Food Processing — Energy Use in OECD
OECD: Food Processing — Energy Use was 208,557 TJ in 2023. ▼ Falling
Food Processing — Energy Use in OECD, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in TJ.
Analysis
The most recent figure for food processing — energy use in OECD is 208,557 TJ, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 34 years on record.
That represents a change of down 31.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, food processing — energy use in OECD peaked at 505,419 TJ in 1991 and was at its lowest, 208,557 TJ, in 2022.
That places OECD 3rd out of 56 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 390,476 TJ | 301,140 TJ | 505,419 TJ | 10 |
| 2000s | 339,375 TJ | 308,277 TJ | 362,818 TJ | 10 |
| 2010s | 293,309 TJ | 242,338 TJ | 355,643 TJ | 10 |
| 2020s | 220,808 TJ | 208,557 TJ | 233,759 TJ | 4 |
Countries ranked near OECD
More climate change data for OECD
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) — FAO TIER 1 264,403 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) — FAO TIER 1 984,128 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) — FAO 240,219 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) — FAO 743,908 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (N2O) — FAO TIER 1 906.49 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CH4) — FAO TIER 1 26,568 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) — FAO TIER 1 41,088 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CH4) — FAO TIER 1 1,467 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (N2O) — FAO TIER 1 842.7 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) — FAO TIER 1 223,315 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is food processing — energy use in OECD?
- Food processing — energy use in OECD was 208,557 TJ in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest food processing — energy use recorded in OECD?
- The highest recorded value was 505,419 TJ in 1991.
- What is the lowest food processing — energy use recorded in OECD?
- The lowest recorded value was 208,557 TJ in 2022.
- How does OECD rank for food processing — energy use?
- OECD ranks 3rd out of 56 countries with data for 2023.
- Is food processing — energy use rising or falling in OECD?
- Over the last ten years it is down 31.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this OECD data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Food Processing — Energy Use (Coal). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.