Food Processing — Energy Use (Coal) by country
The FAOSTAT domain Emissions from Pre- and Post-Agricultural Production provides estimates of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and related activity data associated with pre- and post-production stages of agrifood systems. The domain includes methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), fluorinated gases...
What the numbers show
Food Processing — Energy Use (Coal) is currently reported for 56 countries. The highest value is 711,921 TJ in China; the lowest is 0.1019 TJ in Costa Rica.
The median across all reporting countries is 895.04 TJ, and the mean is 35,759 TJ.
Over the past decade 23 countries rose and 30 fell. The largest increase was in Kyrgyzstan (up 1,600.2%), and the largest decrease in Croatia (down 98.1%).
Food Processing — Energy Use (Coal): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 711,921 TJ | 2023 | down 47.0% | falling |
| 2 | China, mainland | 711,322 TJ | 2023 | down 46.9% | falling |
| 3 | OECD | 208,557 TJ | 2023 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 4 | Thailand | 97,174 TJ | 2023 | up 251.8% | volatile |
| 5 | Colombia | 62,137 TJ | 2023 | up 119.5% | rising |
| 6 | Türkiye | 46,309 TJ | 2023 | up 103.3% | rising |
| 7 | Poland | 43,852 TJ | 2023 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 8 | Zimbabwe | 28,515 TJ | 2023 | up 474.6% | volatile |
| 9 | Australia and New Zealand | 16,633 TJ | 2023 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 10 | Australia | 12,760 TJ | 2023 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 11 | Germany | 11,080 TJ | 2023 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 12 | Russian Federation | 10,858 TJ | 2023 | up 24.7% | volatile |
| 13 | France | 5,950 TJ | 2023 | down 50.1% | volatile |
| 14 | New Zealand | 3,873 TJ | 2023 | up 7.1% | flat |
| 15 | Kazakhstan | 3,284 TJ | 2023 | up 2.6% | volatile |
| 16 | Chile | 2,993 TJ | 2023 | down 41.3% | falling |
| 17 | Eswatini | 2,993 TJ | 2023 | up 68.1% | rising |
| 18 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 2,844 TJ | 2023 | up 0.6% | volatile |
| 19 | Republic of Korea | 1,976 TJ | 2017 | down 21.6% | rising |
| 20 | Czechia | 1,862 TJ | 2023 | up 1.4% | volatile |
| 21 | Denmark | 1,791 TJ | 2023 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 22 | Ireland | 1,435 TJ | 2018 | up 7.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Belgium | 1,290 TJ | 2023 | down 36.3% | falling |
| 24 | Ukraine | 1,202 TJ | 2023 | down 39.5% | rising |
| 25 | Dominican Republic | 1,158 TJ | 2023 | up 1,396.3% | rising |
| 25 | Caribbean | 1,158 TJ | 2023 | up 1,396.3% | rising |
| 27 | Morocco | 1,089 TJ | 2023 | up 131.9% | rising |
| 28 | Sweden | 1,040 TJ | 2000 | down 54.0% | falling |
| 29 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 750.3 TJ | 2023 | down 48.2% | falling |
| 30 | Botswana | 642.16 TJ | 2009 | — | rising |
| 31 | Kyrgyzstan | 606.97 TJ | 2023 | up 1,600.2% | volatile |
| 32 | China, Taiwan Province of | 598.4 TJ | 2023 | down 84.4% | volatile |
| 33 | Spain | 579.89 TJ | 2023 | up 134.7% | rising |
| 34 | Brazil | 359.66 TJ | 2023 | down 87.5% | falling |
| 35 | Slovakia | 309.4 TJ | 2023 | down 24.9% | volatile |
| 36 | Georgia | 306.88 TJ | 2023 | down 32.7% | volatile |
| 37 | Finland | 262.46 TJ | 2023 | down 79.7% | volatile |
| 38 | Tajikistan | 258 TJ | 2023 | down 17.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Belarus | 199.94 TJ | 2009 | up 39.1% | rising |
| 40 | Serbia | 105.08 TJ | 2023 | down 96.8% | volatile |
| 41 | Bulgaria | 84.52 TJ | 2023 | down 27.9% | volatile |
| 42 | Montenegro | 63.07 TJ | 2023 | up 430.0% | rising |
| 43 | Switzerland | 53.49 TJ | 2023 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 44 | Estonia | 52.96 TJ | 2011 | up 0.0% | volatile |
| 45 | Republic of Moldova | 52.5 TJ | 2023 | down 65.8% | volatile |
| 46 | Japan | 49.06 TJ | 2023 | down 92.7% | volatile |
| 47 | Austria | 26.26 TJ | 2023 | up 657.3% | volatile |
| 48 | Uzbekistan | 20.71 TJ | 2023 | up 561.6% | volatile |
| 49 | Latvia | 18 TJ | 2023 | down 65.4% | volatile |
| 50 | Slovenia | 11.9 TJ | 1997 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 50 | Hungary | 11.9 TJ | 2013 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 52 | Lithuania | 10.18 TJ | 2023 | down 93.4% | volatile |
| 53 | Croatia | 7.14 TJ | 2023 | down 98.1% | volatile |
| 54 | North Macedonia | 0.6545 TJ | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 55 | Romania | 0.2737 TJ | 2023 | down 97.6% | volatile |
| 56 | Costa Rica | 0.1019 TJ | 2018 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 1.13 million TJ
- Non-Annex I countries 913,041 TJ
- Asia 859,930 TJ
- Eastern Asia 711,970 TJ
- Annex I countries 217,726 TJ
- Americas 138,552 TJ
- South-eastern Asia 97,174 TJ
- Europe 83,055 TJ
- Northern America 71,904 TJ
- United States of America 71,904 TJ
- European Union (27) 67,874 TJ
- Latin America and the Caribbean 66,648 TJ
- South America 65,490 TJ
- Eastern Europe 58,220 TJ
- Western Asia 46,617 TJ
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 35,731 TJ
- Africa 32,597 TJ
- Sub-Saharan Africa 31,508 TJ
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 29,401 TJ
- Eastern Africa 28,515 TJ
- Western Europe 19,150 TJ
- Oceania 16,633 TJ
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 5,240 TJ
- Northern Europe 4,926 TJ
- Central Asia 4,169 TJ
- Southern Africa 2,993 TJ
- Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 1,158 TJ
- Northern Africa 1,089 TJ
- Southern Europe 758.34 TJ
- Central America 0.1019 TJ
About this data
The FAOSTAT domain Emissions from Pre- and Post-Agricultural Production provides estimates of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and related activity data associated with pre- and post-production stages of agrifood systems. The domain includes methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), fluorinated gases (F-gases) and their aggregates expressed in carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2eq). Estimates are computed following Tier 1 methods of the IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014) and are disseminated annually.