Food Processing — Energy Use in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Food Processing — Energy Use was 895.78 TJ in 2023. ▼ Falling
Food Processing — Energy Use in Costa Rica, 2005–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in TJ.
Analysis
The most recent figure for food processing — energy use in Costa Rica is 895.78 TJ, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 60.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, food processing — energy use in Costa Rica peaked at 3,502 TJ in 2007 and was at its lowest, 546.98 TJ, in 2018.
That places Costa Rica 67th out of 84 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.
Food Processing — Energy Use in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | TJ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 3,090 TJ | — |
| 2006 | 3,324 TJ | +7.6% |
| 2007 | 3,502 TJ | +5.3% |
| 2008 | 3,431 TJ | -2.0% |
| 2009 | 3,146 TJ | -8.3% |
| 2010 | 2,166 TJ | -31.2% |
| 2011 | 2,134 TJ | -1.5% |
| 2012 | 2,280 TJ | +6.8% |
| 2013 | 2,285 TJ | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 2,242 TJ | -1.8% |
| 2015 | 2,258 TJ | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 1,352 TJ | -40.1% |
| 2017 | 988.66 TJ | -26.9% |
| 2018 | 546.98 TJ | -44.7% |
| 2019 | 1,001 TJ | +82.9% |
| 2020 | 1,036 TJ | +3.5% |
| 2021 | 1,016 TJ | -1.9% |
| 2022 | 895.78 TJ | -11.9% |
| 2023 | 895.78 TJ | +0.0% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 895.78 TJ is below the median for high income countries, which is 6,937 TJ, 13% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 895.78 TJ is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 5,265 TJ, 17% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Food Processing — Energy Use in Costa Rica 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +82.9% | 546.98 TJ | 1,001 TJ |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3,299 TJ | 3,090 TJ | 3,502 TJ | 5 |
| 2010s | 1,725 TJ | 546.98 TJ | 2,285 TJ | 10 |
| 2020s | 960.96 TJ | 895.78 TJ | 1,036 TJ | 4 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
More climate change data for Costa Rica
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 108.28 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 3,751 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 942.79 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 2,808 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 3.56 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 100.29 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 688.78 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 623.33 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 65.45 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 2.35 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is food processing — energy use in Costa Rica?
- Food processing — energy use in Costa Rica was 895.78 TJ in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest food processing — energy use recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 3,502 TJ in 2007.
- What is the lowest food processing — energy use recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 546.98 TJ in 2018.
- How does Costa Rica rank for food processing — energy use?
- Costa Rica ranks 67th out of 84 countries with data for 2023.
- Is food processing — energy use rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 60.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Costa Rica 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.