Food Retail — Energy Use in Western Europe
Western Europe: Food Retail — Energy Use was 709.03 TJ in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Food Retail — Energy Use in Western Europe, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in TJ.
Analysis
Western Europe recorded 709.03 TJ for food retail — energy use in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 34 years on record.
That represents a change of down 33.1% on the previous year and down 69.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, food retail — energy use in Western Europe peaked at 67,824 TJ in 1991 and was at its lowest, 709.03 TJ, in 2023.
Western Europe ranks 27th of 31 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Food Retail — Energy Use in Western Europe, year by year
| Year | TJ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 12,777 TJ | — |
| 1991 | 67,824 TJ | +430.8% |
| 1992 | 45,590 TJ | -32.8% |
| 1993 | 37,550 TJ | -17.6% |
| 1994 | 23,369 TJ | -37.8% |
| 1995 | 26,607 TJ | +13.9% |
| 1996 | 25,097 TJ | -5.7% |
| 1997 | 23,150 TJ | -7.8% |
| 1998 | 14,299 TJ | -38.2% |
| 1999 | 12,707 TJ | -11.1% |
| 2000 | 11,100 TJ | -12.6% |
| 2001 | 12,175 TJ | +9.7% |
| 2002 | 8,906 TJ | -26.9% |
| 2003 | 7,207 TJ | -19.1% |
| 2004 | 6,273 TJ | -13.0% |
| 2005 | 5,604 TJ | -10.7% |
| 2006 | 5,719 TJ | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 8,330 TJ | +45.6% |
| 2008 | 6,676 TJ | -19.9% |
| 2009 | 5,598 TJ | -16.2% |
| 2010 | 6,015 TJ | +7.5% |
| 2011 | 3,368 TJ | -44.0% |
| 2012 | 3,728 TJ | +10.7% |
| 2013 | 2,290 TJ | -38.6% |
| 2014 | 2,379 TJ | +3.9% |
| 2015 | 5,984 TJ | +151.5% |
| 2016 | 1,950 TJ | -67.4% |
| 2017 | 1,686 TJ | -13.5% |
| 2018 | 1,719 TJ | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 1,184 TJ | -31.1% |
| 2020 | 1,075 TJ | -9.2% |
| 2021 | 1,156 TJ | +7.5% |
| 2022 | 1,060 TJ | -8.2% |
| 2023 | 709.03 TJ | -33.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 28,897 TJ | 12,707 TJ | 67,824 TJ | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,759 TJ | 5,598 TJ | 12,175 TJ | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,030 TJ | 1,184 TJ | 6,015 TJ | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,000 TJ | 709.03 TJ | 1,156 TJ | 4 |
Countries ranked near Western Europe
More climate change data for Western Europe
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 136,034 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 28,488 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 107,546 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 107.5 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 3,841 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 33,397 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 32,700 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 697.27 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 123.4 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 24.9 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is food retail — energy use in Western Europe?
- Food retail — energy use in Western Europe was 709.03 TJ in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest food retail — energy use recorded in Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 67,824 TJ in 1991.
- What is the lowest food retail — energy use recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 709.03 TJ in 2023.
- How does Western Europe rank for food retail — energy use?
- Western Europe ranks 27th out of 31 groups with data for 2023.
- Is food retail — energy use rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 69.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Western Europe 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.