Food Packaging — Energy Use in Latin America and the Caribbean
Latin America and the Caribbean: Food Packaging — Energy Use was 126,183 TJ in 2023. ▲ Rising
Food Packaging — Energy Use in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in TJ.
Analysis
Latin America and the Caribbean recorded 126,183 TJ for food packaging — energy use in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 81.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, food packaging — energy use in Latin America and the Caribbean peaked at 126,630 TJ in 2022 and was at its lowest, 26,031 TJ, in 1990.
That places Latin America and the Caribbean 12th out of 32 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Food Packaging — Energy Use in Latin America and the Caribbean, year by year
| Year | TJ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 26,031 TJ | — |
| 1991 | 30,468 TJ | +17.0% |
| 1992 | 31,300 TJ | +2.7% |
| 1993 | 29,274 TJ | -6.5% |
| 1994 | 30,161 TJ | +3.0% |
| 1995 | 32,486 TJ | +7.7% |
| 1996 | 38,277 TJ | +17.8% |
| 1997 | 39,152 TJ | +2.3% |
| 1998 | 50,407 TJ | +28.7% |
| 1999 | 52,592 TJ | +4.3% |
| 2000 | 53,658 TJ | +2.0% |
| 2001 | 56,048 TJ | +4.5% |
| 2002 | 60,060 TJ | +7.2% |
| 2003 | 61,792 TJ | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 58,118 TJ | -5.9% |
| 2005 | 58,760 TJ | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 59,086 TJ | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 77,624 TJ | +31.4% |
| 2008 | 81,192 TJ | +4.6% |
| 2009 | 70,865 TJ | -12.7% |
| 2010 | 73,012 TJ | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 74,635 TJ | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 78,550 TJ | +5.2% |
| 2013 | 69,692 TJ | -11.3% |
| 2014 | 63,119 TJ | -9.4% |
| 2015 | 60,763 TJ | -3.7% |
| 2016 | 113,988 TJ | +87.6% |
| 2017 | 116,993 TJ | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 114,650 TJ | -2.0% |
| 2019 | 119,571 TJ | +4.3% |
| 2020 | 115,505 TJ | -3.4% |
| 2021 | 123,265 TJ | +6.7% |
| 2022 | 126,630 TJ | +2.7% |
| 2023 | 126,183 TJ | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 36,015 TJ | 26,031 TJ | 52,592 TJ | 10 |
| 2000s | 63,721 TJ | 53,658 TJ | 81,192 TJ | 10 |
| 2010s | 88,497 TJ | 60,763 TJ | 119,571 TJ | 10 |
| 2020s | 122,896 TJ | 115,505 TJ | 126,630 TJ | 4 |
Countries ranked near Latin America and the Caribbean
More climate change data for Latin America and the Caribbean
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 438.84 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 1.19 million kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 272,414 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 918,156 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 1,028 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 32,791 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 116,292 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 1,154 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 32,308 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 148,600 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is food packaging — energy use in Latin America and the Caribbean?
- Food packaging — energy use in Latin America and the Caribbean was 126,183 TJ in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest food packaging — energy use recorded in Latin America and the Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 126,630 TJ in 2022.
- What is the lowest food packaging — energy use recorded in Latin America and the Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 26,031 TJ in 1990.
- How does Latin America and the Caribbean rank for food packaging — energy use?
- Latin America and the Caribbean ranks 12th out of 32 groups with data for 2023.
- Is food packaging — energy use rising or falling in Latin America and the Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is up 81.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latin America and the Caribbean 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.