Food Processing — Energy Use (Heat) 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...
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: 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 |
| 2 | Republic of Moldova | 1,519 TJ | 2023 | down 22.6% | volatile |
| 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 | Austria | 1,409 TJ | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 16 | Belgium | 1,407 TJ | 2023 | down 15.8% | rising |
| 17 | Denmark | 1,216 TJ | 2023 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 18 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 1,153 TJ | 2023 | down 69.2% | volatile |
| 19 | Hungary | 1,145 TJ | 2023 | up 6.6% | falling |
| 20 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 705.83 TJ | 2023 | up 23,427.5% | volatile |
| 21 | Switzerland | 659.05 TJ | 2023 | up 190.3% | volatile |
| 22 | Romania | 613.48 TJ | 2023 | down 52.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Bulgaria | 597.35 TJ | 2023 | up 76.2% | falling |
| 24 | Portugal | 557.43 TJ | 2023 | down 64.7% | rising |
| 25 | Norway | 532.55 TJ | 2023 | down 17.2% | rising |
| 26 | Kyrgyzstan | 526 TJ | 2023 | up 22.9% | falling |
| 27 | China | 483.9 TJ | 2023 | down 39.1% | rising |
| 27 | China, Taiwan Province of | 483.9 TJ | 2023 | down 39.1% | rising |
| 29 | Lithuania | 364 TJ | 2023 | down 33.1% | volatile |
| 30 | Latvia | 244.96 TJ | 2023 | up 113.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Slovakia | 229 TJ | 2023 | up 5.0% | volatile |
| 32 | Croatia | 195.2 TJ | 2023 | down 33.8% | rising |
| 33 | Slovenia | 147.54 TJ | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 34 | Estonia | 104 TJ | 2023 | down 6.3% | volatile |
| 35 | Canada | 94 TJ | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 36 | North Macedonia | 27.03 TJ | 2014 | down 97.5% | volatile |
| 37 | 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
- Asia 15,293 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
- Americas 20,079 TJ
- Northern America 20,079 TJ
- United States of America 19,982 TJ
- Non-Annex I countries 18,410 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 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.