Food Processing — Energy Use in Central America
Central America: Food Processing — Energy Use was 31,241 TJ in 2023. ▲ Rising
Food Processing — Energy Use in Central America, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in TJ.
Analysis
Central America recorded 31,241 TJ for food processing — energy use in 2023.
That represents a change of up 17.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, food processing — energy use in Central America peaked at 33,124 TJ in 2019 and was at its lowest, 7,761 TJ, in 1990.
That places Central America 27th out of 31 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Food Processing — Energy Use in Central America, year by year
| Year | TJ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 7,761 TJ | — |
| 1991 | 12,753 TJ | +64.3% |
| 1992 | 12,417 TJ | -2.6% |
| 1993 | 12,543 TJ | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 13,497 TJ | +7.6% |
| 1995 | 13,968 TJ | +3.5% |
| 1996 | 11,248 TJ | -19.5% |
| 1997 | 12,676 TJ | +12.7% |
| 1998 | 14,296 TJ | +12.8% |
| 1999 | 17,380 TJ | +21.6% |
| 2000 | 12,974 TJ | -25.4% |
| 2001 | 13,358 TJ | +3.0% |
| 2002 | 12,676 TJ | -5.1% |
| 2003 | 11,924 TJ | -5.9% |
| 2004 | 11,625 TJ | -2.5% |
| 2005 | 15,839 TJ | +36.3% |
| 2006 | 17,965 TJ | +13.4% |
| 2007 | 16,502 TJ | -8.1% |
| 2008 | 18,448 TJ | +11.8% |
| 2009 | 17,200 TJ | -6.8% |
| 2010 | 16,755 TJ | -2.6% |
| 2011 | 17,431 TJ | +4.0% |
| 2012 | 19,966 TJ | +14.5% |
| 2013 | 26,644 TJ | +33.4% |
| 2014 | 25,329 TJ | -4.9% |
| 2015 | 25,571 TJ | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 26,820 TJ | +4.9% |
| 2017 | 28,033 TJ | +4.5% |
| 2018 | 20,878 TJ | -25.5% |
| 2019 | 33,124 TJ | +58.7% |
| 2020 | 29,122 TJ | -12.1% |
| 2021 | 30,792 TJ | +5.7% |
| 2022 | 31,241 TJ | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 31,241 TJ | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 12,854 TJ | 7,761 TJ | 17,380 TJ | 10 |
| 2000s | 14,851 TJ | 11,625 TJ | 18,448 TJ | 10 |
| 2010s | 24,055 TJ | 16,755 TJ | 33,124 TJ | 10 |
| 2020s | 30,599 TJ | 29,122 TJ | 31,241 TJ | 4 |
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More climate change data for Central America
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 2.76 billion kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 153,880 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 39,309 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 114,571 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 148.34 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 4,092 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 19,754 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 18,504 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 1,250 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 69.83 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is food processing — energy use in Central America?
- Food processing — energy use in Central America was 31,241 TJ in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest food processing — energy use recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 33,124 TJ in 2019.
- What is the lowest food processing — energy use recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,761 TJ in 1990.
- How does Central America rank for food processing — energy use?
- Central America ranks 27th out of 31 groups with data for 2023.
- Is food processing — energy use rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Central America 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.