Food Processing — Energy Use in World
World: Food Processing — Energy Use was 1.53 million TJ in 2023. ▲ Rising
Food Processing — Energy Use in World, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in TJ.
Analysis
In 2023, food processing — energy use in World stood at 1.53 million TJ. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 26.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, food processing — energy use in World peaked at 1.53 million TJ in 2023 and was at its lowest, 581,699 TJ, in 1990.
That places World 1st 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 | 741,187 TJ | 581,699 TJ | 838,476 TJ | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.02 million TJ | 907,880 TJ | 1.12 million TJ | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.25 million TJ | 1.10 million TJ | 1.40 million TJ | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.49 million TJ | 1.38 million TJ | 1.53 million TJ | 4 |
Countries ranked near World
More climate change data for World
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) — FAO TIER 1 4.94 million kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) — FAO 1.27 million kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) — FAO 3.67 million kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (N2O) — FAO TIER 1 4,791 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CH4) — FAO TIER 1 130,918 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) — FAO TIER 1 1.64 million kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) — FAO TIER 1 957,726 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) — FAO TIER 1 685,096 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (N2O) — FAO TIER 1 3,614 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CH4) — FAO TIER 1 24,468 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is food processing — energy use in World?
- Food processing — energy use in World was 1.53 million TJ in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest food processing — energy use recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 1.53 million TJ in 2023.
- What is the lowest food processing — energy use recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 581,699 TJ in 1990.
- How does World rank for food processing — energy use?
- World ranks 1st out of 34 groups with data for 2023.
- Is food processing — energy use rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this World 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.