Food Processing — Energy Use in OECD
OECD: Food Processing — Energy Use was 3.18 million TJ in 2023. ▲ Rising
Food Processing — Energy Use in OECD, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in TJ.
Analysis
The most recent figure for food processing — energy use in OECD is 3.18 million TJ, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 9.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, food processing — energy use in OECD peaked at 3.30 million TJ in 2021 and was at its lowest, 1.39 million TJ, in 1990.
That places OECD 1st out of 89 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Food Processing — Energy Use in OECD, year by year
| Year | TJ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1.39 million TJ | — |
| 1991 | 1.64 million TJ | +18.0% |
| 1992 | 1.57 million TJ | -4.2% |
| 1993 | 1.60 million TJ | +2.1% |
| 1994 | 1.58 million TJ | -1.5% |
| 1995 | 2.25 million TJ | +42.6% |
| 1996 | 2.34 million TJ | +4.1% |
| 1997 | 2.45 million TJ | +4.6% |
| 1998 | 2.42 million TJ | -1.2% |
| 1999 | 2.39 million TJ | -1.3% |
| 2000 | 2.57 million TJ | +7.6% |
| 2001 | 2.57 million TJ | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 2.62 million TJ | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 2.70 million TJ | +2.8% |
| 2004 | 2.68 million TJ | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 2.65 million TJ | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 2.74 million TJ | +3.4% |
| 2007 | 2.75 million TJ | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 2.82 million TJ | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 2.73 million TJ | -3.4% |
| 2010 | 2.82 million TJ | +3.4% |
| 2011 | 2.85 million TJ | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 2.87 million TJ | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 2.90 million TJ | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 2.95 million TJ | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 2.91 million TJ | -1.5% |
| 2016 | 3.07 million TJ | +5.6% |
| 2017 | 3.06 million TJ | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 3.10 million TJ | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 2.99 million TJ | -3.6% |
| 2020 | 3.05 million TJ | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 3.30 million TJ | +8.2% |
| 2022 | 3.18 million TJ | -3.5% |
| 2023 | 3.18 million TJ | +0.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Food Processing — Energy Use in OECD 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 | +42.6% | 1.58 million TJ | 2.25 million TJ |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.97 million TJ | 1.39 million TJ | 2.45 million TJ | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.68 million TJ | 2.57 million TJ | 2.82 million TJ | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.95 million TJ | 2.82 million TJ | 3.10 million TJ | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.18 million TJ | 3.05 million TJ | 3.30 million TJ | 4 |
Countries ranked near OECD
- 2 China 744,318 TJ compare
- 2 Türkiye 128,537 TJ compare
- 3 China, mainland 711,322 TJ compare
- 4 Russian Federation 357,253 TJ compare
More climate change data for OECD
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 264,403 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 984,128 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 240,219 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 743,908 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 906.49 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 26,568 kt (2050)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 29.42 billion kg (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 223,315 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 1,467 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 842.7 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is food processing — energy use in OECD?
- Food processing — energy use in OECD was 3.18 million TJ in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest food processing — energy use recorded in OECD?
- The highest recorded value was 3.30 million TJ in 2021.
- What is the lowest food processing — energy use recorded in OECD?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.39 million TJ in 1990.
- How does OECD rank for food processing — energy use?
- OECD ranks 1st out of 89 countries with data for 2023.
- Is food processing — energy use rising or falling in OECD?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this OECD 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.