Food Processing — Energy Use (Natural Gas, including LNG) in World
World: Food Processing — Energy Use (Natural Gas, including LNG) was 2.08 million TJ in 2023. ▲ Rising
Food Processing — Energy Use in World, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in TJ.
Analysis
World recorded 2.08 million TJ for food processing — energy use in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 14.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, food processing — energy use in World peaked at 2.18 million TJ in 2021 and was at its lowest, 379,587 TJ, in 1990.
World ranks 1st of 33 groups 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 World, year by year
| Year | TJ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 379,587 TJ | — |
| 1991 | 483,739 TJ | +27.4% |
| 1992 | 573,562 TJ | +18.6% |
| 1993 | 604,605 TJ | +5.4% |
| 1994 | 651,787 TJ | +7.8% |
| 1995 | 1.25 million TJ | +92.0% |
| 1996 | 1.31 million TJ | +4.8% |
| 1997 | 1.40 million TJ | +6.7% |
| 1998 | 1.39 million TJ | -0.7% |
| 1999 | 1.34 million TJ | -3.3% |
| 2000 | 1.46 million TJ | +8.9% |
| 2001 | 1.42 million TJ | -2.8% |
| 2002 | 1.49 million TJ | +5.1% |
| 2003 | 1.51 million TJ | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 1.48 million TJ | -2.1% |
| 2005 | 1.45 million TJ | -1.8% |
| 2006 | 1.49 million TJ | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 1.60 million TJ | +7.5% |
| 2008 | 1.65 million TJ | +3.5% |
| 2009 | 1.63 million TJ | -1.5% |
| 2010 | 1.73 million TJ | +6.3% |
| 2011 | 1.78 million TJ | +3.1% |
| 2012 | 1.84 million TJ | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 1.83 million TJ | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 1.87 million TJ | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 1.83 million TJ | -2.0% |
| 2016 | 2.01 million TJ | +9.7% |
| 2017 | 1.98 million TJ | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 2.03 million TJ | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 1.94 million TJ | -4.3% |
| 2020 | 2.01 million TJ | +3.3% |
| 2021 | 2.18 million TJ | +8.6% |
| 2022 | 2.09 million TJ | -4.2% |
| 2023 | 2.08 million TJ | -0.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Food Processing — Energy Use (Natural Gas, including LNG) in World 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 | +92.0% | 651,787 TJ | 1.25 million TJ |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 938,639 TJ | 379,587 TJ | 1.40 million TJ | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.52 million TJ | 1.42 million TJ | 1.65 million TJ | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.88 million TJ | 1.73 million TJ | 2.03 million TJ | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.09 million TJ | 2.01 million TJ | 2.18 million TJ | 4 |
Countries ranked near World
More climate change data for World
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 135.91 billion kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 4.94 million kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 1.27 million kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 3.67 million kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 4,791 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 130,918 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 1.64 million kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 957,726 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 685,096 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 3,614 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is food processing — energy use in World?
- Food processing — energy use in World was 2.08 million TJ in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest food processing — energy use recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 2.18 million TJ in 2021.
- What is the lowest food processing — energy use recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 379,587 TJ in 1990.
- How does World rank for food processing — energy use?
- World ranks 1st out of 33 groups with data for 2023.
- Is food processing — energy use rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this World 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.