Food Retail — Energy Use in Greenland
Greenland: Food Retail — Energy Use was 171.32 TJ in 2023. ▲ Rising
Food Retail — Energy Use in Greenland, 2004–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in TJ.
Analysis
The most recent figure for food retail — energy use in Greenland is 171.32 TJ, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 7.1% on the previous year and up 13.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, food retail — energy use in Greenland peaked at 184.38 TJ in 2022 and was at its lowest, 70.44 TJ, in 2004.
Greenland ranks 160th of 184 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Food Retail — Energy Use in Greenland, year by year
| Year | TJ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 70.44 TJ | — |
| 2005 | 73.74 TJ | +4.7% |
| 2006 | 81.39 TJ | +10.4% |
| 2007 | 83.59 TJ | +2.7% |
| 2008 | 88.78 TJ | +6.2% |
| 2009 | 145.06 TJ | +63.4% |
| 2010 | 136.58 TJ | -5.8% |
| 2011 | 153.22 TJ | +12.2% |
| 2012 | 157.73 TJ | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 150.7 TJ | -4.5% |
| 2014 | 157.02 TJ | +4.2% |
| 2015 | 164.29 TJ | +4.6% |
| 2016 | 153.56 TJ | -6.5% |
| 2017 | 155.39 TJ | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 176.67 TJ | +13.7% |
| 2019 | 159.5 TJ | -9.7% |
| 2020 | 176.44 TJ | +10.6% |
| 2021 | 169.9 TJ | -3.7% |
| 2022 | 184.38 TJ | +8.5% |
| 2023 | 171.32 TJ | -7.1% |
Greenland compared with similar countries
- Greenland's 171.32 TJ is below the median for high income countries, which is 16,943 TJ, 1% of the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Greenland's 171.32 TJ is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 20,848 TJ, 1% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Food Retail — Energy Use in Greenland 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +63.4% | 88.78 TJ | 145.06 TJ |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 90.5 TJ | 70.44 TJ | 145.06 TJ | 6 |
| 2010s | 156.46 TJ | 136.58 TJ | 176.67 TJ | 10 |
| 2020s | 175.51 TJ | 169.9 TJ | 184.38 TJ | 4 |
Countries ranked near Greenland
- 157 Saint Kitts and Nevis 205.2 TJ compare
- 158 Samoa 181.21 TJ compare
- 159 Eritrea 180.05 TJ compare
- 161 China, Macao SAR 142.63 TJ compare
- 162 Sierra Leone 142.13 TJ compare
- 163 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 123.82 TJ compare
More climate change data for Greenland
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 148,208 kg (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 0.8215 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 0.8215 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 0.0031 kt (2050)
- Synthetic Fertilizers — Emissions (CO2eq) 0.8215 kt (2050)
- Synthetic Fertilizers — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 0.8215 kt (2050)
- Synthetic Fertilizers — Emissions 0.0031 kt (2050)
- Synthetic Fertilizers — Direct emissions 0.0023 kt (2050)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Indirect emissions (N2O that) 0.0002 kt (2050)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Indirect emissions (N2O that leaches) 0.0005 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is food retail — energy use in Greenland?
- Food retail — energy use in Greenland was 171.32 TJ in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest food retail — energy use recorded in Greenland?
- The highest recorded value was 184.38 TJ in 2022.
- What is the lowest food retail — energy use recorded in Greenland?
- The lowest recorded value was 70.44 TJ in 2004.
- How does Greenland rank for food retail — energy use?
- Greenland ranks 160th out of 184 countries with data for 2023.
- Is food retail — energy use rising or falling in Greenland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Greenland 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.