Food Retail — Energy Use in Northern America
Northern America: Food Retail — Energy Use was 798,805 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 798,805 TJ.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 11.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, food retail — energy use in Northern America peaked at 809,626 TJ in 2019 and was at its lowest, 582,730 TJ, in 1990.
That places Northern America 4th out of 28 groups with data for 2023, putting it 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 | 582,730 TJ | — |
| 1991 | 606,879 TJ | +4.1% |
| 1992 | 623,787 TJ | +2.8% |
| 1993 | 636,645 TJ | +2.1% |
| 1994 | 640,840 TJ | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 668,739 TJ | +4.4% |
| 1996 | 697,221 TJ | +4.3% |
| 1997 | 708,796 TJ | +1.7% |
| 1998 | 662,651 TJ | -6.5% |
| 1999 | 674,840 TJ | +1.8% |
| 2000 | 703,477 TJ | +4.2% |
| 2001 | 672,754 TJ | -4.4% |
| 2002 | 701,211 TJ | +4.2% |
| 2003 | 710,789 TJ | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 693,866 TJ | -2.4% |
| 2005 | 667,600 TJ | -3.8% |
| 2006 | 630,493 TJ | -5.6% |
| 2007 | 669,533 TJ | +6.2% |
| 2008 | 697,527 TJ | +4.2% |
| 2009 | 692,625 TJ | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 683,001 TJ | -1.4% |
| 2011 | 694,245 TJ | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 635,158 TJ | -8.5% |
| 2013 | 717,235 TJ | +12.9% |
| 2014 | 760,095 TJ | +6.0% |
| 2015 | 706,782 TJ | -7.0% |
| 2016 | 703,444 TJ | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 723,912 TJ | +2.9% |
| 2018 | 803,218 TJ | +11.0% |
| 2019 | 809,626 TJ | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 735,437 TJ | -9.2% |
| 2021 | 752,309 TJ | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 799,984 TJ | +6.3% |
| 2023 | 798,805 TJ | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 650,313 TJ | 582,730 TJ | 708,796 TJ | 10 |
| 2000s | 683,988 TJ | 630,493 TJ | 710,789 TJ | 10 |
| 2010s | 723,672 TJ | 635,158 TJ | 809,626 TJ | 10 |
| 2020s | 771,634 TJ | 735,437 TJ | 799,984 TJ | 4 |
Countries ranked near Northern America
- 1 OECD 1.67 million TJ compare
- 2 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 135,884 TJ compare
- 2 Turkmenistan 171,026 TJ compare
- 3 Germany 150,735 TJ compare
- 3 Türkiye 74,192 TJ compare
- 4 Japan 136,864 TJ compare
- 4 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 5,473 TJ compare
- 5 Oman 113,543 TJ compare
- 6 Canada 108,377 TJ compare
- 7 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1,651 TJ compare
- 7 Italy 87,989 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 798,805 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 809,626 TJ in 2019.
- What is the lowest food retail — energy use recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 582,730 TJ in 1990.
- How does Northern America rank for food retail — energy use?
- Northern America ranks 4th out of 28 groups with data for 2023.
- Is food retail — energy use rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.4%. 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 (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.