Food Processing — Emissions in European Union (27)
European Union (27): Food Processing — Emissions was 78,191 kt in 2023. ▼ Falling
Food Processing — Emissions in European Union (27), 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kt.
Analysis
European Union (27) recorded 78,191 kt for food processing — emissions in 2023.
That represents a change of down 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, food processing — emissions in European Union (27) peaked at 107,063 kt in 1996 and was at its lowest, 65,511 kt, in 1990.
European Union (27) ranks 9th of 32 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 34 years of available data.
Food Processing — Emissions in European Union (27), year by year
| Year | kt | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 65,511 kt | — |
| 1991 | 90,482 kt | +38.1% |
| 1992 | 94,866 kt | +4.8% |
| 1993 | 98,825 kt | +4.2% |
| 1994 | 96,186 kt | -2.7% |
| 1995 | 102,421 kt | +6.5% |
| 1996 | 107,063 kt | +4.5% |
| 1997 | 102,904 kt | -3.9% |
| 1998 | 98,324 kt | -4.5% |
| 1999 | 97,701 kt | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 100,098 kt | +2.5% |
| 2001 | 99,609 kt | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 103,677 kt | +4.1% |
| 2003 | 104,381 kt | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 102,642 kt | -1.7% |
| 2005 | 99,125 kt | -3.4% |
| 2006 | 94,803 kt | -4.4% |
| 2007 | 96,819 kt | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 92,163 kt | -4.8% |
| 2009 | 86,430 kt | -6.2% |
| 2010 | 87,152 kt | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 86,541 kt | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 87,201 kt | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 82,849 kt | -5.0% |
| 2014 | 82,545 kt | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 83,894 kt | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 84,064 kt | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 84,344 kt | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 84,784 kt | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 78,720 kt | -7.2% |
| 2020 | 77,727 kt | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 80,762 kt | +3.9% |
| 2022 | 78,194 kt | -3.2% |
| 2023 | 78,191 kt | -0.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Food Processing — Emissions in European Union (27) changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +38.1% | 65,511 kt | 90,482 kt |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 95,428 kt | 65,511 kt | 107,063 kt | 10 |
| 2000s | 97,975 kt | 86,430 kt | 104,381 kt | 10 |
| 2010s | 84,209 kt | 78,720 kt | 87,201 kt | 10 |
| 2020s | 78,719 kt | 77,727 kt | 80,762 kt | 4 |
Countries ranked near European Union (27)
- 6 Brazil 19,748 kt compare
- 7 Japan 19,731 kt compare
- 7 Viet Nam 88.84 kt compare
- 8 Australia and New Zealand 16,121 kt compare
- 8 Polynesia 76.78 kt compare
- 9 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.0358 kt compare
- 9 Germany 16,082 kt compare
- 10 Australia 13,555 kt compare
- 11 Poland 12,939 kt compare
- 12 Republic of Korea 10,245 kt compare
More climate change data for European Union (27)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 9.88 billion kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 286,573 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 62,761 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 223,812 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 236.84 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 7,993 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 78,523 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 71,362 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 7,161 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 269.29 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is food processing — emissions in European Union (27)?
- Food processing — emissions in European Union (27) was 78,191 kt in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest food processing — emissions recorded in European Union (27)?
- The highest recorded value was 107,063 kt in 1996.
- What is the lowest food processing — emissions recorded in European Union (27)?
- The lowest recorded value was 65,511 kt in 1990.
- How does European Union (27) rank for food processing — emissions?
- European Union (27) ranks 9th out of 32 groups with data for 2023.
- Is food processing — emissions rising or falling in European Union (27)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this European Union (27) data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Food Processing — Emissions (CO2). 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.