Food Retail — Energy Use (Heat) by country
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...
What the numbers show
Food Retail — Energy Use (Heat) is currently reported for 46 countries. The highest value is 235,940 TJ in Russian Federation; the lowest is 0.2907 TJ in Malta.
The median across all reporting countries is 1,918 TJ, and the mean is 13,466 TJ.
Over the past decade 24 countries rose and 22 fell. The largest increase was in Canada (up 715.0%), and the largest decrease in China, Taiwan Province of (down 85.1%).
Food Retail — Energy Use (Heat): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian Federation | 235,940 TJ | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 2 | OECD | 157,508 TJ | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 3 | Kazakhstan | 30,453 TJ | 2023 | up 107.7% | rising |
| 4 | Germany | 19,676 TJ | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 5 | Ukraine | 18,274 TJ | 2023 | down 52.9% | falling |
| 6 | Sweden | 18,147 TJ | 2023 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 7 | Poland | 14,344 TJ | 2023 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 8 | Finland | 14,316 TJ | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 9 | France | 11,713 TJ | 2023 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 10 | Denmark | 10,612 TJ | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 11 | Belarus | 9,769 TJ | 2023 | down 40.6% | falling |
| 12 | Japan | 9,502 TJ | 2023 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 13 | Austria | 8,670 TJ | 2023 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 14 | Mongolia | 7,653 TJ | 2023 | up 117.6% | volatile |
| 15 | Czechia | 5,602 TJ | 2023 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 16 | Norway | 5,046 TJ | 2023 | up 43.3% | volatile |
| 17 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 4,766 TJ | 2023 | down 13.9% | volatile |
| 18 | Republic of Korea | 4,694 TJ | 2023 | up 10.2% | volatile |
| 19 | Iceland | 4,256 TJ | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 20 | Italy | 2,858 TJ | 2023 | up 34.4% | volatile |
| 21 | Lithuania | 2,381 TJ | 2023 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 22 | Hungary | 2,023 TJ | 2023 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 23 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 1,982 TJ | 2023 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 24 | Luxembourg | 1,854 TJ | 2023 | up 119.8% | rising |
| 25 | Slovakia | 1,826 TJ | 2023 | up 36.9% | falling |
| 26 | Romania | 1,756 TJ | 2023 | down 43.0% | falling |
| 27 | Bulgaria | 1,715 TJ | 2023 | up 20.8% | falling |
| 28 | Estonia | 1,677 TJ | 2023 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 29 | Switzerland | 1,674 TJ | 2023 | up 11.3% | flat |
| 30 | Latvia | 1,572 TJ | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 31 | Kyrgyzstan | 1,550 TJ | 2023 | up 99.3% | rising |
| 32 | Serbia | 1,538 TJ | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 33 | Belgium | 1,160 TJ | 2023 | up 109.1% | rising |
| 34 | Croatia | 659.9 TJ | 2023 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 35 | Slovenia | 626.83 TJ | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 36 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 421.08 TJ | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 37 | Republic of Moldova | 420.42 TJ | 2023 | down 42.8% | falling |
| 38 | Azerbaijan | 343.5 TJ | 2023 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 39 | Portugal | 177.15 TJ | 2023 | down 49.7% | rising |
| 40 | North Macedonia | 137.56 TJ | 2023 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 41 | Canada | 88.02 TJ | 2023 | up 715.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Greenland | 53.64 TJ | 2023 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 43 | Georgia | 21.23 TJ | 2012 | down 76.3% | volatile |
| 44 | China, Taiwan Province of | 1.07 TJ | 2023 | down 85.1% | volatile |
| 44 | China | 1.07 TJ | 2023 | down 85.1% | volatile |
| 46 | Malta | 0.2907 TJ | 2023 | down 11.9% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 483,498 TJ
- Annex I countries 423,362 TJ
- Europe 407,589 TJ
- Eastern Europe 291,668 TJ
- European Union (27) 125,347 TJ
- Asia 67,121 TJ
- Northern Europe 62,773 TJ
- Non-Annex I countries 60,134 TJ
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 53,480 TJ
- Western Europe 46,729 TJ
- Central Asia 44,925 TJ
- Eastern Asia 21,850 TJ
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 14,472 TJ
- Americas 8,788 TJ
- Northern America 8,788 TJ
- United States of America 8,646 TJ
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 7,653 TJ
- Southern Europe 6,419 TJ
- Western Asia 345.48 TJ
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.