Food Retail — Energy Use in India
India: Food Retail — Energy Use was 147,560 TJ in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Food Retail — Energy Use in India, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in TJ.
Analysis
India recorded 147,560 TJ for food retail — energy use in 2023. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
The figure is up 27.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, food retail — energy use in India peaked at 147,560 TJ in 2022 and was at its lowest, 2,314 TJ, in 1990.
That places India 8th out of 179 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Food Retail — Energy Use in India, year by year
| Year | TJ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 2,314 TJ | — |
| 1991 | 2,479 TJ | +7.2% |
| 1992 | 2,669 TJ | +7.6% |
| 1993 | 2,722 TJ | +2.0% |
| 1994 | 2,908 TJ | +6.8% |
| 1995 | 3,121 TJ | +7.3% |
| 1996 | 3,472 TJ | +11.2% |
| 1997 | 3,753 TJ | +8.1% |
| 1998 | 3,905 TJ | +4.0% |
| 1999 | 4,553 TJ | +16.6% |
| 2000 | 27,319 TJ | +500.0% |
| 2001 | 33,891 TJ | +24.1% |
| 2002 | 35,714 TJ | +5.4% |
| 2003 | 39,594 TJ | +10.9% |
| 2004 | 44,059 TJ | +11.3% |
| 2005 | 7,269 TJ | -83.5% |
| 2006 | 8,178 TJ | +12.5% |
| 2007 | 8,608 TJ | +5.3% |
| 2008 | 9,407 TJ | +9.3% |
| 2009 | 56,441 TJ | +500.0% |
| 2010 | 94,474 TJ | +67.4% |
| 2011 | 97,250 TJ | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 91,795 TJ | -5.6% |
| 2013 | 115,827 TJ | +26.2% |
| 2014 | 110,061 TJ | -5.0% |
| 2015 | 120,796 TJ | +9.8% |
| 2016 | 138,060 TJ | +14.3% |
| 2017 | 134,982 TJ | -2.2% |
| 2018 | 136,540 TJ | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 145,852 TJ | +6.8% |
| 2020 | 124,066 TJ | -14.9% |
| 2021 | 111,007 TJ | -10.5% |
| 2022 | 147,560 TJ | +32.9% |
| 2023 | 147,560 TJ | +0.0% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 147,560 TJ is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,598 TJ, 92.4× the median. (39 countries reporting)
- India's 147,560 TJ is above the median for South Asia, which is 3,780 TJ, 39.0× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Food Retail — Energy Use in India 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | +500.0% | 4,553 TJ | 27,319 TJ |
| 2009 | +500.0% | 9,407 TJ | 56,441 TJ |
| 2005 | -83.5% | 44,059 TJ | 7,269 TJ |
| 2010 | +67.4% | 56,441 TJ | 94,474 TJ |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3,190 TJ | 2,314 TJ | 4,553 TJ | 10 |
| 2000s | 27,048 TJ | 7,269 TJ | 56,441 TJ | 10 |
| 2010s | 118,564 TJ | 91,795 TJ | 145,852 TJ | 10 |
| 2020s | 132,548 TJ | 111,007 TJ | 147,560 TJ | 4 |
Countries ranked near India
- 5 Russian Federation 198,433 TJ compare
- 6 France 153,170 TJ compare
- 6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 44,458 TJ compare
- 7 Saudi Arabia 149,170 TJ compare
- 7 Viet Nam 28,628 TJ compare
- 8 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 4,501 TJ compare
- 9 Germany 139,663 TJ compare
- 10 Italy 110,615 TJ compare
- 10 United Republic of Tanzania 3,662 TJ compare
- 11 Thailand 99,670 TJ compare
- 11 Melanesia 1,819 TJ compare
More climate change data for India
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 27.69 billion kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 602,760 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 105,678 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 497,082 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 398.78 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 17,753 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 279,594 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 176,015 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 103,578 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 664.21 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is food retail — energy use in India?
- Food retail — energy use in India was 147,560 TJ in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest food retail — energy use recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 147,560 TJ in 2022.
- What is the lowest food retail — energy use recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,314 TJ in 1990.
- How does India rank for food retail — energy use?
- India ranks 8th out of 179 countries with data for 2023.
- Is food retail — energy use rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this India 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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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.