Food Processing — Energy Use in South America
South America: Food Processing — Energy Use was 249,014 TJ in 2023. ▲ Rising
Food Processing — Energy Use in South America, 2007–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in TJ.
Analysis
South America recorded 249,014 TJ for food processing — energy use in 2023. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.3% on the previous year and up 369.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, food processing — energy use in South America peaked at 249,014 TJ in 2023 and was at its lowest, 53,051 TJ, in 2013.
That places South America 15th out of 34 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 93,443 TJ | 79,855 TJ | 101,962 TJ | 3 |
| 2010s | 131,251 TJ | 53,051 TJ | 221,632 TJ | 10 |
| 2020s | 236,428 TJ | 226,211 TJ | 249,014 TJ | 4 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 12 Italy 117,874 TJ compare
- 13 Poland 114,230 TJ compare
- 14 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 110,808 TJ compare
- 15 Australia and New Zealand 100,449 TJ compare
- 16 Republic of Korea 91,246 TJ compare
- 17 Colombia 86,409 TJ compare
- 18 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 84,576 TJ compare
More climate change data for South America
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) — FAO TIER 1 1.01 million kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) — FAO 224,200 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) — FAO 781,384 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (N2O) — FAO TIER 1 846.04 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CH4) — FAO TIER 1 27,907 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) — FAO TIER 1 123,748 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) — FAO TIER 1 96,422 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) — FAO TIER 1 27,326 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (N2O) — FAO TIER 1 363.86 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CH4) — FAO TIER 1 975.93 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is food processing — energy use in South America?
- Food processing — energy use in South America was 249,014 TJ in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest food processing — energy use recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 249,014 TJ in 2023.
- What is the lowest food processing — energy use recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 53,051 TJ in 2013.
- How does South America rank for food processing — energy use?
- South America ranks 15th out of 34 groups with data for 2023.
- Is food processing — energy use rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 369.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South 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.