Food Retail — Energy Use in Northern America
Northern America: Food Retail — Energy Use was 968,447 TJ in 2023. ▲ Rising
Food Retail — Energy Use in Northern America, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in TJ.
Analysis
In 2023, food retail — energy use in Northern America stood at 968,447 TJ.
That represents a change of up 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, food retail — energy use in Northern America peaked at 986,020 TJ in 2018 and was at its lowest, 613,817 TJ, in 1990.
Northern America ranks 6th of 31 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 in Northern America, year by year
| Year | TJ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 613,817 TJ | — |
| 1991 | 626,270 TJ | +2.0% |
| 1992 | 622,819 TJ | -0.6% |
| 1993 | 647,353 TJ | +3.9% |
| 1994 | 666,066 TJ | +2.9% |
| 1995 | 694,169 TJ | +4.2% |
| 1996 | 712,548 TJ | +2.6% |
| 1997 | 744,207 TJ | +4.4% |
| 1998 | 769,619 TJ | +3.4% |
| 1999 | 794,419 TJ | +3.2% |
| 2000 | 809,133 TJ | +1.9% |
| 2001 | 832,962 TJ | +2.9% |
| 2002 | 841,863 TJ | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 840,273 TJ | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 860,347 TJ | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 902,035 TJ | +4.8% |
| 2006 | 917,047 TJ | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 944,133 TJ | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 946,541 TJ | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 927,793 TJ | -2.0% |
| 2010 | 944,336 TJ | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 944,931 TJ | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 941,228 TJ | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 952,653 TJ | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 963,354 TJ | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 969,585 TJ | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 969,959 TJ | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 969,913 TJ | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 986,020 TJ | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 982,060 TJ | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 918,145 TJ | -6.5% |
| 2021 | 949,177 TJ | +3.4% |
| 2022 | 968,600 TJ | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 968,447 TJ | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 689,129 TJ | 613,817 TJ | 794,419 TJ | 10 |
| 2000s | 882,213 TJ | 809,133 TJ | 946,541 TJ | 10 |
| 2010s | 962,404 TJ | 941,228 TJ | 986,020 TJ | 10 |
| 2020s | 951,092 TJ | 918,145 TJ | 968,600 TJ | 4 |
Countries ranked near Northern America
- 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
- 9 Germany 139,663 TJ compare
More climate change data for Northern America
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 318,841 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 70,553 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 248,289 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 266.24 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 8,867 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 124,612 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 105,892 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 18,720 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 399.59 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 668.56 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is food retail — energy use in Northern America?
- Food retail — energy use in Northern America was 968,447 TJ in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest food retail — energy use recorded in Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 986,020 TJ in 2018.
- What is the lowest food retail — energy use recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 613,817 TJ in 1990.
- How does Northern America rank for food retail — energy use?
- Northern America ranks 6th out of 31 groups with data for 2023.
- Is food retail — energy use rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern America 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.