Food Processing — Energy Use in Europe
Europe: Food Processing — Energy Use was 300,422 TJ in 2023. ▲ Rising
Food Processing — Energy Use in Europe, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in TJ.
Analysis
Europe recorded 300,422 TJ for food processing — energy use in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, food processing — energy use in Europe peaked at 473,177 TJ in 1993 and was at its lowest, 52,626 TJ, in 1990.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Food Processing — Energy Use in Europe, year by year
| Year | TJ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 52,626 TJ | — |
| 1991 | 60,508 TJ | +15.0% |
| 1992 | 138,695 TJ | +129.2% |
| 1993 | 473,177 TJ | +241.2% |
| 1994 | 369,065 TJ | -22.0% |
| 1995 | 342,741 TJ | -7.1% |
| 1996 | 279,251 TJ | -18.5% |
| 1997 | 266,837 TJ | -4.4% |
| 1998 | 271,256 TJ | +1.7% |
| 1999 | 298,996 TJ | +10.2% |
| 2000 | 270,080 TJ | -9.7% |
| 2001 | 264,430 TJ | -2.1% |
| 2002 | 268,180 TJ | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 268,432 TJ | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 271,236 TJ | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 276,693 TJ | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 287,780 TJ | +4.0% |
| 2007 | 285,220 TJ | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 286,977 TJ | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 273,095 TJ | -4.8% |
| 2010 | 250,202 TJ | -8.4% |
| 2011 | 286,204 TJ | +14.4% |
| 2012 | 295,762 TJ | +3.3% |
| 2013 | 303,419 TJ | +2.6% |
| 2014 | 289,939 TJ | -4.4% |
| 2015 | 263,523 TJ | -9.1% |
| 2016 | 286,690 TJ | +8.8% |
| 2017 | 299,009 TJ | +4.3% |
| 2018 | 293,423 TJ | -1.9% |
| 2019 | 288,495 TJ | -1.7% |
| 2020 | 294,362 TJ | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 291,286 TJ | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 300,485 TJ | +3.2% |
| 2023 | 300,422 TJ | -0.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Food Processing — Energy Use in Europe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +241.2% | 138,695 TJ | 473,177 TJ |
| 1992 | +129.2% | 60,508 TJ | 138,695 TJ |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 255,315 TJ | 52,626 TJ | 473,177 TJ | 10 |
| 2000s | 275,212 TJ | 264,430 TJ | 287,780 TJ | 10 |
| 2010s | 285,667 TJ | 250,202 TJ | 303,419 TJ | 10 |
| 2020s | 296,639 TJ | 291,286 TJ | 300,485 TJ | 4 |
Countries ranked near Europe
More climate change data for Europe
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 14.60 billion kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 471,113 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 102,735 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 368,378 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 387.68 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 13,156 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 121,153 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 110,533 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 10,621 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 417.1 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is food processing — energy use in Europe?
- Food processing — energy use in Europe was 300,422 TJ in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest food processing — energy use recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 473,177 TJ in 1993.
- What is the lowest food processing — energy use recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 52,626 TJ in 1990.
- How does Europe rank for food processing — energy use?
- Europe ranks 3rd out of 16 groups with data for 2023.
- Is food processing — energy use rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Europe data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Food Processing — Energy Use (Heat). 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.