Food Processing — Energy Use (Heat) by country
The FAOSTAT domain Emissions from Pre- and Post-Agricultural Production provides estimates of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and related activity data associated with pre- and post-production stages of agrifood systems. The domain includes methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), fluorinated gases...
What the numbers show
Food Processing — Energy Use (Heat) is currently reported for 38 countries. The highest value is 205,029 TJ in Russian Federation; the lowest is 3 TJ in Greenland.
The median across all reporting countries is 1,149 TJ, and the mean is 10,320 TJ.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 68,343.
Over the past decade 20 countries rose and 17 fell. The largest increase was in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (up 23,427.5%), and the largest decrease in North Macedonia (down 97.5%).
Food Processing — Energy Use (Heat): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian Federation | 205,029 TJ | 2023 | up 6.8% | falling |
| 2 | OECD | 78,860 TJ | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 3 | Ukraine | 20,616 TJ | 2023 | down 42.0% | falling |
| 4 | Belarus | 16,841 TJ | 2023 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 5 | Germany | 12,558 TJ | 2023 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 6 | France | 11,343 TJ | 2023 | up 101.8% | rising |
| 7 | Finland | 7,226 TJ | 2023 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 8 | Kazakhstan | 6,334 TJ | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 9 | Republic of Korea | 5,735 TJ | 2023 | up 34.6% | volatile |
| 10 | Poland | 3,218 TJ | 2023 | up 33.9% | volatile |
| 11 | Czechia | 3,186 TJ | 2023 | up 14.5% | falling |
| 12 | Italy | 2,970 TJ | 2023 | down 73.3% | rising |
| 13 | Uzbekistan | 2,214 TJ | 2023 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 14 | Serbia | 1,594 TJ | 2023 | up 12.6% | falling |
| 15 | Republic of Moldova | 1,519 TJ | 2023 | down 22.6% | volatile |
| 16 | Austria | 1,409 TJ | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 17 | Belgium | 1,407 TJ | 2023 | down 15.8% | rising |
| 18 | Denmark | 1,216 TJ | 2023 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 19 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 1,153 TJ | 2023 | down 69.2% | volatile |
| 20 | Hungary | 1,145 TJ | 2023 | up 6.6% | falling |
| 21 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 705.83 TJ | 2023 | up 23,427.5% | volatile |
| 22 | Switzerland | 659.05 TJ | 2023 | up 190.3% | volatile |
| 23 | Romania | 613.48 TJ | 2023 | down 52.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Bulgaria | 597.35 TJ | 2023 | up 76.2% | falling |
| 25 | Portugal | 557.43 TJ | 2023 | down 64.7% | rising |
| 26 | Norway | 532.55 TJ | 2023 | down 17.2% | rising |
| 27 | Kyrgyzstan | 526 TJ | 2023 | up 22.9% | falling |
| 28 | China | 483.9 TJ | 2023 | down 39.1% | rising |
| 28 | China, Taiwan Province of | 483.9 TJ | 2023 | down 39.1% | rising |
| 30 | Lithuania | 364 TJ | 2023 | down 33.1% | volatile |
| 31 | Latvia | 244.96 TJ | 2023 | up 113.0% | volatile |
| 32 | Slovakia | 229 TJ | 2023 | up 5.0% | volatile |
| 33 | Croatia | 195.2 TJ | 2023 | down 33.8% | rising |
| 34 | Slovenia | 147.54 TJ | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 35 | Estonia | 104 TJ | 2023 | down 6.3% | volatile |
| 36 | Canada | 94 TJ | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 37 | North Macedonia | 27.03 TJ | 2014 | down 97.5% | volatile |
| 38 | Greenland | 3 TJ | 2023 | up 65.7% | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 335,795 TJ
- Annex I countries 317,384 TJ
- Europe 300,422 TJ
- Eastern Europe 252,995 TJ
- European Union (27) 52,921 TJ
- Western Europe 28,529 TJ
- Northern America 20,079 TJ
- Americas 20,079 TJ
- United States of America 19,982 TJ
- Non-Annex I countries 18,410 TJ
- Asia 15,293 TJ
- Northern Europe 13,430 TJ
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 10,594 TJ
- Central Asia 9,075 TJ
- Eastern Asia 6,219 TJ
- Southern Europe 5,468 TJ
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 2,740 TJ
About this data
The FAOSTAT domain Emissions from Pre- and Post-Agricultural Production provides estimates of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and related activity data associated with pre- and post-production stages of agrifood systems. The domain includes methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), fluorinated gases (F-gases) and their aggregates expressed in carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2eq). Estimates are computed following Tier 1 methods of the IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014) and are disseminated annually.