Food Retail — Energy Use (Electricity) in China
China: Food Retail — Energy Use (Electricity) was 62,958 TJ in 2023. ▲ Rising
Food Retail — Energy Use in China, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in TJ.
Analysis
China recorded 62,958 TJ for food retail — energy use in 2023.
That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and up 29.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, food retail — energy use in China peaked at 63,420 TJ in 2019 and was at its lowest, 17,019 TJ, in 1990.
China ranks 22nd of 198 countries 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 China, year by year
| Year | TJ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 17,019 TJ | — |
| 1991 | 18,770 TJ | +10.3% |
| 1992 | 20,209 TJ | +7.7% |
| 1993 | 22,299 TJ | +10.3% |
| 1994 | 24,533 TJ | +10.0% |
| 1995 | 25,850 TJ | +5.4% |
| 1996 | 27,816 TJ | +7.6% |
| 1997 | 29,595 TJ | +6.4% |
| 1998 | 33,222 TJ | +12.3% |
| 1999 | 34,634 TJ | +4.3% |
| 2000 | 37,205 TJ | +7.4% |
| 2001 | 39,051 TJ | +5.0% |
| 2002 | 41,043 TJ | +5.1% |
| 2003 | 42,443 TJ | +3.4% |
| 2004 | 44,016 TJ | +3.7% |
| 2005 | 45,646 TJ | +3.7% |
| 2006 | 46,892 TJ | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 47,580 TJ | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 47,524 TJ | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 47,498 TJ | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 48,088 TJ | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 47,994 TJ | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 48,420 TJ | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 48,494 TJ | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 48,808 TJ | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 49,296 TJ | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 49,657 TJ | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 49,587 TJ | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 62,884 TJ | +26.8% |
| 2019 | 63,420 TJ | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 61,104 TJ | -3.7% |
| 2021 | 61,304 TJ | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 62,271 TJ | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 62,958 TJ | +1.1% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 62,958 TJ is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3,979 TJ, 15.8× the median. (51 countries reporting)
- China's 62,958 TJ is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1,035 TJ, 60.8× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Food Retail — Energy Use (Electricity) in China 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | +26.8% | 49,587 TJ | 62,884 TJ |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 25,395 TJ | 17,019 TJ | 34,634 TJ | 10 |
| 2000s | 43,890 TJ | 37,205 TJ | 47,580 TJ | 10 |
| 2010s | 51,665 TJ | 47,994 TJ | 63,420 TJ | 10 |
| 2020s | 61,909 TJ | 61,104 TJ | 62,958 TJ | 4 |
Countries ranked near China
More climate change data for China
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 31.25 billion kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 604,831 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 191,478 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 413,353 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 722.56 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 14,763 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 342,069 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 200,605 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 141,464 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 757 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is food retail — energy use in China?
- Food retail — energy use in China was 62,958 TJ in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest food retail — energy use recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 63,420 TJ in 2019.
- What is the lowest food retail — energy use recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 17,019 TJ in 1990.
- How does China rank for food retail — energy use?
- China ranks 22nd out of 198 countries with data for 2023.
- Is food retail — energy use rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China 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.