Food Processing — Energy Use in Germany

Germany: Food Processing — Energy Use was 12,558 TJ in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
12,558 TJ
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
5th
of 38 countries
All-time high
12,558 TJ
in 2022
All-time low
3,055 TJ
in 2000
Years of data
33
1991–2023

Food Processing — Energy Use in Germany, 1991–2023

4.0k6.0k8.0k10.0k12.0k1991200720231991: 10.6k TJ1992: 5.7k TJ1993: 5.4k TJ1994: 5.8k TJ1995: 5.6k TJ1996: 5.8k TJ1997: 4.1k TJ1998: 3.7k TJ1999: 3.7k TJ2000: 3.1k TJ2001: 3.1k TJ2002: 3.1k TJ2003: 5.4k TJ2004: 5.5k TJ2005: 6.3k TJ2006: 6.2k TJ2007: 8.3k TJ2008: 7.0k TJ2009: 6.6k TJ2010: 5.6k TJ2011: 8.6k TJ2012: 9.0k TJ2013: 9.9k TJ2014: 10.3k TJ2015: 9.8k TJ2016: 11.1k TJ2017: 10.9k TJ2018: 12.0k TJ2019: 12.0k TJ2020: 12.4k TJ2021: 12.4k TJ2022: 12.6k TJ2023: 12.6k TJ

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in TJ.

Analysis

Germany recorded 12,558 TJ for food processing — energy use in 2023. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.

The figure is up 26.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, food processing — energy use in Germany peaked at 12,558 TJ in 2022 and was at its lowest, 3,055 TJ, in 2000.

Germany ranks 5th of 38 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 5,605 TJ 3,671 TJ 10,639 TJ 9
2000s 5,447 TJ 3,055 TJ 8,251 TJ 10
2010s 9,920 TJ 5,601 TJ 12,042 TJ 10
2020s 12,470 TJ 12,377 TJ 12,558 TJ 4

Countries ranked near Germany

  1. 2 OECD 78,860 TJ compare
  2. 3 Ukraine 20,616 TJ compare
  3. 4 Belarus 16,841 TJ compare
  4. 6 France 11,343 TJ compare
  5. 7 Finland 7,226 TJ compare
  6. 8 Kazakhstan 6,334 TJ compare

See the full ranking of 55 places →

More climate change data for Germany

All data for Germany →

Frequently asked questions

What is food processing — energy use in Germany?
Food processing — energy use in Germany was 12,558 TJ in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest food processing — energy use recorded in Germany?
The highest recorded value was 12,558 TJ in 2022.
What is the lowest food processing — energy use recorded in Germany?
The lowest recorded value was 3,055 TJ in 2000.
How does Germany rank for food processing — energy use?
Germany ranks 5th out of 38 countries with data for 2023.
Is food processing — energy use rising or falling in Germany?
Over the last ten years it is up 26.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Germany 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.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 33 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).

About this data

Indicator
Food Processing — Energy Use (Heat)
Unit
TJ
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
55 places, 1,461 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed

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.