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Incidence of caloric losses at retail distribution level (percent)

Name: Incidence of caloric losses at retail distribution level (percent)
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Statistics Division
Keywords: trend-research-500, faostat, social-protection-poverty-food-security, incidence, caloric, losses, retail, distribution, level, percent

Compare incidence of caloric losses at retail distribution level (percent) across 202 countries or territories using one fixed 2025 FAOSTAT reference slice.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Statistics Division•202 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

2.9%

Median: 2.8%

Countries Covered

202

with available data

Highest

Dominican Republic

5.8%

Lowest

Eritrea

1.5%

Top 5 Countries

1Dominican Republic5.8%

2Uganda5.4%

3Oman5.0%

4Ghana4.8%

5Lao People's Democratic Republic4.8%

By Region

Africa3.4%(9 countries)

Other3.1%(121 countries)

South America2.9%(7 countries)

Asia2.9%(27 countries)

North America2.3%(4 countries)

Key Findings

•202 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite % observation in the fixed 2025 slice.
•Dominican Republic has the highest published value (5.76 %).
•Eritrea has the lowest published value (1.51 %).

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (1.5%)High (5.8%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 2.9%)

Africa (9)

Other (121)

South America (7)

Asia (27)

North America (4)

Oceania (2)

Europe (32)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Food Security and Nutrition: Suite of Food Security Indicators: Incidence of caloric losses at retail distribution level (percent). Exact FAOSTAT item/indicator, element and other dimensions are recorded in selectedDimensions.

MapTheory uses only finite ISO-mapped observations from the fixed 2025 FAOSTAT slice recorded below. Aggregates, missing values, non-ISO geographies, conflicting duplicate observations, and every other year or dimension slice are excluded; MapTheory never imputes or interpolates missing countries.

Methodology

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Dominican Republic	5.8%
2	Uganda	5.4%
3	Oman	5.0%
4	Ghana	4.8%
5	Lao People's Democratic Republic	4.8%
6	Sao Tome and Principe	4.7%
7	Democratic Republic of the Congo	4.7%
8	Burundi	4.7%
9	Gabon	4.6%
10	Malawi	4.6%
11	Cambodia	4.6%
12	Papua New Guinea	4.5%
13	South Sudan	4.3%
14	Guyana	4.3%
15	Dominica	4.3%
16	Angola	4.3%
17	Mongolia	4.2%
18	People's Republic of China	4.1%
19	Rwanda	4.0%
20	Republic of the Congo	4.0%
21	Seychelles	4.0%
22	Maldives	3.9%
23	Comoros	3.9%
24	Cote d'Ivoire	3.8%
25	Kenya	3.8%
26	Cameroon	3.8%
27	Bahamas	3.7%
28	Algeria	3.6%
29	Guinea	3.6%
30	Türkiye	3.6%
31	Central African Republic	3.6%
32	Antigua and Barbuda	3.6%
33	Tunisia	3.5%
34	Nigeria	3.5%
35	Saudi Arabia	3.5%
36	Zimbabwe	3.5%
37	Solomon Islands	3.5%
38	Vietnam	3.5%
39	Kuwait	3.4%
40	United Republic of Tanzania	3.4%
41	Peru	3.4%
42	Libya	3.4%
43	Egypt	3.4%
44	Sierra Leone	3.3%
45	Mali	3.3%
46	Mozambique	3.3%
47	Samoa	3.2%
48	Benin	3.2%
49	Nepal	3.2%
50	Indonesia	3.2%
51	North Korea	3.2%
52	Bangladesh	3.1%
53	Pakistan	3.1%
54	Mauritius	3.1%
55	Vanuatu	3.1%
56	Cape Verde	3.1%
57	Qatar	3.1%
58	Syrian Arab Republic	3.1%
59	Liberia	3.1%
60	Niger	3.1%
61	Lebanon	3.1%
62	Uruguay	3.0%
63	India	3.0%
64	Colombia	3.0%
65	Cook Islands	3.0%
66	Equatorial Guinea	3.0%
67	Greenland	3.0%
68	Niue	3.0%
69	Marshall Islands	3.0%
70	Palau	3.0%
71	Puerto Rico	3.0%
72	Singapore	3.0%
73	Tokelau	3.0%
74	Tonga	3.0%
75	Tuvalu	3.0%
76	American Samoa	3.0%
77	Andorra	3.0%
78	Bermuda	3.0%
79	Lesotho	3.0%
80	Madagascar	3.0%
81	Bolivia	3.0%
82	Jamaica	3.0%
83	United Arab Emirates	3.0%
84	Fiji	3.0%
85	Grenada	3.0%
86	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	3.0%
87	Zambia	3.0%
88	Mauritania	2.9%
89	Sudan	2.9%
90	Chad	2.9%
91	Albania	2.9%
92	Hong Kong	2.9%
93	State of Palestine	2.9%
94	Malaysia	2.9%
95	Mexico	2.9%
96	Philippines	2.9%
97	Burkina Faso	2.9%
98	Islamic Republic of Iran	2.8%
99	Bahrain	2.8%
100	Myanmar	2.8%
101	Sri Lanka	2.8%
102	Senegal	2.8%
103	Argentina	2.8%
104	Costa Rica	2.8%
105	Brazil	2.8%
106	El Salvador	2.8%
107	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2.8%
108	Chile	2.8%
109	Macao	2.7%
110	Morocco	2.7%
111	Timor-Leste	2.7%
112	Uzbekistan	2.7%
113	Eswatini	2.7%
114	Barbados	2.7%
115	Panama	2.7%
116	Haiti	2.7%
117	Saint Lucia	2.7%
118	Togo	2.7%
119	Namibia	2.7%
120	Djibouti	2.7%
121	Jordan	2.7%
122	South Africa	2.6%
123	Afghanistan	2.6%
124	Cuba	2.6%
125	Saint Kitts and Nevis	2.6%
126	Ecuador	2.6%
127	Somalia	2.6%
128	Kyrgyzstan	2.6%
129	Micronesia, Federated States of	2.6%
130	Guinea-Bissau	2.6%
131	Ukraine	2.6%
132	Venezuela	2.5%
133	Iraq	2.5%
134	New Zealand	2.5%
135	Turkmenistan	2.5%
136	Armenia	2.5%
137	Thailand	2.5%
138	Moldova, Republic of	2.5%
139	Belarus	2.5%
140	Taiwan, Province of China	2.5%
141	Bhutan	2.5%
142	Azerbaijan	2.4%
143	Serbia	2.4%
144	Tajikistan	2.4%
145	The Republic of North Macedonia	2.4%
146	Kazakhstan	2.4%
147	Paraguay	2.4%
148	Trinidad and Tobago	2.4%
149	Botswana	2.4%
150	French Polynesia	2.3%
151	Ethiopia	2.3%
152	Guatemala	2.3%
153	Portugal	2.3%
154	South Korea	2.3%
155	Israel	2.3%
156	Belize	2.3%
157	Yemen	2.3%
158	Iceland	2.2%
159	Suriname	2.2%
160	Kiribati	2.2%
161	Croatia	2.2%
162	Republic of The Gambia	2.2%
163	Japan	2.2%
164	New Caledonia	2.1%
165	Slovenia	2.1%
166	Montenegro	2.1%
167	Spain	2.1%
168	Honduras	2.1%
169	Australia	2.1%
170	Malta	2.0%
171	Nauru	2.0%
172	Netherlands	2.0%
173	Russian Federation	2.0%
174	Canada	2.0%
175	Finland	2.0%
176	Greece	2.0%
177	Georgia	2.0%
178	Romania	2.0%
179	Denmark	2.0%
180	United Kingdom	2.0%
181	Cyprus	2.0%
182	Norway	2.0%
183	United States of America	2.0%
184	Luxembourg	1.9%
185	Ireland	1.9%
186	France	1.9%
187	Lithuania	1.9%
188	Poland	1.9%
189	Latvia	1.9%
190	Sweden	1.8%
191	Italy	1.8%
192	Switzerland	1.8%
193	Germany	1.7%
194	Slovakia	1.7%
195	Bulgaria	1.7%
196	Hungary	1.7%
197	Belgium	1.7%
198	Estonia	1.7%
199	Austria	1.7%
200	Czech Republic	1.6%
201	Brunei Darussalam	1.6%
202	Eritrea	1.5%

Showing 202 of 202 countries

Topics

#trend-research-500 #faostat #social-protection-poverty-food-security #incidence #caloric #losses #retail #distribution #level #percent

Data Source

This data comes from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Statistics Division (2025).

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