Food Processing — Energy Use (Total) by country

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...

Countries reporting
94
Highest
3.18 million TJ
OECD
Lowest
36 TJ
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Median
10,141 TJ
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
3,328

What the numbers show

Food Processing — Energy Use (Total) is currently reported for 94 countries. The highest value is 3.18 million TJ in OECD; the lowest is 36 TJ in Saint Kitts and Nevis.

The median across all reporting countries is 10,141 TJ, and the mean is 83,718 TJ.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 88,453.

Over the past decade 64 countries rose and 29 fell. The largest increase was in Uzbekistan (up 621,837.0%), and the largest decrease in Viet Nam (down 72.2%).

Food Processing — Energy Use: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 OECD 3.18 million TJ 2023 up 9.7% rising
2 China 744,318 TJ 2023 down 45.3% volatile
3 China, mainland 711,322 TJ 2023 down 46.9% falling
4 Russian Federation 357,253 TJ 2023 up 6.2% falling
5 Germany 212,639 TJ 2023 up 1.8% rising
6 France 204,975 TJ 2023 down 3.8% rising
7 Thailand 194,933 TJ 2023 up 138.8% volatile
8 Japan 170,874 TJ 2023 up 0.2% rising
9 Brazil 155,903 TJ 2023 up 14.0% rising
10 Canada 128,715 TJ 2023 up 57.9% rising
11 Türkiye 128,537 TJ 2023 up 66.5% volatile
12 Italy 117,874 TJ 2023 up 8.4% rising
13 Poland 114,230 TJ 2023 up 9.3% falling
14 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 110,808 TJ 2023 down 6.6% falling
15 Australia and New Zealand 100,449 TJ 2023 down 1.0% rising
16 Republic of Korea 91,246 TJ 2023 up 28.8% rising
17 Colombia 86,409 TJ 2023 up 63.0% rising
18 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 84,576 TJ 2023 up 0.8% falling
19 Spain 84,241 TJ 2023 up 19.4% rising
20 Australia 68,524 TJ 2023 down 10.8% rising
21 Argentina 67,650 TJ 2012 up 6.3% rising
22 Belgium 62,841 TJ 2023 up 7.9% rising
23 Ukraine 38,792 TJ 2023 up 114.3% volatile
24 Philippines 36,769 TJ 2023 up 170.2% volatile
25 Algeria 35,506 TJ 2023 up 49.4% rising
26 China, Taiwan Province of 32,996 TJ 2023 up 60.2% rising
27 New Zealand 31,925 TJ 2023 up 29.9% rising
28 Mexico 30,345 TJ 2023 up 24.6% rising
29 Zimbabwe 28,515 TJ 2023 up 474.6% volatile
30 Belarus 27,177 TJ 2023 down 9.2% flat
31 Hungary 25,489 TJ 2023 up 18.1% flat
32 Austria 24,857 TJ 2023 up 13.2% rising
33 Czechia 23,869 TJ 2023 up 0.5% falling
34 Romania 23,786 TJ 2023 up 20.0% falling
35 Denmark 23,405 TJ 2023 down 1.8% falling
36 Kazakhstan 20,672 TJ 2023 down 12.1% falling
37 Uzbekistan 19,465 TJ 2023 up 621,837.0% volatile
38 Ireland 18,268 TJ 2023 up 8.8% rising
39 Switzerland 18,245 TJ 2023 down 1.7% rising
40 Portugal 15,945 TJ 2023 up 15.4% rising
41 Finland 15,625 TJ 2023 up 10.6% rising
42 Sweden 14,765 TJ 2023 up 16.9% falling
43 Norway 13,554 TJ 2023 up 10.8% rising
44 Serbia 11,504 TJ 2023 down 45.9% rising
45 Côte d'Ivoire 10,910 TJ 2023 down 23.8% rising
46 Bulgaria 10,689 TJ 2023 up 10.6% flat
47 Caribbean 10,348 TJ 2023 up 45.6% volatile
48 Greece 9,933 TJ 2023 down 5.6% rising
49 Dominican Republic 9,663 TJ 2023 up 38.1% rising
50 Azerbaijan 8,978 TJ 2023 down 40.8% flat
51 Morocco 8,284 TJ 2023 up 316.4% rising
52 Tunisia 7,779 TJ 2023 up 36.8% rising
53 Croatia 7,298 TJ 2023 down 6.8% rising
54 Slovakia 7,207 TJ 2023 up 17.4% falling
55 Lithuania 6,737 TJ 2023 down 12.7% rising
56 Israel 5,584 TJ 2023 down 8.2% rising
57 Armenia 4,480 TJ 2023 down 17.5% falling
58 Uruguay 3,675 TJ 2023 up 8.5% rising
59 Georgia 3,461 TJ 2023 up 32.6% rising
60 Republic of Moldova 3,322 TJ 2023 down 17.7% volatile
61 Kyrgyzstan 3,276 TJ 2023 up 2,629.8% rising
62 Eswatini 3,029 TJ 2023 up 70.1% rising
63 Chile 3,026 TJ 2023 up 12,004.0% volatile
64 Slovenia 2,550 TJ 2023 up 15.2% rising
65 Latvia 2,353 TJ 2023 down 26.2% falling
66 Ghana 2,159 TJ 2023 up 212.9% volatile
67 Iceland 2,067 TJ 2023 up 7.9% rising
68 Estonia 1,934 TJ 2023 down 17.0% falling
69 Malawi 1,472 TJ 2023 down 13.6% flat
70 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,424 TJ 2023 up 102.8% rising
71 Tajikistan 1,410 TJ 2023 up 422.2% volatile
72 Albania 1,059 TJ 2023 down 8.2% rising
73 Senegal 1,008 TJ 2023 up 91.9% volatile
74 Kenya 961.2 TJ 2023 down 9.9% falling
75 Viet Nam 910.7 TJ 2023 down 72.2% falling
76 Cameroon 900.64 TJ 2023 up 27.0% rising
77 Costa Rica 895.78 TJ 2023 down 60.8% falling
78 Mozambique 832.91 TJ 2023 up 333.8% volatile
79 Gabon 770.11 TJ 2023 up 46.9% volatile
80 Jamaica 684.59 TJ 2023 up 523.5% volatile
81 Cyprus 674.79 TJ 2023 up 10.3% rising
82 North Macedonia 670.15 TJ 2023 down 16.9% volatile
83 Luxembourg 638.78 TJ 2023 down 15.9% falling
84 Myanmar 475 TJ 2023 up 5.6% rising
85 Botswana 331.11 TJ 2023 volatile
86 Democratic Republic of the Congo 321.84 TJ 2023 up 152.5% rising
87 Malta 275.87 TJ 2023 up 34.4% rising
88 Montenegro 266.83 TJ 2023 up 204.9% volatile
89 Benin 162.03 TJ 2023 up 150.1% volatile
90 Greenland 161.76 TJ 2023 up 39.7% rising
91 Burkina Faso 140.4 TJ 2023 up 1,547.0% volatile
92 Togo 109.8 TJ 2023 up 662.5% volatile
93 Lesotho 73.58 TJ 2023 down 25.1% falling
94 Saint Kitts and Nevis 36 TJ 1995 up 400.0% rising

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Food Processing — Energy Use (Total)
Unit
TJ
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
128 places, 3,328 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.