Food Processing — Energy Use in Western Europe
Western Europe: Food Processing — Energy Use was 19,150 TJ in 2023. ▲ Rising
Food Processing — Energy Use in Western Europe, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in TJ.
Analysis
Western Europe recorded 19,150 TJ for food processing — energy use in 2023.
The figure is down 26.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, food processing — energy use in Western Europe peaked at 63,447 TJ in 2007 and was at its lowest, 5,554 TJ, in 1990.
That places Western Europe 20th out of 29 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 Processing — Energy Use in Western Europe, year by year
| Year | TJ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 5,554 TJ | — |
| 1991 | 46,523 TJ | +737.6% |
| 1992 | 40,449 TJ | -13.1% |
| 1993 | 27,990 TJ | -30.8% |
| 1994 | 21,832 TJ | -22.0% |
| 1995 | 16,393 TJ | -24.9% |
| 1996 | 17,678 TJ | +7.8% |
| 1997 | 17,932 TJ | +1.4% |
| 1998 | 16,987 TJ | -5.3% |
| 1999 | 16,855 TJ | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 44,467 TJ | +163.8% |
| 2001 | 38,402 TJ | -13.6% |
| 2002 | 40,834 TJ | +6.3% |
| 2003 | 40,454 TJ | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 49,476 TJ | +22.3% |
| 2005 | 55,422 TJ | +12.0% |
| 2006 | 57,725 TJ | +4.2% |
| 2007 | 63,447 TJ | +9.9% |
| 2008 | 50,122 TJ | -21.0% |
| 2009 | 48,329 TJ | -3.6% |
| 2010 | 46,772 TJ | -3.2% |
| 2011 | 39,370 TJ | -15.8% |
| 2012 | 40,340 TJ | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 26,078 TJ | -35.4% |
| 2014 | 24,307 TJ | -6.8% |
| 2015 | 33,265 TJ | +36.9% |
| 2016 | 31,020 TJ | -6.7% |
| 2017 | 37,277 TJ | +20.2% |
| 2018 | 43,450 TJ | +16.6% |
| 2019 | 27,387 TJ | -37.0% |
| 2020 | 28,507 TJ | +4.1% |
| 2021 | 31,085 TJ | +9.0% |
| 2022 | 19,150 TJ | -38.4% |
| 2023 | 19,150 TJ | +0.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Food Processing — Energy Use in Western Europe 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 | +737.6% | 5,554 TJ | 46,523 TJ |
| 2000 | +163.8% | 16,855 TJ | 44,467 TJ |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 22,819 TJ | 5,554 TJ | 46,523 TJ | 10 |
| 2000s | 48,868 TJ | 38,402 TJ | 63,447 TJ | 10 |
| 2010s | 34,927 TJ | 24,307 TJ | 46,772 TJ | 10 |
| 2020s | 24,473 TJ | 19,150 TJ | 31,085 TJ | 4 |
Countries ranked near Western Europe
More climate change data for Western Europe
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 4.53 billion kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 136,034 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 28,488 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 107,546 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 107.5 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 3,841 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 33,397 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 32,700 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 697.27 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 123.4 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is food processing — energy use in Western Europe?
- Food processing — energy use in Western Europe was 19,150 TJ in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest food processing — energy use recorded in Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 63,447 TJ in 2007.
- What is the lowest food processing — energy use recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,554 TJ in 1990.
- How does Western Europe rank for food processing — energy use?
- Western Europe ranks 20th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is food processing — energy use rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Europe 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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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.