Food Processing — Energy Use in Americas
Americas: Food Processing — Energy Use was 1.73 million TJ in 2023. ▲ Rising
Food Processing — Energy Use in Americas, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in TJ.
Analysis
Americas recorded 1.73 million TJ for food processing — energy use in 2023.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 26.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, food processing — energy use in Americas peaked at 1.75 million TJ in 2021 and was at its lowest, 365,154 TJ, in 1994.
Americas ranks 3rd of 31 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 in Americas, year by year
| Year | TJ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 486,665 TJ | — |
| 1991 | 519,481 TJ | +6.7% |
| 1992 | 429,149 TJ | -17.4% |
| 1993 | 376,678 TJ | -12.2% |
| 1994 | 365,154 TJ | -3.1% |
| 1995 | 962,892 TJ | +163.7% |
| 1996 | 967,761 TJ | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 1.08 million TJ | +12.0% |
| 1998 | 1.06 million TJ | -2.1% |
| 1999 | 1.00 million TJ | -5.6% |
| 2000 | 1.13 million TJ | +12.7% |
| 2001 | 1.11 million TJ | -1.7% |
| 2002 | 1.12 million TJ | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 1.15 million TJ | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 1.14 million TJ | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 1.14 million TJ | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 1.27 million TJ | +10.9% |
| 2007 | 1.33 million TJ | +4.8% |
| 2008 | 1.45 million TJ | +9.1% |
| 2009 | 1.37 million TJ | -5.5% |
| 2010 | 1.39 million TJ | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 1.38 million TJ | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 1.39 million TJ | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 1.37 million TJ | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 1.40 million TJ | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 1.34 million TJ | -4.5% |
| 2016 | 1.59 million TJ | +19.2% |
| 2017 | 1.57 million TJ | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 1.58 million TJ | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 1.49 million TJ | -5.2% |
| 2020 | 1.57 million TJ | +5.1% |
| 2021 | 1.75 million TJ | +11.6% |
| 2022 | 1.72 million TJ | -1.5% |
| 2023 | 1.73 million TJ | +0.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Food Processing — Energy Use in Americas 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 | +163.7% | 365,154 TJ | 962,892 TJ |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 725,335 TJ | 365,154 TJ | 1.08 million TJ | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.22 million TJ | 1.11 million TJ | 1.45 million TJ | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.45 million TJ | 1.34 million TJ | 1.59 million TJ | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.69 million TJ | 1.57 million TJ | 1.75 million TJ | 4 |
Countries ranked near Americas
More climate change data for Americas
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 28.70 billion kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 1.51 million kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 342,967 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 1.17 million kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 1,294 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 41,659 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 273,211 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 222,184 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 51,028 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 838.43 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is food processing — energy use in Americas?
- Food processing — energy use in Americas was 1.73 million TJ in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest food processing — energy use recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 1.75 million TJ in 2021.
- What is the lowest food processing — energy use recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 365,154 TJ in 1994.
- How does Americas rank for food processing — energy use?
- Americas ranks 3rd out of 31 groups with data for 2023.
- Is food processing — energy use rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Americas data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Food Processing — Energy Use (Total). 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.