Food Processing — Energy Use in Northern America
Northern America: Food Processing — Energy Use was 941,091 TJ in 2023. ▲ Rising
Food Processing — Energy Use in Northern America, 1995–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in TJ.
Analysis
Northern America recorded 941,091 TJ for food processing — energy use in 2023.
The figure is up 19.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, food processing — energy use in Northern America peaked at 989,493 TJ in 2021 and was at its lowest, 576,137 TJ, in 1995.
That places Northern America 4th out of 31 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.
Food Processing — Energy Use in Northern America, year by year
| Year | TJ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 576,137 TJ | — |
| 1996 | 586,445 TJ | +1.8% |
| 1997 | 669,125 TJ | +14.1% |
| 1998 | 639,051 TJ | -4.5% |
| 1999 | 578,119 TJ | -9.5% |
| 2000 | 683,874 TJ | +18.3% |
| 2001 | 611,115 TJ | -10.6% |
| 2002 | 654,055 TJ | +7.0% |
| 2003 | 649,537 TJ | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 629,420 TJ | -3.1% |
| 2005 | 642,179 TJ | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 711,685 TJ | +10.8% |
| 2007 | 741,996 TJ | +4.3% |
| 2008 | 765,220 TJ | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 716,350 TJ | -6.4% |
| 2010 | 732,559 TJ | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 729,433 TJ | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 771,731 TJ | +5.8% |
| 2013 | 787,678 TJ | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 825,367 TJ | +4.8% |
| 2015 | 789,088 TJ | -4.4% |
| 2016 | 896,953 TJ | +13.7% |
| 2017 | 875,300 TJ | -2.4% |
| 2018 | 888,654 TJ | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 797,746 TJ | -10.2% |
| 2020 | 883,024 TJ | +10.7% |
| 2021 | 989,493 TJ | +12.1% |
| 2022 | 941,091 TJ | -4.9% |
| 2023 | 941,091 TJ | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 609,775 TJ | 576,137 TJ | 669,125 TJ | 5 |
| 2000s | 680,543 TJ | 611,115 TJ | 765,220 TJ | 10 |
| 2010s | 809,451 TJ | 729,433 TJ | 896,953 TJ | 10 |
| 2020s | 938,675 TJ | 883,024 TJ | 989,493 TJ | 4 |
Countries ranked near Northern America
More climate change data for Northern America
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 318,841 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 70,553 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 248,289 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 266.24 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 8,867 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 124,612 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 105,892 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 18,720 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 399.59 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 668.56 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is food processing — energy use in Northern America?
- Food processing — energy use in Northern America was 941,091 TJ in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest food processing — energy use recorded in Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 989,493 TJ in 2021.
- What is the lowest food processing — energy use recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 576,137 TJ in 1995.
- How does Northern America rank for food processing — energy use?
- Northern America ranks 4th out of 31 groups with data for 2023.
- Is food processing — energy use rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern America data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Food Processing — Energy Use (Natural Gas, including LNG). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.