Food Processing — Energy Use in Americas
Americas: Food Processing — Energy Use was 557,942 TJ in 2023. ▲ Rising
Food Processing — Energy Use in Americas, 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 Americas is 557,942 TJ, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.9% on the previous year and up 68.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, food processing — energy use in Americas peaked at 557,942 TJ in 2023 and was at its lowest, 215,280 TJ, in 1992.
That places Americas 4th out of 34 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 239,932 TJ | 215,280 TJ | 270,623 TJ | 10 |
| 2000s | 333,936 TJ | 299,938 TJ | 374,601 TJ | 10 |
| 2010s | 385,566 TJ | 330,868 TJ | 454,582 TJ | 10 |
| 2020s | 522,372 TJ | 456,466 TJ | 557,942 TJ | 4 |
Countries ranked near Americas
More climate change data for Americas
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) — FAO TIER 1 1.51 million kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) — FAO 342,967 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) — FAO 1.17 million kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (N2O) — FAO TIER 1 1,294 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CH4) — FAO TIER 1 41,659 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) — FAO TIER 1 273,211 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) — FAO TIER 1 222,184 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) — FAO TIER 1 51,028 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (N2O) — FAO TIER 1 838.43 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CH4) — FAO TIER 1 1,822 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is food processing — energy use in Americas?
- Food processing — energy use in Americas was 557,942 TJ in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest food processing — energy use recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 557,942 TJ in 2023.
- What is the lowest food processing — energy use recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 215,280 TJ in 1992.
- How does Americas rank for food processing — energy use?
- Americas ranks 4th out of 34 groups with data for 2023.
- Is food processing — energy use rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 68.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Americas data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Food Processing — Energy Use (Electricity). 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.