Food Processing — Energy Use (Natural Gas, including LNG) in OECD
OECD: Food Processing — Energy Use (Natural Gas, including LNG) was 1.81 million TJ in 2023. ▲ Rising
Food Processing — Energy Use in OECD, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in TJ.
Analysis
The most recent figure for food processing — energy use in OECD is 1.81 million TJ, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 12.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, food processing — energy use in OECD peaked at 1.92 million TJ in 2021 and was at its lowest, 371,557 TJ, in 1990.
OECD ranks 1st of 70 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Food Processing — Energy Use (Natural Gas, including LNG) in OECD, year by year
| Year | TJ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 371,557 TJ | — |
| 1991 | 476,148 TJ | +28.1% |
| 1992 | 506,543 TJ | +6.4% |
| 1993 | 532,239 TJ | +5.1% |
| 1994 | 550,925 TJ | +3.5% |
| 1995 | 1.16 million TJ | +109.7% |
| 1996 | 1.21 million TJ | +4.8% |
| 1997 | 1.30 million TJ | +7.6% |
| 1998 | 1.30 million TJ | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 1.27 million TJ | -2.0% |
| 2000 | 1.40 million TJ | +10.0% |
| 2001 | 1.35 million TJ | -3.7% |
| 2002 | 1.42 million TJ | +5.6% |
| 2003 | 1.44 million TJ | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 1.41 million TJ | -2.4% |
| 2005 | 1.36 million TJ | -3.2% |
| 2006 | 1.41 million TJ | +3.4% |
| 2007 | 1.45 million TJ | +3.2% |
| 2008 | 1.46 million TJ | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 1.42 million TJ | -3.1% |
| 2010 | 1.50 million TJ | +5.9% |
| 2011 | 1.52 million TJ | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 1.57 million TJ | +3.3% |
| 2013 | 1.61 million TJ | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 1.65 million TJ | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 1.62 million TJ | -2.0% |
| 2016 | 1.76 million TJ | +8.7% |
| 2017 | 1.75 million TJ | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 1.78 million TJ | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 1.69 million TJ | -5.3% |
| 2020 | 1.76 million TJ | +4.4% |
| 2021 | 1.92 million TJ | +8.9% |
| 2022 | 1.81 million TJ | -5.6% |
| 2023 | 1.81 million TJ | +0.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Food Processing — Energy Use (Natural Gas, including LNG) in OECD 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | +109.7% | 550,925 TJ | 1.16 million TJ |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 867,505 TJ | 371,557 TJ | 1.30 million TJ | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.41 million TJ | 1.35 million TJ | 1.46 million TJ | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.64 million TJ | 1.50 million TJ | 1.78 million TJ | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.83 million TJ | 1.76 million TJ | 1.92 million TJ | 4 |
Countries ranked near OECD
More climate change data for OECD
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 29.42 billion kg (2050)
- Maize (corn) — Burning crop residues 139.28 kt (2050)
- Maize (corn) — Crop residues 65.07 kt (2050)
- Maize (corn) — Crop residues 14.64 kt (2050)
- Maize (corn) — Burning crop residues 51.58 million t (2050)
- Maize (corn) — Crop residues 79.71 kt (2050)
- Maize (corn) — Crop residues 4.14 billion kg (2050)
- Maize (corn) — Burning crop residues 3.61 kt (2050)
- Manure applied to Soils — Direct emissions 137.03 kt (2050)
- Synthetic Fertilizers — Direct emissions 462.38 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is food processing — energy use in OECD?
- Food processing — energy use in OECD was 1.81 million TJ in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest food processing — energy use recorded in OECD?
- The highest recorded value was 1.92 million TJ in 2021.
- What is the lowest food processing — energy use recorded in OECD?
- The lowest recorded value was 371,557 TJ in 1990.
- How does OECD rank for food processing — energy use?
- OECD ranks 1st out of 70 countries with data for 2023.
- Is food processing — energy use rising or falling in OECD?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this OECD 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 Emissions from Pre- and Post-Agricultural Production provides estimates of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and related activity data associated with pre- and post-production stages of agrifood systems. The domain includes methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), fluorinated gases (F-gases) and their aggregates expressed in carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2eq). Estimates are computed following Tier 1 methods of the IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014) and are disseminated annually.