Food Packaging — Energy Use (Total) by country

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...

Countries reporting
120
Highest
904,466 TJ
OECD
Lowest
0.0024 TJ
Guyana
Median
2,582 TJ
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
4,536

What the numbers show

Food Packaging — Energy Use (Total) is currently reported for 120 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 2,582 TJ, and the mean is 29,140 TJ.

Over the past decade 67 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: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 27,022 TJ 2023 down 12.7% falling
19 Poland 23,488 TJ 2023 up 7.6% rising
20 Mexico 21,863 TJ 2023 down 18.9% rising
21 Thailand 21,414 TJ 2023 up 29.0% rising
22 Kazakhstan 19,488 TJ 2023 up 25.0% volatile
23 Indonesia 19,182 TJ 2023 up 374.7% volatile
24 Finland 17,816 TJ 2023 down 4.7% rising
25 Sweden 17,047 TJ 2023 down 3.0% rising
26 India 16,005 TJ 2023 down 56.4% volatile
27 Qatar 15,936 TJ 2023 up 213.4% volatile
28 Argentina 14,304 TJ 2012 up 629.4% volatile
29 Uzbekistan 12,580 TJ 2023 up 633.7% volatile
30 Austria 12,040 TJ 2023 up 3.0% rising
31 Viet Nam 11,252 TJ 2023 up 1,995.2% volatile
32 Norway 10,780 TJ 2023 up 23.8% rising
33 Colombia 10,194 TJ 2023 down 14.9% volatile
34 Chile 9,748 TJ 2023 up 17.7% volatile
35 Belgium 8,710 TJ 2023 down 16.8% falling
36 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 8,503 TJ 2023 down 16.9% falling
37 Czechia 6,924 TJ 2023 down 2.8% falling
38 Portugal 6,586 TJ 2023 up 6.2% rising
39 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 6,240 TJ 2023 down 57.8% volatile
40 Ukraine 6,156 TJ 2023 down 55.6% volatile
41 Romania 5,776 TJ 2023 down 13.4% falling
42 Tunisia 5,294 TJ 2023 down 4.5% volatile
43 Slovakia 5,127 TJ 2023 down 35.9% falling
44 Iceland 5,076 TJ 2023 up 11.6% volatile
45 Belarus 4,364 TJ 2023 down 39.2% rising
46 Greece 4,338 TJ 2023 down 15.1% rising
47 Bahrain 4,048 TJ 2023 up 33.5% rising
48 Bulgaria 3,959 TJ 2023 up 16.0% volatile
49 Azerbaijan 3,922 TJ 2023 up 101.5% volatile
50 Mozambique 3,661 TJ 2023 up 23.6% volatile
51 Hungary 3,365 TJ 2023 up 8.9% falling
52 Serbia 3,343 TJ 2023 up 102.2% rising
53 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 3,166 TJ 2023 up 52.2% volatile
54 Slovenia 3,024 TJ 2023 down 5.7% rising
55 Uruguay 3,022 TJ 2023 up 36.9% rising
56 New Zealand 2,853 TJ 2023 down 21.5% falling
57 Caribbean 2,776 TJ 2023 up 32.9% rising
58 Ireland 2,719 TJ 2023 up 36.3% rising
59 Zambia 2,688 TJ 2023 up 45.1% rising
60 Switzerland 2,621 TJ 2023 down 0.9% falling
61 Morocco 2,543 TJ 2023 up 987.7% volatile
62 Egypt 2,136 TJ 2023 volatile
63 Denmark 1,984 TJ 2023 down 0.9% flat
64 United Republic of Tanzania 1,842 TJ 2023 up 570.6% volatile
65 Tajikistan 1,570 TJ 2023 up 20.6% volatile
66 Dominican Republic 1,556 TJ 2023 up 451.4% volatile
67 Croatia 1,444 TJ 2023 down 0.3% falling
68 Armenia 1,258 TJ 2023 up 13.8% volatile
69 Oman 1,219 TJ 2023 down 45.9% falling
70 Trinidad and Tobago 1,162 TJ 2023 down 34.4% rising
71 Philippines 1,079 TJ 2023 down 47.8% rising
72 Nigeria 894.05 TJ 2023 up 116.2% volatile
73 Cameroon 842.6 TJ 2023 up 75.5% rising
74 Bosnia and Herzegovina 819.65 TJ 2023 down 21.1% volatile
75 Luxembourg 740.64 TJ 2023 down 45.5% falling
76 Kuwait 690.38 TJ 2023 up 36.9% volatile
77 Saudi Arabia 666.81 TJ 2023 down 28.3% volatile
78 Georgia 659.53 TJ 2023 up 75.0% volatile
79 Kyrgyzstan 591.93 TJ 2023 down 12.4% volatile
80 Pakistan 588.4 TJ 2023 up 56.6% rising
81 Lithuania 481.95 TJ 2023 down 17.1% falling
82 Myanmar 460.19 TJ 2023 up 170.8% volatile
83 Latvia 428.32 TJ 2023 down 13.3% falling
84 Republic of Moldova 420.52 TJ 2023 down 0.3% volatile
85 Bangladesh 413.36 TJ 1998 up 3,257.4% volatile
86 Costa Rica 375.71 TJ 2023 up 70.3% volatile
87 Senegal 315.58 TJ 2023 up 22.5% volatile
88 Malaysia 300 TJ 2006 up 4.1% rising
89 Albania 273.23 TJ 2023 up 155.5% volatile
90 Estonia 262.15 TJ 2023 down 26.8% flat
91 Uganda 256.24 TJ 2023 up 131.8% rising
92 Côte d'Ivoire 205.81 TJ 2023 up 314.6% volatile
93 North Macedonia 193.42 TJ 2023 down 54.7% falling
94 Singapore 189.09 TJ 2008 up 45.4% rising
95 Zimbabwe 167.41 TJ 2023 up 210.7% volatile
96 Benin 144.37 TJ 2023 up 182.8% volatile
97 Cyprus 133.4 TJ 2023 up 44.0% rising
98 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 104.42 TJ 2023 up 1,027.0% volatile
99 Peru 98.3 TJ 2023 down 62.7% volatile
100 Togo 95.18 TJ 2023 up 14.0% volatile
101 Jordan 95.18 TJ 2023 down 54.2% volatile
102 Democratic Republic of the Congo 94.43 TJ 2023 up 152.7% rising
103 Malawi 69.2 TJ 2023 up 42.8% rising
104 Jamaica 57.4 TJ 2023 up 63.6% volatile
105 Montenegro 47.71 TJ 2023 down 82.4% volatile
106 Ghana 45.86 TJ 2023 up 209.5% volatile
107 Israel 40.81 TJ 2023 down 8.2% volatile
108 United Arab Emirates 37.61 TJ 2023 down 2.2% volatile
109 Turkmenistan 32.11 TJ 2023 up 47.3% rising
110 Malta 30.83 TJ 2023 up 88.8% rising
111 Syrian Arab Republic 30 TJ 2023 down 49.1% volatile
112 Botswana 24.56 TJ 2023 up 0.4% falling
113 Eswatini 23.59 TJ 2023 volatile
114 Brunei Darussalam 22.17 TJ 2023 up 13,583.7% volatile
115 Burkina Faso 15.55 TJ 2023 flat
116 Suriname 8.35 TJ 2019 down 95.8% volatile
117 Palestine 1.14 TJ 2023 up 56.8% volatile
118 Greenland 0.1325 TJ 2023 up 13.2% rising
119 Gabon 0.0484 TJ 2023 up 34.5% rising
120 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.

About this data

Indicator
Food Packaging — Energy Use (Total)
Unit
TJ
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
155 places, 4,536 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.