Food Retail — Energy Use (Total) in Iceland
Iceland: Food Retail — Energy Use (Total) was 6,942 TJ in 2023. ▲ Rising
Food Retail — Energy Use in Iceland, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in TJ.
Analysis
Iceland recorded 6,942 TJ for food retail — energy use in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 39.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, food retail — energy use in Iceland peaked at 7,265 TJ in 2019 and was at its lowest, 2,356 TJ, in 1990.
Iceland ranks 84th of 203 countries on this measure, 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 (Total) in Iceland, year by year
| Year | TJ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 2,356 TJ | — |
| 1991 | 2,413 TJ | +2.4% |
| 1992 | 2,421 TJ | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 2,444 TJ | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 2,569 TJ | +5.1% |
| 1995 | 2,551 TJ | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 2,381 TJ | -6.7% |
| 1997 | 2,437 TJ | +2.3% |
| 1998 | 2,647 TJ | +8.6% |
| 1999 | 2,789 TJ | +5.4% |
| 2000 | 2,956 TJ | +6.0% |
| 2001 | 3,020 TJ | +2.1% |
| 2002 | 3,092 TJ | +2.4% |
| 2003 | 3,068 TJ | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 3,227 TJ | +5.2% |
| 2005 | 3,310 TJ | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 3,383 TJ | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 4,408 TJ | +30.3% |
| 2008 | 4,549 TJ | +3.2% |
| 2009 | 4,547 TJ | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 4,610 TJ | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 4,705 TJ | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 4,902 TJ | +4.2% |
| 2013 | 4,970 TJ | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 5,059 TJ | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 5,552 TJ | +9.7% |
| 2016 | 5,897 TJ | +6.2% |
| 2017 | 5,700 TJ | -3.4% |
| 2018 | 6,655 TJ | +16.8% |
| 2019 | 7,265 TJ | +9.2% |
| 2020 | 6,736 TJ | -7.3% |
| 2021 | 6,808 TJ | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 6,926 TJ | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 6,942 TJ | +0.2% |
Iceland compared with similar countries
- Iceland's 6,942 TJ is below the median for high income countries, which is 16,943 TJ, 41% of the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Iceland's 6,942 TJ is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 20,848 TJ, 33% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Food Retail — Energy Use (Total) in Iceland 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | +30.3% | 3,383 TJ | 4,408 TJ |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,501 TJ | 2,356 TJ | 2,789 TJ | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,556 TJ | 2,956 TJ | 4,549 TJ | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,532 TJ | 4,610 TJ | 7,265 TJ | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,853 TJ | 6,736 TJ | 6,942 TJ | 4 |
Countries ranked near Iceland
More climate change data for Iceland
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 16.80 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 462.45 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 110.24 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 352.21 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 0.416 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 12.58 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 92.86 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 92.86 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 0.3504 kt (2050)
- Synthetic Fertilizers — Emissions (CO2eq) 92.72 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is food retail — energy use in Iceland?
- Food retail — energy use in Iceland was 6,942 TJ in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest food retail — energy use recorded in Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 7,265 TJ in 2019.
- What is the lowest food retail — energy use recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,356 TJ in 1990.
- How does Iceland rank for food retail — energy use?
- Iceland ranks 84th out of 203 countries with data for 2023.
- Is food retail — energy use rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 39.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iceland 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 Emissions from Pre- and Post-Agricultural Production provides estimates of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and related activity data associated with pre- and post-production stages of agrifood systems. The domain includes methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), fluorinated gases (F-gases) and their aggregates expressed in carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2eq). Estimates are computed following Tier 1 methods of the IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014) and are disseminated annually.