Food Processing — Energy Use (Natural Gas, including LNG) by country
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What the numbers show
Food Processing — Energy Use (Natural Gas, including LNG) is currently reported for 69 countries. The highest value is 1.81 million TJ in OECD; the lowest is 32.77 TJ in Chile.
The median across all reporting countries is 7,635 TJ, and the mean is 46,016 TJ.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 55,317.
Over the past decade 41 countries rose and 27 fell. The largest increase was in Kyrgyzstan (up 791.7%), and the largest decrease in Viet Nam (down 72.2%).
Food Processing — Energy Use: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OECD | 1.81 million TJ | 2023 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 2 | Germany | 122,908 TJ | 2023 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 3 | France | 104,390 TJ | 2023 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 4 | Canada | 89,806 TJ | 2023 | up 100.6% | rising |
| 5 | Japan | 85,294 TJ | 2023 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 6 | Argentina | 67,650 TJ | 2012 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 7 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 67,119 TJ | 2023 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 8 | Italy | 63,342 TJ | 2023 | up 16.0% | falling |
| 9 | Russian Federation | 63,285 TJ | 2023 | down 15.8% | rising |
| 10 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 58,344 TJ | 2023 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 11 | Australia and New Zealand | 50,552 TJ | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 12 | Türkiye | 45,846 TJ | 2023 | up 48.8% | volatile |
| 13 | Spain | 42,196 TJ | 2023 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 14 | Brazil | 40,540 TJ | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 15 | Belgium | 38,763 TJ | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 16 | Republic of Korea | 38,220 TJ | 2023 | up 37.4% | volatile |
| 17 | Poland | 37,739 TJ | 2023 | up 38.8% | volatile |
| 18 | Australia | 33,350 TJ | 2023 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 19 | Algeria | 27,064 TJ | 2023 | up 45.9% | rising |
| 20 | Mexico | 17,743 TJ | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 21 | New Zealand | 17,202 TJ | 2023 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 22 | Romania | 16,102 TJ | 2023 | up 28.8% | falling |
| 23 | Thailand | 15,647 TJ | 2023 | up 241.5% | volatile |
| 24 | Austria | 15,125 TJ | 2023 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 25 | China | 14,850 TJ | 2023 | up 556.8% | volatile |
| 25 | China, Taiwan Province of | 14,850 TJ | 2023 | up 556.8% | volatile |
| 27 | Hungary | 14,592 TJ | 2023 | up 17.8% | falling |
| 28 | Colombia | 14,496 TJ | 2023 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 29 | Ireland | 13,941 TJ | 2023 | up 49.0% | rising |
| 30 | Uzbekistan | 12,233 TJ | 2023 | up 156.2% | rising |
| 31 | Czechia | 12,017 TJ | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 32 | Denmark | 11,095 TJ | 2023 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 33 | Switzerland | 8,129 TJ | 2023 | down 8.7% | volatile |
| 34 | Côte d'Ivoire | 7,934 TJ | 2023 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 35 | Portugal | 7,635 TJ | 2023 | up 30.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Azerbaijan | 6,117 TJ | 2023 | down 55.9% | falling |
| 37 | Kazakhstan | 5,519 TJ | 2023 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 38 | Bulgaria | 5,344 TJ | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 39 | Tunisia | 4,693 TJ | 2023 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 40 | Slovakia | 4,667 TJ | 2023 | up 26.3% | falling |
| 41 | Croatia | 4,664 TJ | 2023 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 42 | Serbia | 4,106 TJ | 2023 | down 63.5% | volatile |
| 43 | Belarus | 4,102 TJ | 2023 | down 0.8% | volatile |
| 44 | Ukraine | 3,850 TJ | 2023 | down 68.0% | falling |
| 45 | Lithuania | 3,518 TJ | 2023 | down 24.4% | rising |
| 46 | Armenia | 3,452 TJ | 2023 | down 25.8% | volatile |
| 47 | Sweden | 3,225 TJ | 2023 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 48 | Greece | 3,205 TJ | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 49 | Georgia | 2,153 TJ | 2023 | up 42.3% | rising |
| 50 | Norway | 1,915 TJ | 2023 | down 14.7% | rising |
| 51 | Dominican Republic | 1,437 TJ | 2023 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 51 | Caribbean | 1,437 TJ | 2023 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 53 | Slovenia | 1,387 TJ | 2023 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 54 | Latvia | 1,085 TJ | 2023 | down 41.9% | falling |
| 55 | Kyrgyzstan | 1,070 TJ | 2023 | up 791.7% | volatile |
| 56 | Viet Nam | 910.7 TJ | 2023 | down 72.2% | falling |
| 57 | Estonia | 721.31 TJ | 2023 | down 39.0% | rising |
| 58 | Republic of Moldova | 626.1 TJ | 2023 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 59 | Finland | 515 TJ | 2023 | down 47.7% | falling |
| 60 | Myanmar | 475 TJ | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 61 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 416 TJ | 2023 | up 92.6% | rising |
| 62 | Mozambique | 359.47 TJ | 2023 | up 87.2% | rising |
| 63 | Morocco | 236.39 TJ | 2023 | — | rising |
| 64 | Uruguay | 213.69 TJ | 2023 | down 37.0% | falling |
| 65 | Luxembourg | 195.68 TJ | 2023 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 66 | Albania | 188.5 TJ | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 67 | North Macedonia | 178.34 TJ | 2023 | down 26.7% | volatile |
| 68 | Gabon | 58.35 TJ | 2023 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 69 | Chile | 32.77 TJ | 2023 | up 31.1% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 2.08 million TJ
- Annex I countries 1.86 million TJ
- Americas 1.02 million TJ
- Northern America 941,091 TJ
- United States of America 851,285 TJ
- Europe 740,631 TJ
- European Union (27) 586,716 TJ
- Western Europe 347,855 TJ
- Asia 231,787 TJ
- Non-Annex I countries 224,827 TJ
- Eastern Europe 162,325 TJ
- Eastern Asia 138,364 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.