Food Processing — Energy Use (Electricity) 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
88
Highest
1.08 million TJ
OECD
Lowest
36 TJ
Eswatini
Median
5,266 TJ
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
3,125

What the numbers show

Food Processing — Energy Use (Electricity) is currently reported for 88 countries. The highest value is 1.08 million TJ in OECD; the lowest is 36 TJ in Eswatini.

The median across all reporting countries is 5,266 TJ, and the mean is 26,160 TJ.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 30,107.

Over the past decade 68 countries rose and 20 fell. The largest increase was in Burkina Faso (up 1,547.0%), and the largest decrease in Eswatini (down 95.9%).

Food Processing — Energy Use: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 OECD 1.08 million TJ 2023 up 18.4% rising
2 Brazil 115,004 TJ 2023 up 18.7% rising
3 Japan 85,532 TJ 2023 down 8.8% rising
4 France 83,291 TJ 2023 up 2.8% rising
5 Thailand 82,112 TJ 2023 up 66.1% volatile
6 Russian Federation 78,081 TJ 2023 up 29.1% rising
7 Germany 66,092 TJ 2023 up 3.0% rising
8 Italy 51,562 TJ 2023 up 19.8% rising
9 Republic of Korea 47,291 TJ 2023 up 30.4% rising
10 Spain 41,465 TJ 2023 up 23.6% rising
11 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 40,139 TJ 2023 up 0.6% flat
12 Canada 38,815 TJ 2023 up 5.9% rising
13 Philippines 36,769 TJ 2023 up 170.2% volatile
14 Türkiye 36,383 TJ 2023 up 54.1% rising
15 Australia and New Zealand 33,264 TJ 2023 up 4.1% rising
16 Poland 29,421 TJ 2023 up 45.1% rising
17 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 24,329 TJ 2023 up 9.2% rising
18 Australia 22,414 TJ 2023 down 6.8% rising
19 Belgium 21,381 TJ 2023 up 10.5% rising
20 China 17,064 TJ 2023 up 24.5% rising
20 China, Taiwan Province of 17,064 TJ 2023 up 24.5% rising
22 Ukraine 13,124 TJ 2023 down 18.1% falling
23 Mexico 12,602 TJ 2023 up 80.4% rising
24 Norway 11,106 TJ 2023 up 18.8% rising
25 New Zealand 10,851 TJ 2023 up 37.0% rising
26 Colombia 9,776 TJ 2023 down 16.9% falling
27 Hungary 9,752 TJ 2023 up 20.1% rising
28 Switzerland 9,403 TJ 2023 up 0.2% rising
29 Denmark 9,303 TJ 2023 up 13.7% rising
30 Sweden 8,503 TJ 2023 down 1.6% falling
31 Algeria 8,442 TJ 2023 up 61.8% rising
32 Austria 8,297 TJ 2023 up 19.6% rising
33 Caribbean 7,753 TJ 2023 up 35.1% volatile
34 Portugal 7,752 TJ 2023 up 21.9% rising
35 Finland 7,621 TJ 2023 up 27.1% rising
36 Romania 7,071 TJ 2023 up 17.4% rising
37 Dominican Republic 7,068 TJ 2023 up 25.5% rising
38 Morocco 6,958 TJ 2023 up 27.4% rising
39 Czechia 6,803 TJ 2023 up 28.7% rising
40 Greece 6,728 TJ 2023 down 11.5% rising
41 Belarus 6,234 TJ 2023 up 11.1% rising
42 Serbia 5,700 TJ 2023 up 8.4% rising
43 Israel 5,584 TJ 2023 down 8.2% rising
44 Kazakhstan 5,535 TJ 2023 up 18.8% rising
45 Uzbekistan 4,997 TJ 2023 up 177.9% rising
46 Bulgaria 4,663 TJ 2023 up 13.7% rising
47 Ireland 4,327 TJ 2023 down 25.9% flat
48 Uruguay 3,462 TJ 2023 up 13.6% rising
49 Tunisia 3,086 TJ 2023 up 26.6% rising
50 Côte d'Ivoire 2,976 TJ 2023 up 19.1% rising
51 Azerbaijan 2,862 TJ 2023 up 121.4% rising
52 Lithuania 2,844 TJ 2023 up 20.3% rising
53 Croatia 2,433 TJ 2023 down 0.0% rising
54 Ghana 2,159 TJ 2023 up 212.9% volatile
55 Iceland 2,067 TJ 2023 up 7.9% rising
56 Slovakia 2,002 TJ 2023 up 10.3% falling
57 Malawi 1,472 TJ 2023 down 13.6% flat
58 Tajikistan 1,152 TJ 2023 up 326.7% volatile
59 Republic of Moldova 1,125 TJ 2023 down 9.7% rising
60 Estonia 1,109 TJ 2023 up 7.0% rising
61 Kyrgyzstan 1,073 TJ 2023 up 56.0% rising
62 Armenia 1,027 TJ 2023 up 32.0% rising
63 Slovenia 1,016 TJ 2023 up 6.1% rising
64 Senegal 1,008 TJ 2023 up 91.9% volatile
65 Latvia 1,005 TJ 2023 down 12.8% falling
66 Georgia 1,001 TJ 2023 up 56.2% rising
67 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,001 TJ 2023 up 42.6% rising
68 Kenya 961.2 TJ 2023 down 9.9% falling
69 Cameroon 900.64 TJ 2023 up 27.0% rising
70 Costa Rica 895.78 TJ 2023 down 60.8% falling
71 Albania 870.57 TJ 2023 down 10.9% rising
72 Gabon 711.76 TJ 2023 up 49.8% rising
73 Jamaica 684.59 TJ 2023 up 523.5% volatile
74 Cyprus 674.79 TJ 2023 up 10.3% rising
75 North Macedonia 491.81 TJ 2023 down 1.2% rising
76 Mozambique 473.44 TJ 2023 up 5.6% rising
77 Luxembourg 443.11 TJ 2023 down 13.9% falling
78 Botswana 331.11 TJ 2023 down 1.1% flat
79 Democratic Republic of the Congo 321.84 TJ 2023 up 152.5% rising
80 Malta 275.87 TJ 2023 up 34.4% rising
81 Montenegro 203.76 TJ 2023 up 169.5% volatile
82 Benin 162.03 TJ 2023 up 150.1% volatile
83 Greenland 158.76 TJ 2023 up 39.2% rising
84 Burkina Faso 140.4 TJ 2023 up 1,547.0% volatile
85 Togo 109.8 TJ 2023 up 662.5% volatile
86 Lesotho 73.58 TJ 2023 down 25.1% falling
87 Saint Kitts and Nevis 36 TJ 1995 up 400.0% rising
87 Eswatini 36 TJ 2023 down 95.9% falling

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 (Electricity)
Unit
TJ
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
122 places, 3,125 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.