Food Processing — Energy Use in Northern America
Northern America: Food Processing — Energy Use was 1.44 million TJ in 2023. ▲ Rising
Food Processing — Energy Use in Northern America, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in TJ.
Analysis
In 2023, food processing — energy use in Northern America stood at 1.44 million TJ.
That represents a change of up 12.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, food processing — energy use in Northern America peaked at 1.48 million TJ in 2021 and was at its lowest, 351,624 TJ, in 1994.
Northern America ranks 6th of 34 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 712,467 TJ | 351,624 TJ | 1.07 million TJ | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.18 million TJ | 1.10 million TJ | 1.33 million TJ | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.29 million TJ | 1.23 million TJ | 1.36 million TJ | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.42 million TJ | 1.30 million TJ | 1.48 million TJ | 4 |
Countries ranked near Northern America
More climate change data for Northern America
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) — FAO TIER 1 318,841 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) — FAO 70,553 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) — FAO 248,289 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (N2O) — FAO TIER 1 266.24 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CH4) — FAO TIER 1 8,867 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) — FAO TIER 1 124,612 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) — FAO TIER 1 105,892 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) — FAO TIER 1 18,720 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (N2O) — FAO TIER 1 399.59 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CH4) — FAO TIER 1 668.56 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is food processing — energy use in Northern America?
- Food processing — energy use in Northern America was 1.44 million TJ in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest food processing — energy use recorded in Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 1.48 million TJ in 2021.
- What is the lowest food processing — energy use recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 351,624 TJ in 1994.
- How does Northern America rank for food processing — energy use?
- Northern America ranks 6th out of 34 groups with data for 2023.
- Is food processing — energy use rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern 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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About this data
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.