailand | 21,414 TJ | 2023 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 23 | Kazakhstan | 19,488 TJ | 2023 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Indonesia | 19,182 TJ | 2023 | up 374.7% | volatile |
| 25 | Finland | 17,816 TJ | 2023 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 26 | Sweden | 17,047 TJ | 2023 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 27 | India | 16,005 TJ | 2023 | down 56.4% | volatile |
| 28 | Qatar | 15,936 TJ | 2023 | up 213.4% | volatile |
| 29 | Argentina | 14,304 TJ | 2012 | up 629.4% | volatile |
| 30 | Uzbekistan | 12,580 TJ | 2023 | up 633.7% | volatile |
| 31 | Austria | 12,040 TJ | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 32 | Viet Nam | 11,252 TJ | 2023 | up 1,995.2% | volatile |
| 33 | Norway | 10,780 TJ | 2023 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 34 | Colombia | 10,194 TJ | 2023 | down 14.9% | volatile |
| 35 | Chile | 9,748 TJ | 2023 | up 17.7% | volatile |
| 36 | Belgium | 8,710 TJ | 2023 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 37 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 8,503 TJ | 2023 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 38 | Czechia | 6,924 TJ | 2023 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 39 | Portugal | 6,586 TJ | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 40 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 6,240 TJ | 2023 | down 57.8% | volatile |
| 41 | Ukraine | 6,156 TJ | 2023 | down 55.6% | volatile |
| 42 | Romania | 5,776 TJ | 2023 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 43 | Tunisia | 5,294 TJ | 2023 | down 4.5% | volatile |
| 44 | Slovakia | 5,127 TJ | 2023 | down 35.9% | falling |
| 45 | Iceland | 5,076 TJ | 2023 | up 11.6% | volatile |
| 46 | Belarus | 4,364 TJ | 2023 | down 39.2% | rising |
| 47 | Greece | 4,338 TJ | 2023 | down 15.1% | rising |
| 48 | Bahrain | 4,048 TJ | 2023 | up 33.5% | rising |
| 49 | Bulgaria | 3,959 TJ | 2023 | up 16.0% | volatile |
| 50 | Azerbaijan | 3,922 TJ | 2023 | up 101.5% | volatile |
| 51 | Mozambique | 3,661 TJ | 2023 | up 23.6% | volatile |
| 52 | Hungary | 3,365 TJ | 2023 | up 8.9% | falling |
| 53 | Serbia | 3,343 TJ | 2023 | up 102.2% | rising |
| 54 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 3,166 TJ | 2023 | up 52.2% | volatile |
| 55 | Slovenia | 3,024 TJ | 2023 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 56 | Uruguay | 3,022 TJ | 2023 | up 36.9% | rising |
| 57 | New Zealand | 2,853 TJ | 2023 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 58 | Caribbean | 2,776 TJ | 2023 | up 32.9% | rising |
| 59 | Ireland | 2,719 TJ | 2023 | up 36.3% | rising |
| 60 | Zambia | 2,688 TJ | 2023 | up 45.1% | rising |
| 61 | Switzerland | 2,621 TJ | 2023 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 62 | Morocco | 2,543 TJ | 2023 | up 987.7% | volatile |
| 63 | Egypt | 2,136 TJ | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 64 | Denmark | 1,984 TJ | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 65 | United Republic of Tanzania | 1,842 TJ | 2023 | up 570.6% | volatile |
| 66 | Tajikistan | 1,570 TJ | 2023 | up 20.6% | volatile |
| 67 | Dominican Republic | 1,556 TJ | 2023 | up 451.4% | volatile |
| 68 | Croatia | 1,444 TJ | 2023 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 69 | Armenia | 1,258 TJ | 2023 | up 13.8% | volatile |
| 70 | Oman | 1,219 TJ | 2023 | down 45.9% | falling |
| 71 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,162 TJ | 2023 | down 34.4% | rising |
| 72 | Philippines | 1,079 TJ | 2023 | down 47.8% | rising |
| 73 | Nigeria | 894.05 TJ | 2023 | up 116.2% | volatile |
| 74 | Cameroon | 842.6 TJ | 2023 | up 75.5% | rising |
| 75 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 819.65 TJ | 2023 | down 21.1% | volatile |
| 76 | Luxembourg | 740.64 TJ | 2023 | down 45.5% | falling |
| 77 | Kuwait | 690.38 TJ | 2023 | up 36.9% | volatile |
| 78 | Saudi Arabia | 666.81 TJ | 2023 | down 28.3% | volatile |
| 79 | Georgia | 659.53 TJ | 2023 | up 75.0% | volatile |
| 80 | Kyrgyzstan | 591.93 TJ | 2023 | down 12.4% | volatile |
| 81 | Pakistan | 588.4 TJ | 2023 | up 56.6% | rising |
| 82 | Lithuania | 481.95 TJ | 2023 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 83 | Myanmar | 460.19 TJ | 2023 | up 170.8% | volatile |
| 84 | Latvia | 428.32 TJ | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 85 | Republic of Moldova | 420.52 TJ | 2023 | down 0.3% | volatile |
| 86 | Bangladesh | 413.36 TJ | 1998 | up 3,257.4% | volatile |
| 87 | Costa Rica | 375.71 TJ | 2023 | up 70.3% | volatile |
| 88 | Senegal | 315.58 TJ | 2023 | up 22.5% | volatile |
| 89 | Malaysia | 300 TJ | 2006 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 90 | Albania | 273.23 TJ | 2023 | up 155.5% | volatile |
| 91 | Estonia | 262.15 TJ | 2023 | down 26.8% | flat |
| 92 | Uganda | 256.24 TJ | 2023 | up 131.8% | rising |
| 93 | Côte d'Ivoire | 205.81 TJ | 2023 | up 314.6% | volatile |
| 94 | North Macedonia | 193.42 TJ | 2023 | down 54.7% | falling |
| 95 | Singapore | 189.09 TJ | 2008 | up 45.4% | rising |
| 96 | Zimbabwe | 167.41 TJ | 2023 | up 210.7% | volatile |
| 97 | Benin | 144.37 TJ | 2023 | up 182.8% | volatile |
| 98 | Cyprus | 133.4 TJ | 2023 | up 44.0% | rising |
| 99 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 104.42 TJ | 2023 | up 1,027.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Peru | 98.3 TJ | 2023 | down 62.7% | volatile |
| 101 | Togo | 95.18 TJ | 2023 | up 14.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Jordan | 95.18 TJ | 2023 | down 54.2% | volatile |
| 103 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 94.43 TJ | 2023 | up 152.7% | rising |
| 104 | Malawi | 69.2 TJ | 2023 | up 42.8% | rising |
| 105 | Jamaica | 57.4 TJ | 2023 | up 63.6% | volatile |
| 106 | Montenegro | 47.71 TJ | 2023 | down 82.4% | volatile |
| 107 | Ghana | 45.86 TJ | 2023 | up 209.5% | volatile |
| 108 | Israel | 40.81 TJ | 2023 | down 8.2% | volatile |
| 109 | United Arab Emirates | 37.61 TJ | 2023 | down 2.2% | volatile |
| 110 | Turkmenistan | 32.11 TJ | 2023 | up 47.3% | rising |
| 111 | Malta | 30.83 TJ | 2023 | up 88.8% | rising |
| 112 | Syrian Arab Republic | 30 TJ | 2023 | down 49.1% | volatile |
| 113 | Botswana | 24.56 TJ | 2023 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 114 | Eswatini | 23.59 TJ | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 115 | Brunei Darussalam | 22.17 TJ | 2023 | up 13,583.7% | volatile |
| 116 | Burkina Faso | 15.55 TJ | 2023 | — | flat |
| 117 | Suriname | 8.35 TJ | 2019 | down 95.8% | volatile |
| 118 | Palestine | 1.14 TJ | 2023 | up 56.8% | volatile |
| 119 | Greenland | 0.1325 TJ | 2023 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 120 | Gabon | 0.0484 TJ | 2023 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 121 | Guyana | 0.0024 TJ | 2023 | down 94.5% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 2.12 million TJ
- Non-Annex I countries 1.11 million TJ
- Annex I countries 1.01 million TJ
- Asia 985,298 TJ
- Eastern Asia 814,247 TJ
- Europe 519,764 TJ
- Americas 495,302 TJ
- Northern America 369,119 TJ
- European Union (27) 313,051 TJ
- United States of America 292,494 TJ
- Eastern Europe 205,311 TJ
- Western Europe 135,527 TJ
- Latin America and the Caribbean 126,183 TJ
- South America 101,169 TJ
- Southern Europe 95,311 TJ
- Northern Europe 83,616 TJ
- Africa 82,243 TJ
- Western Asia 63,620 TJ
- South-eastern Asia 53,409 TJ
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 49,785 TJ
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 43,405 TJ
- Northern Africa 41,519 TJ
- Sub-Saharan Africa 40,724 TJ
- Oceania 40,458 TJ
- Central Asia 34,263 TJ
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 29,668 TJ
- Southern Africa 29,385 TJ
- Central America 22,239 TJ
- Southern Asia 19,759 TJ
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 9,643 TJ
- Eastern Africa 8,685 TJ
- Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 6,824 TJ
- Western Africa 1,716 TJ
- Middle Africa 937.08 TJ
About this data
The FAOSTAT domain Emissions from Pre- and Post-Agricultural Production provides estimates of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and related activity data associated with pre- and post-production stages of agrifood systems. The domain includes methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), fluorinated gases (F-gases) and their aggregates expressed in carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2eq). Estimates are computed following Tier 1 methods of the IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014) and are disseminated annually.