Food Retail — Energy Use in Central America
Central America: Food Retail — Energy Use was 5,589 TJ in 2023. ▲ Rising
Food Retail — Energy Use in Central America, 1993–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in TJ.
Analysis
Central America recorded 5,589 TJ for food retail — energy use in 2023.
The figure is down 16.8% on the previous year and down 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, food retail — energy use in Central America peaked at 6,845 TJ in 2018 and was at its lowest, 3,683 TJ, in 2003.
That places Central America 25th out of 28 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Food Retail — Energy Use in Central America, year by year
| Year | TJ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 4,124 TJ | — |
| 1994 | 4,243 TJ | +2.9% |
| 1995 | 4,494 TJ | +5.9% |
| 1996 | 4,787 TJ | +6.5% |
| 1997 | 4,662 TJ | -2.6% |
| 1998 | 4,560 TJ | -2.2% |
| 1999 | 4,554 TJ | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 3,839 TJ | -15.7% |
| 2001 | 4,071 TJ | +6.0% |
| 2002 | 4,408 TJ | +8.3% |
| 2003 | 3,683 TJ | -16.5% |
| 2004 | 3,702 TJ | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 4,511 TJ | +21.9% |
| 2006 | 5,142 TJ | +14.0% |
| 2007 | 4,709 TJ | -8.4% |
| 2008 | 5,964 TJ | +26.7% |
| 2009 | 5,210 TJ | -12.6% |
| 2010 | 5,650 TJ | +8.4% |
| 2011 | 5,197 TJ | -8.0% |
| 2012 | 5,609 TJ | +7.9% |
| 2013 | 5,789 TJ | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 6,803 TJ | +17.5% |
| 2015 | 6,794 TJ | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 6,547 TJ | -3.6% |
| 2017 | 6,758 TJ | +3.2% |
| 2018 | 6,845 TJ | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 6,139 TJ | -10.3% |
| 2020 | 5,320 TJ | -13.3% |
| 2021 | 6,623 TJ | +24.5% |
| 2022 | 6,717 TJ | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 5,589 TJ | -16.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4,489 TJ | 4,124 TJ | 4,787 TJ | 7 |
| 2000s | 4,524 TJ | 3,683 TJ | 5,964 TJ | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,213 TJ | 5,197 TJ | 6,845 TJ | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,062 TJ | 5,320 TJ | 6,717 TJ | 4 |
Countries ranked near Central America
More climate change data for Central America
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 153,880 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 39,309 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 114,571 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 148.34 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 4,092 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 19,754 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 18,504 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 1,250 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 69.83 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 44.64 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is food retail — energy use in Central America?
- Food retail — energy use in Central America was 5,589 TJ in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest food retail — energy use recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 6,845 TJ in 2018.
- What is the lowest food retail — energy use recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,683 TJ in 2003.
- How does Central America rank for food retail — energy use?
- Central America ranks 25th out of 28 groups with data for 2023.
- Is food retail — energy use rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Central America data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Food Retail — Energy Use (Natural Gas, including LNG). 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.