Food Processing — Energy Use (Total) in Australia
Australia: Food Processing — Energy Use (Total) was 68,524 TJ in 2023. ▲ Rising
Food Processing — Energy Use in Australia, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in TJ.
Analysis
Australia recorded 68,524 TJ for food processing — energy use in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 10.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, food processing — energy use in Australia peaked at 80,781 TJ in 2011 and was at its lowest, 58,277 TJ, in 2002.
That places Australia 20th out of 95 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Food Processing — Energy Use (Total) in Australia, year by year
| Year | TJ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 63,560 TJ | — |
| 1991 | 66,036 TJ | +3.9% |
| 1992 | 66,696 TJ | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 66,274 TJ | -0.6% |
| 1994 | 69,614 TJ | +5.0% |
| 1995 | 70,489 TJ | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 73,448 TJ | +4.2% |
| 1997 | 73,155 TJ | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 73,214 TJ | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 72,682 TJ | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 73,994 TJ | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 76,008 TJ | +2.7% |
| 2002 | 58,277 TJ | -23.3% |
| 2003 | 76,139 TJ | +30.7% |
| 2004 | 73,514 TJ | -3.4% |
| 2005 | 77,448 TJ | +5.4% |
| 2006 | 77,407 TJ | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 74,861 TJ | -3.3% |
| 2008 | 76,495 TJ | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 76,003 TJ | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 73,869 TJ | -2.8% |
| 2011 | 80,781 TJ | +9.4% |
| 2012 | 77,316 TJ | -4.3% |
| 2013 | 76,855 TJ | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 76,058 TJ | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 77,645 TJ | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 77,103 TJ | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 71,585 TJ | -7.2% |
| 2018 | 70,126 TJ | -2.0% |
| 2019 | 69,751 TJ | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 69,358 TJ | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 68,313 TJ | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 68,524 TJ | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 68,524 TJ | +0.0% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 68,524 TJ is above the median for high income countries, which is 14,765 TJ, 4.6× the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Australia's 68,524 TJ is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 68,524 TJ, 1.0× the median. (7 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Food Processing — Energy Use (Total) in Australia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | +30.7% | 58,277 TJ | 76,139 TJ |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 69,517 TJ | 63,560 TJ | 73,448 TJ | 10 |
| 2000s | 74,015 TJ | 58,277 TJ | 77,448 TJ | 10 |
| 2010s | 75,109 TJ | 69,751 TJ | 80,781 TJ | 10 |
| 2020s | 68,680 TJ | 68,313 TJ | 69,358 TJ | 4 |
Countries ranked near Australia
More climate change data for Australia
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 1.30 billion kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 118,578 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 34,162 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 84,416 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 128.91 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 3,015 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 12,473 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 10,966 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 1,507 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 41.38 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is food processing — energy use in Australia?
- Food processing — energy use in Australia was 68,524 TJ in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest food processing — energy use recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 80,781 TJ in 2011.
- What is the lowest food processing — energy use recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 58,277 TJ in 2002.
- How does Australia rank for food processing — energy use?
- Australia ranks 20th out of 95 countries with data for 2023.
- Is food processing — energy use rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia 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 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.