Food Retail — Energy Use in China
China: Food Retail — Energy Use was 4,395 TJ in 2023. ▲ Rising
Food Retail — Energy Use in China, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in TJ.
Analysis
China recorded 4,395 TJ for food retail — energy use in 2023.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and down 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, food retail — energy use in China peaked at 5,387 TJ in 2017 and was at its lowest, 1,081 TJ, in 1990.
That places China 37th out of 71 countries with data for 2023, putting it 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 China, year by year
| Year | TJ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1,081 TJ | — |
| 1991 | 1,265 TJ | +16.9% |
| 1992 | 1,380 TJ | +9.1% |
| 1993 | 1,551 TJ | +12.4% |
| 1994 | 1,672 TJ | +7.8% |
| 1995 | 1,671 TJ | -0.0% |
| 1996 | 1,708 TJ | +2.2% |
| 1997 | 1,758 TJ | +3.0% |
| 1998 | 1,833 TJ | +4.3% |
| 1999 | 2,069 TJ | +12.8% |
| 2000 | 2,200 TJ | +6.3% |
| 2001 | 2,262 TJ | +2.8% |
| 2002 | 2,286 TJ | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 2,749 TJ | +20.3% |
| 2004 | 3,188 TJ | +16.0% |
| 2005 | 3,703 TJ | +16.1% |
| 2006 | 3,824 TJ | +3.3% |
| 2007 | 3,894 TJ | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 4,318 TJ | +10.9% |
| 2009 | 4,469 TJ | +3.5% |
| 2010 | 5,235 TJ | +17.2% |
| 2011 | 4,606 TJ | -12.0% |
| 2012 | 4,057 TJ | -11.9% |
| 2013 | 4,555 TJ | +12.3% |
| 2014 | 4,994 TJ | +9.6% |
| 2015 | 5,093 TJ | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 5,281 TJ | +3.7% |
| 2017 | 5,387 TJ | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 4,711 TJ | -12.6% |
| 2019 | 4,675 TJ | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 4,502 TJ | -3.7% |
| 2021 | 4,327 TJ | -3.9% |
| 2022 | 4,361 TJ | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 4,395 TJ | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,599 TJ | 1,081 TJ | 2,069 TJ | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,289 TJ | 2,200 TJ | 4,469 TJ | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,859 TJ | 4,057 TJ | 5,387 TJ | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,396 TJ | 4,327 TJ | 4,502 TJ | 4 |
Countries ranked near China
More climate change data for China
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 604,831 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 191,478 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 413,353 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 722.56 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 14,763 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 342,069 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 200,605 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 141,464 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 757 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 5,052 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is food retail — energy use in China?
- Food retail — energy use in China was 4,395 TJ in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest food retail — energy use recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 5,387 TJ in 2017.
- What is the lowest food retail — energy use recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,081 TJ in 1990.
- How does China rank for food retail — energy use?
- China ranks 37th out of 71 countries with data for 2023.
- Is food retail — energy use rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China 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.