Food Retail — Energy Use in Europe
Europe: Food Retail — Energy Use was 2.36 million TJ in 2023. ▲ Rising
Food Retail — Energy Use in Europe, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in TJ.
Analysis
In 2023, food retail — energy use in Europe stood at 2.36 million TJ.
The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and down 7.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, food retail — energy use in Europe peaked at 2.63 million TJ in 2010 and was at its lowest, 1.56 million TJ, in 1992.
Europe ranks 5th of 31 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Food Retail — Energy Use in Europe, year by year
| Year | TJ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1.97 million TJ | — |
| 1991 | 2.22 million TJ | +13.0% |
| 1992 | 1.56 million TJ | -29.8% |
| 1993 | 1.63 million TJ | +4.9% |
| 1994 | 1.70 million TJ | +4.0% |
| 1995 | 1.67 million TJ | -2.0% |
| 1996 | 1.74 million TJ | +4.4% |
| 1997 | 1.68 million TJ | -3.2% |
| 1998 | 1.74 million TJ | +3.3% |
| 1999 | 1.79 million TJ | +3.1% |
| 2000 | 1.80 million TJ | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 1.82 million TJ | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 1.80 million TJ | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 1.98 million TJ | +9.6% |
| 2004 | 2.05 million TJ | +3.9% |
| 2005 | 2.32 million TJ | +12.8% |
| 2006 | 2.39 million TJ | +3.2% |
| 2007 | 2.39 million TJ | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 2.54 million TJ | +6.5% |
| 2009 | 2.55 million TJ | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 2.63 million TJ | +3.3% |
| 2011 | 2.44 million TJ | -7.2% |
| 2012 | 2.51 million TJ | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 2.54 million TJ | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 2.36 million TJ | -6.9% |
| 2015 | 2.43 million TJ | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 2.43 million TJ | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 2.45 million TJ | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 2.43 million TJ | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 2.45 million TJ | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 2.32 million TJ | -5.3% |
| 2021 | 2.52 million TJ | +8.5% |
| 2022 | 2.34 million TJ | -6.9% |
| 2023 | 2.36 million TJ | +0.8% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Food Retail — Energy Use in Europe changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | -29.8% | 2.22 million TJ | 1.56 million TJ |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.77 million TJ | 1.56 million TJ | 2.22 million TJ | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.16 million TJ | 1.80 million TJ | 2.55 million TJ | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.47 million TJ | 2.36 million TJ | 2.63 million TJ | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.39 million TJ | 2.32 million TJ | 2.52 million TJ | 4 |
Countries ranked near Europe
- 2 Japan 544,084 TJ compare
- 2 Türkiye 220,699 TJ compare
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 207,082 TJ compare
- 3 Russian Federation 531,635 TJ compare
- 4 Brazil 313,039 TJ compare
- 5 Germany 310,156 TJ compare
- 6 Republic of Korea 276,317 TJ compare
- 6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 49,931 TJ compare
- 7 France 243,311 TJ compare
- 7 Viet Nam 39,165 TJ compare
- 8 Canada 204,249 TJ compare
- 8 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 11,602 TJ compare
More climate change data for Europe
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 14.60 billion kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 471,113 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 102,735 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 368,378 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 387.68 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 13,156 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 121,153 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 110,533 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 10,621 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 417.1 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is food retail — energy use in Europe?
- Food retail — energy use in Europe was 2.36 million TJ in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest food retail — energy use recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 2.63 million TJ in 2010.
- What is the lowest food retail — energy use recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.56 million TJ in 1992.
- How does Europe rank for food retail — energy use?
- Europe ranks 5th out of 31 groups with data for 2023.
- Is food retail — energy use rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Europe data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Food Retail — Energy Use (Total). 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.