Food Retail — Energy Use (Electricity) in Americas
Americas: Food Retail — Energy Use (Electricity) was 1.62 million TJ in 2023. ▲ Rising
Food Retail — Energy Use in Americas, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in TJ.
Analysis
Americas recorded 1.62 million TJ for food retail — energy use in 2023. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
The figure is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, food retail — energy use in Americas peaked at 1.62 million TJ in 2023 and was at its lowest, 744,947 TJ, in 1990.
Americas ranks 5th of 32 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Food Retail — Energy Use (Electricity) in Americas, year by year
| Year | TJ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 744,947 TJ | — |
| 1991 | 766,046 TJ | +2.8% |
| 1992 | 769,813 TJ | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 801,666 TJ | +4.1% |
| 1994 | 827,664 TJ | +3.2% |
| 1995 | 868,153 TJ | +4.9% |
| 1996 | 899,422 TJ | +3.6% |
| 1997 | 951,181 TJ | +5.8% |
| 1998 | 1.03 million TJ | +8.4% |
| 1999 | 1.07 million TJ | +3.6% |
| 2000 | 1.10 million TJ | +3.0% |
| 2001 | 1.12 million TJ | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 1.14 million TJ | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 1.15 million TJ | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 1.17 million TJ | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 1.23 million TJ | +4.8% |
| 2006 | 1.25 million TJ | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 1.34 million TJ | +6.5% |
| 2008 | 1.40 million TJ | +4.6% |
| 2009 | 1.40 million TJ | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 1.44 million TJ | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 1.46 million TJ | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 1.48 million TJ | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 1.52 million TJ | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 1.56 million TJ | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 1.57 million TJ | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 1.57 million TJ | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 1.56 million TJ | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 1.61 million TJ | +3.1% |
| 2019 | 1.60 million TJ | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 1.48 million TJ | -7.8% |
| 2021 | 1.55 million TJ | +4.7% |
| 2022 | 1.60 million TJ | +3.3% |
| 2023 | 1.62 million TJ | +1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 872,855 TJ | 744,947 TJ | 1.07 million TJ | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.23 million TJ | 1.10 million TJ | 1.40 million TJ | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.54 million TJ | 1.44 million TJ | 1.61 million TJ | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.56 million TJ | 1.48 million TJ | 1.62 million TJ | 4 |
Countries ranked near Americas
- 2 Japan 397,716 TJ compare
- 3 Brazil 306,980 TJ compare
- 4 Republic of Korea 218,636 TJ compare
- 5 Russian Federation 198,433 TJ compare
- 6 France 153,170 TJ compare
- 7 Saudi Arabia 149,170 TJ compare
- 8 India 147,560 TJ compare
More climate change data for Americas
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 28.70 billion kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 1.51 million kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 342,967 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 1.17 million kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 1,294 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 41,659 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 273,211 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 222,184 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 51,028 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 838.43 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is food retail — energy use in Americas?
- Food retail — energy use in Americas was 1.62 million TJ in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest food retail — energy use recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 1.62 million TJ in 2023.
- What is the lowest food retail — energy use recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 744,947 TJ in 1990.
- How does Americas rank for food retail — energy use?
- Americas ranks 5th out of 32 groups with data for 2023.
- Is food retail — energy use rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Americas data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Food Retail — Energy Use (Electricity). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain Emissions from Pre- and Post-Agricultural Production provides estimates of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and related activity data associated with pre- and post-production stages of agrifood systems. The domain includes methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), fluorinated gases (F-gases) and their aggregates expressed in carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2eq). Estimates are computed following Tier 1 methods of the IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014) and are disseminated annually.