Food Retail — Energy Use in Belgium
Belgium: Food Retail — Energy Use was 23,528 TJ in 2023. ▲ Rising
Food Retail — Energy Use in Belgium, 2000–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in TJ.
Analysis
The most recent figure for food retail — energy use in Belgium is 23,528 TJ, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 10.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, food retail — energy use in Belgium peaked at 26,503 TJ in 2009 and was at its lowest, 14,087 TJ, in 2002.
Belgium ranks 36th of 179 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Food Retail — Energy Use in Belgium, year by year
| Year | TJ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 14,536 TJ | — |
| 2001 | 15,196 TJ | +4.5% |
| 2002 | 14,087 TJ | -7.3% |
| 2003 | 14,144 TJ | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 23,550 TJ | +66.5% |
| 2005 | 24,695 TJ | +4.9% |
| 2006 | 24,896 TJ | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 25,268 TJ | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 25,976 TJ | +2.8% |
| 2009 | 26,503 TJ | +2.0% |
| 2010 | 26,472 TJ | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 25,650 TJ | -3.1% |
| 2012 | 25,945 TJ | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 26,381 TJ | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 25,068 TJ | -5.0% |
| 2015 | 25,422 TJ | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 25,582 TJ | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 25,684 TJ | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 25,804 TJ | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 25,586 TJ | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 24,216 TJ | -5.4% |
| 2021 | 24,207 TJ | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 23,528 TJ | -2.8% |
| 2023 | 23,528 TJ | +0.0% |
Belgium compared with similar countries
- Belgium's 23,528 TJ is above the median for high income countries, which is 11,108 TJ, 2.1× the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Belgium's 23,528 TJ is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 9,645 TJ, 2.4× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Food Retail — Energy Use in Belgium 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +66.5% | 14,144 TJ | 23,550 TJ |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 20,885 TJ | 14,087 TJ | 26,503 TJ | 10 |
| 2010s | 25,759 TJ | 25,068 TJ | 26,472 TJ | 10 |
| 2020s | 23,870 TJ | 23,528 TJ | 24,216 TJ | 4 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
More climate change data for Belgium
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 143.51 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 8,360 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 1,763 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 6,597 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 6.65 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 235.6 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 1,004 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 993.72 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 10.01 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 3.75 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is food retail — energy use in Belgium?
- Food retail — energy use in Belgium was 23,528 TJ in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest food retail — energy use recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 26,503 TJ in 2009.
- What is the lowest food retail — energy use recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 14,087 TJ in 2002.
- How does Belgium rank for food retail — energy use?
- Belgium ranks 36th out of 179 countries with data for 2023.
- Is food retail — energy use rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belgium 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 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.