Food Packaging — Energy Use in Europe
Europe: Food Packaging — Energy Use was 519,764 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
Europe recorded 519,764 TJ for food packaging — energy use in 2023.
The figure is down 5.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, food packaging — energy use in Europe peaked at 593,618 TJ in 2007 and was at its lowest, 261,234 TJ, in 1990.
That places Europe 5th out of 32 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
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 | 261,234 TJ | — |
| 1991 | 320,850 TJ | +22.8% |
| 1992 | 343,740 TJ | +7.1% |
| 1993 | 383,832 TJ | +11.7% |
| 1994 | 360,089 TJ | -6.2% |
| 1995 | 433,045 TJ | +20.3% |
| 1996 | 462,158 TJ | +6.7% |
| 1997 | 492,314 TJ | +6.5% |
| 1998 | 462,462 TJ | -6.1% |
| 1999 | 477,149 TJ | +3.2% |
| 2000 | 512,619 TJ | +7.4% |
| 2001 | 534,349 TJ | +4.2% |
| 2002 | 538,868 TJ | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 556,931 TJ | +3.4% |
| 2004 | 561,592 TJ | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 570,651 TJ | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 567,411 TJ | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 593,618 TJ | +4.6% |
| 2008 | 593,078 TJ | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 526,896 TJ | -11.2% |
| 2010 | 557,933 TJ | +5.9% |
| 2011 | 559,957 TJ | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 550,486 TJ | -1.7% |
| 2013 | 548,408 TJ | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 553,909 TJ | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 556,727 TJ | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 550,435 TJ | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 558,395 TJ | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 554,661 TJ | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 542,841 TJ | -2.1% |
| 2020 | 520,637 TJ | -4.1% |
| 2021 | 561,024 TJ | +7.8% |
| 2022 | 519,845 TJ | -7.3% |
| 2023 | 519,764 TJ | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 399,687 TJ | 261,234 TJ | 492,314 TJ | 10 |
| 2000s | 555,601 TJ | 512,619 TJ | 593,618 TJ | 10 |
| 2010s | 553,375 TJ | 542,841 TJ | 559,957 TJ | 10 |
| 2020s | 530,318 TJ | 519,764 TJ | 561,024 TJ | 4 |
Countries ranked near Europe
- 2 China 732,615 TJ compare
- 2 Türkiye 34,882 TJ compare
- 3 China, mainland 702,805 TJ compare
- 3 Viet Nam 11,252 TJ compare
- 4 Russian Federation 145,731 TJ compare
- 5 Canada 76,625 TJ compare
- 6 Brazil 71,762 TJ compare
- 6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 6,240 TJ compare
- 7 Germany 64,439 TJ compare
- 7 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 3,166 TJ compare
- 8 Japan 50,887 TJ compare
- 8 United Republic of Tanzania 1,842 TJ compare
More climate change data for Europe
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 14.60 billion kg (2050)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is food packaging — energy use in Europe?
- Food packaging — energy use in Europe was 519,764 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 593,618 TJ in 2007.
- What is the lowest food packaging — energy use recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 261,234 TJ in 1990.
- How does Europe rank for food packaging — energy use?
- Europe ranks 5th out of 32 groups with data for 2023.
- Is food packaging — energy use rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.2%. 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 (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.