Food Transport — Energy Use (Total) 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
76
Highest
71,534 TJ
China
Lowest
0.1635 TJ
Sri Lanka
Median
103.88 TJ
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
2,943

What the numbers show

Food Transport — Energy Use (Total) is currently reported for 76 countries. The highest value is 71,534 TJ in China; the lowest is 0.1635 TJ in Sri Lanka.

The median across all reporting countries is 103.88 TJ, and the mean is 3,879 TJ.

Over the past decade 43 countries rose and 30 fell. The largest increase was in India (up 19,035.1%), and the largest decrease in Sweden (down 87.7%).

Food Transport — Energy Use: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 71,534 TJ 2023 up 56.3% rising
2 China, mainland 71,512 TJ 2023 up 56.3% rising
2 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 38,144 TJ 2023 up 42.9% volatile
3 Uzbekistan 19,172 TJ 2023 up 7,451.6% volatile
4 India 17,146 TJ 2023 up 19,035.1% volatile
4 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 3,376 TJ 2023 up 23.1% volatile
5 OECD 14,636 TJ 2023 up 9.0% volatile
5 Türkiye 361.81 TJ 2023 down 0.4% volatile
6 Argentina 9,624 TJ 2023 down 9.4% falling
7 Brazil 8,813 TJ 2023 up 10.5% volatile
7 Viet Nam 35.99 TJ 1996 down 64.0% falling
8 Thailand 5,314 TJ 2023 down 58.2% volatile
8 Republic of Moldova 22.5 TJ 2023 up 214.6% volatile
9 Republic of Korea 4,723 TJ 2023 down 21.2% rising
10 Bangladesh 4,530 TJ 2023 down 2.4% volatile
11 Peru 3,809 TJ 2023 up 15.5% rising
12 Egypt 3,653 TJ 2023 up 90.8% rising
13 Pakistan 2,649 TJ 2023 down 73.4% volatile
14 Italy 2,392 TJ 2023 down 13.2% rising
15 Armenia 2,130 TJ 2023 up 10.8% rising
16 Colombia 1,827 TJ 2023 down 41.8% volatile
17 Russian Federation 1,192 TJ 2023 up 478.1% volatile
18 France 1,082 TJ 2023 up 259.4% volatile
19 Myanmar 848.54 TJ 2023 down 3.1% volatile
20 Spain 835.7 TJ 2023 up 255.7% volatile
21 Georgia 835.3 TJ 2023 up 88.1% volatile
22 Germany 524.93 TJ 2023 down 12.2% volatile
23 Norway 327.79 TJ 2023 down 9.4% volatile
24 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 319.23 TJ 2023 up 474.9% volatile
25 Czechia 259.48 TJ 2023 up 397.1% volatile
25 Caribbean 99.81 TJ 2023 down 4.5% rising
26 Canada 255.64 TJ 2023 up 56.4% falling
27 Bulgaria 218.22 TJ 2023 down 9.3% volatile
28 Belgium 215.51 TJ 2023 up 7,280.4% volatile
29 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 209.71 TJ 2023 up 135.9% volatile
30 Malaysia 183.46 TJ 2023 down 86.2% volatile
31 Indonesia 164.25 TJ 2023 up 27.0% volatile
32 Kazakhstan 127.71 TJ 2023 up 392.7% volatile
33 Serbia 112.6 TJ 2023 up 491.7% volatile
34 Portugal 110.74 TJ 2023 up 163.4% volatile
35 Ukraine 107.95 TJ 2023 down 61.2% volatile
36 Dominican Republic 99.81 TJ 2023 down 4.5% rising
37 Australia 98.28 TJ 2023 down 71.0% volatile
37 Australia and New Zealand 98.28 TJ 2023 down 71.3% flat
39 Poland 94.85 TJ 2023 — volatile
40 Japan 92.61 TJ 2023 down 79.1% volatile
41 Greece 85.34 TJ 2023 up 87.3% volatile
42 Mexico 76.01 TJ 2023 down 17.2% volatile
43 Azerbaijan 65.31 TJ 2023 up 204.2% volatile
44 Switzerland 64.36 TJ 2023 down 24.0% rising
45 Austria 62.2 TJ 2023 up 17.2% volatile
46 Estonia 56.35 TJ 2023 up 1,829.7% volatile
47 Zimbabwe 55.65 TJ 2023 up 20.9% volatile
48 Chile 42.36 TJ 2023 down 70.6% volatile
49 Belarus 41.21 TJ 2023 down 53.7% volatile
50 Nepal 39.99 TJ 1997 up 900.0% volatile
51 Denmark 37.26 TJ 2023 up 507.7% rising
52 Finland 34.6 TJ 2023 up 196.2% volatile
53 Lithuania 33.29 TJ 2023 up 145.2% rising
54 Bosnia and Herzegovina 28.49 TJ 2023 up 6,375.0% volatile
55 Hungary 25.77 TJ 2023 up 592.2% volatile
56 Sweden 22.08 TJ 2023 down 87.7% volatile
57 China, Macao SAR 21.22 TJ 2023 up 502.8% volatile
58 Mozambique 18.62 TJ 2023 up 110.8% volatile
59 Slovenia 16.85 TJ 2023 up 354.0% volatile
60 Eswatini 16 TJ 1994 — volatile
61 Croatia 12.31 TJ 2023 up 134.2% rising
62 North Macedonia 8.35 TJ 2023 up 1,134.0% volatile
63 Tajikistan 8.2 TJ 2023 — volatile
64 Latvia 6.98 TJ 2023 up 9,772.1% volatile
65 Kyrgyzstan 3.1 TJ 2023 down 44.8% volatile
66 Romania 1.24 TJ 2004 down 86.5% volatile
67 New Zealand 0.8899 TJ 2018 down 78.7% volatile
68 South Africa 0.8694 TJ 2023 down 1.2% volatile
69 Philippines 0.4292 TJ 2014 up 1,594.9% volatile
70 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.

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Indicator
Food Transport — Energy Use (Total)
Unit
TJ
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
108 places, 2,943 data points, 1990–2023
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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.