Food Retail — Energy Use in South America
South America: Food Retail — Energy Use was 534,852 TJ in 2023. ▲ Rising
Food Retail — Energy Use in South America, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in TJ.
Analysis
South America recorded 534,852 TJ for food retail — energy use in 2023. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.5% on the previous year and up 16.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, food retail — energy use in South America peaked at 534,852 TJ in 2023 and was at its lowest, 95,379 TJ, in 1990.
South America ranks 10th of 31 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Food Retail — Energy Use in South America, year by year
| Year | TJ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 95,379 TJ | — |
| 1991 | 98,693 TJ | +3.5% |
| 1992 | 104,069 TJ | +5.4% |
| 1993 | 109,868 TJ | +5.6% |
| 1994 | 115,849 TJ | +5.4% |
| 1995 | 127,361 TJ | +9.9% |
| 1996 | 138,782 TJ | +9.0% |
| 1997 | 155,440 TJ | +12.0% |
| 1998 | 202,684 TJ | +30.4% |
| 1999 | 209,386 TJ | +3.3% |
| 2000 | 222,203 TJ | +6.1% |
| 2001 | 215,490 TJ | -3.0% |
| 2002 | 219,163 TJ | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 229,382 TJ | +4.7% |
| 2004 | 233,512 TJ | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 244,577 TJ | +4.7% |
| 2006 | 252,532 TJ | +3.3% |
| 2007 | 299,439 TJ | +18.6% |
| 2008 | 355,169 TJ | +18.6% |
| 2009 | 378,748 TJ | +6.6% |
| 2010 | 395,631 TJ | +4.5% |
| 2011 | 411,599 TJ | +4.0% |
| 2012 | 435,021 TJ | +5.7% |
| 2013 | 458,092 TJ | +5.3% |
| 2014 | 482,003 TJ | +5.2% |
| 2015 | 487,869 TJ | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 480,996 TJ | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 477,862 TJ | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 487,618 TJ | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 491,147 TJ | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 453,580 TJ | -7.6% |
| 2021 | 488,886 TJ | +7.8% |
| 2022 | 516,953 TJ | +5.7% |
| 2023 | 534,852 TJ | +3.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 135,751 TJ | 95,379 TJ | 209,386 TJ | 10 |
| 2000s | 265,022 TJ | 215,490 TJ | 378,748 TJ | 10 |
| 2010s | 460,784 TJ | 395,631 TJ | 491,147 TJ | 10 |
| 2020s | 498,568 TJ | 453,580 TJ | 534,852 TJ | 4 |
Countries ranked near South America
More climate change data for South America
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 1.01 million kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 224,200 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 781,384 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 846.04 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 27,907 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 123,748 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 96,422 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 27,326 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 363.86 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 975.93 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is food retail — energy use in South America?
- Food retail — energy use in South America was 534,852 TJ in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest food retail — energy use recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 534,852 TJ in 2023.
- What is the lowest food retail — energy use recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 95,379 TJ in 1990.
- How does South America rank for food retail — energy use?
- South America ranks 10th out of 31 groups with data for 2023.
- Is food retail — energy use rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South 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.