Food Packaging — Energy Use in Central America
Central America: Food Packaging — Energy Use was 22,239 TJ in 2023. ▲ Rising
Food Packaging — Energy Use in Central America, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in TJ.
Analysis
In 2023, food packaging — energy use in Central America stood at 22,239 TJ.
That represents a change of down 18.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, food packaging — energy use in Central America peaked at 31,464 TJ in 2008 and was at its lowest, 16,924 TJ, in 1990.
That places Central America 27th out of 32 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Food Packaging — Energy Use in Central America, year by year
| Year | TJ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 16,924 TJ | — |
| 1991 | 20,647 TJ | +22.0% |
| 1992 | 20,858 TJ | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 18,055 TJ | -13.4% |
| 1994 | 19,458 TJ | +7.8% |
| 1995 | 18,095 TJ | -7.0% |
| 1996 | 22,048 TJ | +21.8% |
| 1997 | 23,181 TJ | +5.1% |
| 1998 | 19,040 TJ | -17.9% |
| 1999 | 21,301 TJ | +11.9% |
| 2000 | 21,102 TJ | -0.9% |
| 2001 | 20,207 TJ | -4.2% |
| 2002 | 20,514 TJ | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 19,657 TJ | -4.2% |
| 2004 | 18,389 TJ | -6.4% |
| 2005 | 19,550 TJ | +6.3% |
| 2006 | 21,847 TJ | +11.7% |
| 2007 | 30,033 TJ | +37.5% |
| 2008 | 31,464 TJ | +4.8% |
| 2009 | 22,961 TJ | -27.0% |
| 2010 | 23,794 TJ | +3.6% |
| 2011 | 25,263 TJ | +6.2% |
| 2012 | 26,994 TJ | +6.9% |
| 2013 | 27,166 TJ | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 25,785 TJ | -5.1% |
| 2015 | 26,185 TJ | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 27,633 TJ | +5.5% |
| 2017 | 25,848 TJ | -6.5% |
| 2018 | 25,881 TJ | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 26,938 TJ | +4.1% |
| 2020 | 23,140 TJ | -14.1% |
| 2021 | 22,924 TJ | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 22,239 TJ | -3.0% |
| 2023 | 22,239 TJ | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 19,961 TJ | 16,924 TJ | 23,181 TJ | 10 |
| 2000s | 22,573 TJ | 18,389 TJ | 31,464 TJ | 10 |
| 2010s | 26,149 TJ | 23,794 TJ | 27,633 TJ | 10 |
| 2020s | 22,635 TJ | 22,239 TJ | 23,140 TJ | 4 |
Countries ranked near Central America
More climate change data for Central America
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 2.76 billion kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 153,880 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 39,309 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 114,571 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 148.34 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 4,092 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 19,754 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 18,504 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 1,250 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 69.83 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is food packaging — energy use in Central America?
- Food packaging — energy use in Central America was 22,239 TJ in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest food packaging — energy use recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 31,464 TJ in 2008.
- What is the lowest food packaging — energy use recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 16,924 TJ in 1990.
- How does Central America rank for food packaging — energy use?
- Central America ranks 27th out of 32 groups with data for 2023.
- Is food packaging — energy use rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Central America data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Food Packaging — Energy Use (Total). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.