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What you should know about this indicator

This indicator measures the energy directly consumed by agriculture, forestry and fishing, such as fuels and electricity. It does not include energy embedded in inputs like fertilizers or machinery.

Share of energy used in agriculture, forestry and fishing
Energy consumed by agriculture, forestry and fishing as a percentage of total final energy consumption.
Source
United Nations Statistics Division (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Last updated
July 10, 2026
Next expected update
July 2027
Date range
1990–2023
Unit
%

Sources and processing

This data is based on the following sources

United Nations Statistics Division – Energy Balances

The Energy Balances show the overall picture of the yearly production, trade, transformation and consumption of energy products for more than 200 countries and areas, with all flows expressed in a common energy unit. They are compiled by the United Nations Statistics Division.

Retrieved on
July 10, 2026
Retrieved from
https://unstats.un.org/unsd/energystats/dataPortal/
Citation
This is the citation of the original data obtained from the source, prior to any processing or adaptation by Our World in Data. To cite data downloaded from this page, please use the suggested citation given in Reuse This Work below.
Energy Balances, United Nations Statistics Division via UNdata (2026).

The Energy Balances show the overall picture of the yearly production, trade, transformation and consumption of energy products for more than 200 countries and areas, with all flows expressed in a common energy unit. They are compiled by the United Nations Statistics Division.

Retrieved on
July 10, 2026
Retrieved from
https://unstats.un.org/unsd/energystats/dataPortal/
Citation
This is the citation of the original data obtained from the source, prior to any processing or adaptation by Our World in Data. To cite data downloaded from this page, please use the suggested citation given in Reuse This Work below.
Energy Balances, United Nations Statistics Division via UNdata (2026).

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All data and visualizations on Our World in Data rely on data sourced from one or several original data providers. Preparing this original data involves several processing steps. Depending on the data, this can include standardizing country names and world region definitions, converting units, calculating derived indicators such as per capita measures, as well as adding or adapting metadata such as the name or the description given to an indicator.

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Notes on our processing step for this indicator
  • We compute this indicator by dividing the energy consumed by agriculture, forestry and fishing by total final energy consumption (which excludes non-energy uses of fuels).
  • For regions, we sum both flows across the countries that report agricultural energy use, and then take the ratio. Regional values are only shown for years when those countries account for at least 70% of the region's reported final energy consumption.
  • We exclude a small number of country-years in the most recent years of data where agricultural energy use collapses due to incomplete source data (for example, India in 2023).

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To cite this page overall, including any descriptions, FAQs or explanations of the data authored by Our World in Data, please use the following citation:

“Data Page: Share of energy used in agriculture, forestry and fishing”, part of the following publication: Hannah Ritchie, Pablo Rosado, and Max Roser (2023) - “Agricultural Production”. Data adapted from United Nations Statistics Division. Retrieved from https://archive.ourworldindata.org/20260713-121812/grapher/share-of-total-energy-used-in-agriculture-and-forestry.html [online resource] (archived on July 13, 2026).

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United Nations Statistics Division (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data

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United Nations Statistics Division (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. “Share of energy used in agriculture, forestry and fishing” [dataset]. United Nations Statistics Division, “Energy Balances” [original data]. Retrieved July 13, 2026 from https://archive.ourworldindata.org/20260713-121812/grapher/share-of-total-energy-used-in-agriculture-and-forestry.html (archived on July 13, 2026).

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