Food Transport — Energy Use (Coal) by country

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...

Countries reporting
37
Highest
2,241 TJ
China, mainland
Lowest
0.1635 TJ
Sri Lanka
Median
13.29 TJ
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
1,438

What the numbers show

Food Transport — Energy Use (Coal) is currently reported for 37 countries. The highest value is 2,241 TJ in China, mainland; the lowest is 0.1635 TJ in Sri Lanka.

The median across all reporting countries is 13.29 TJ, and the mean is 153.95 TJ.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 13,705.

Over the past decade 12 countries rose and 21 fell. The largest increase was in Colombia (up 1,479.0%), and the largest decrease in India (down 99.8%).

Food Transport — Energy Use: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China, mainland 2,241 TJ 2023 down 86.1% volatile
1 China 2,241 TJ 2023 down 86.1% volatile
3 Indonesia 422.53 TJ 1995 up 75.4% rising
4 Germany 153.31 TJ 2002 up 83.0% volatile
5 Kazakhstan 102.37 TJ 2023 up 295.0% rising
6 OECD 68.12 TJ 2023 down 9.5% volatile
7 Colombia 66.6 TJ 2012 up 1,479.0% volatile
8 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 62.2 TJ 2023 up 12.0% volatile
9 Zimbabwe 55.65 TJ 2023 up 20.9% volatile
10 Nepal 39.99 TJ 1997 up 900.0% volatile
11 Viet Nam 35.99 TJ 1996 down 64.0% falling
12 Uzbekistan 25.15 TJ 2023 up 3.3% rising
13 Hungary 22.77 TJ 2005 volatile
14 Poland 22.6 TJ 1998 down 95.8% volatile
15 Belarus 19.62 TJ 2023 down 54.3% falling
16 Eswatini 16 TJ 1994 volatile
17 India 14.93 TJ 2003 down 99.8% volatile
18 Republic of Moldova 14.4 TJ 1997 up 400.0% rising
19 Ukraine 13.29 TJ 2023 down 79.8% volatile
20 New Zealand 12.82 TJ 1998 falling
21 Tajikistan 8.2 TJ 2023 down 5.1% falling
22 Greece 4.22 TJ 1996 unchanged falling
23 Australia and New Zealand 4.18 TJ 2015 up 0.3% volatile
23 Australia 4.18 TJ 2015 up 0.3% rising
25 Türkiye 4.16 TJ 2000 down 95.5% volatile
26 Estonia 3.81 TJ 1998 down 49.7% falling
27 Bulgaria 3.21 TJ 2004 down 80.4% volatile
28 Kyrgyzstan 3.1 TJ 2023 down 0.4% flat
29 Georgia 2.71 TJ 2003 down 88.1% volatile
30 Japan 2.43 TJ 2023 down 69.7% falling
31 Czechia 2.05 TJ 2023 down 66.2% falling
32 Romania 1.24 TJ 2004 down 86.5% volatile
33 Austria 0.5514 TJ 2023 up 9.8% volatile
34 Slovenia 0.4506 TJ 2023 down 55.4% falling
35 Belgium 0.4483 TJ 2023 down 1.7% flat
36 Azerbaijan 0.4294 TJ 2023 down 98.0% volatile
37 Sri Lanka 0.1635 TJ 2011 down 71.4% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Food Transport — Energy Use (Coal)
Unit
TJ
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
65 places, 1,438 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed

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.