Food Processing — Energy Use (Coal) by country

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...

Countries reporting
56
Highest
711,921 TJ
China
Lowest
0.1019 TJ
Costa Rica
Median
895.04 TJ
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
2,169

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: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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.

About this data

Indicator
Food Processing — Energy Use (Coal)
Unit
TJ
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
86 places, 2,169 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed

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.