Food Retail — Energy Use in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Food Retail — Energy Use was 217.36 TJ in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Food Retail — Energy Use in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in TJ.
Analysis
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland recorded 217.36 TJ for food retail — energy use in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 34 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 36.8% on the previous year and down 55.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, food retail — energy use in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland peaked at 19,838 TJ in 1990 and was at its lowest, 217.36 TJ, in 2023.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 43rd of 89 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Food Retail — Energy Use in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, year by year
| Year | TJ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 19,838 TJ | — |
| 1991 | 18,800 TJ | -5.2% |
| 1992 | 15,598 TJ | -17.0% |
| 1993 | 11,081 TJ | -29.0% |
| 1994 | 9,005 TJ | -18.7% |
| 1995 | 6,268 TJ | -30.4% |
| 1996 | 5,719 TJ | -8.8% |
| 1997 | 5,999 TJ | +4.9% |
| 1998 | 5,392 TJ | -10.1% |
| 1999 | 3,989 TJ | -26.0% |
| 2000 | 1,139 TJ | -71.4% |
| 2001 | 898.91 TJ | -21.1% |
| 2002 | 236.95 TJ | -73.6% |
| 2003 | 287.04 TJ | +21.1% |
| 2004 | 304.72 TJ | +6.2% |
| 2005 | 744.54 TJ | +144.3% |
| 2006 | 422.44 TJ | -43.3% |
| 2007 | 339.44 TJ | -19.6% |
| 2008 | 389.76 TJ | +14.8% |
| 2009 | 1,236 TJ | +217.1% |
| 2010 | 543.55 TJ | -56.0% |
| 2011 | 525.23 TJ | -3.4% |
| 2012 | 287.44 TJ | -45.3% |
| 2013 | 491.81 TJ | +71.1% |
| 2014 | 492.23 TJ | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 528.62 TJ | +7.4% |
| 2016 | 567.39 TJ | +7.3% |
| 2017 | 533.86 TJ | -5.9% |
| 2018 | 531.82 TJ | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 410.85 TJ | -22.7% |
| 2020 | 413.99 TJ | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 409.4 TJ | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 343.72 TJ | -16.0% |
| 2023 | 217.36 TJ | -36.8% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Food Retail — Energy Use in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +217.1% | 389.76 TJ | 1,236 TJ |
| 2005 | +144.3% | 304.72 TJ | 744.54 TJ |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 10,169 TJ | 3,989 TJ | 19,838 TJ | 10 |
| 2000s | 599.87 TJ | 236.95 TJ | 1,236 TJ | 10 |
| 2010s | 491.28 TJ | 287.44 TJ | 567.39 TJ | 10 |
| 2020s | 346.12 TJ | 217.36 TJ | 413.99 TJ | 4 |
Countries ranked near United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
More climate change data for United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 1.01 billion kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 37,706 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 8,697 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 29,008 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 32.82 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 1,036 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 7,083 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 7,027 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 55.89 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 26.52 kt (2050)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is food retail — energy use in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- Food retail — energy use in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was 217.36 TJ in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest food retail — energy use recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 19,838 TJ in 1990.
- What is the lowest food retail — energy use recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 217.36 TJ in 2023.
- How does United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank for food retail — energy use?
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 43rd out of 89 countries with data for 2023.
- Is food retail — energy use rising or falling in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 55.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Food Retail — Energy Use (Coal). 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.