environmental2022
Out-of-home food waste per capita
Compare out-of-home food waste per capita across 233 ISO-mapped countries or territories using the fixed 2022 UN SDG Global Database slice.
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Key Insights
Global Average
30.4kg per person
Median: 31.1kg per person
Countries Covered
233
with available data
Highest
Canada
79.7kg per person
Lowest
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
0.0kg per person
Top 5 Countries
1Canada79.7kg per person
2United States of America73.7kg per person
3Mexico64.4kg per person
4Australia58.2kg per person
5Greenland51.7kg per person
By Region
Key Findings
- •233 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite 2022 observation in the selected slice.
- •Canada has the highest published value (79.69538 kg per person).
- •Falkland Islands (Malvinas) has the lowest published value (0 kg per person).
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (0.0kg per person)High (79.7kg per person)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 30.4kg per person)
About This Statistic
Per-capita food waste from out-of-home consumption, including food service settings.
MapTheory retains one fixed year, unit and dimension slice. Only finite ISO-mapped observations are included; aggregates, missing values, non-ISO geographies, conflicting duplicates and other dimensions are excluded. No values are estimated or imputed by MapTheory.
Methodology
Per-capita food waste from out-of-home consumption, including food service settings.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canada | 79.7kg per person |
| 2 | United States of America | 73.7kg per person |
| 3 | Mexico | 64.4kg per person |
| 4 | Australia | 58.2kg per person |
| 5 | Greenland | 51.7kg per person |
| 6 | Malta | 51.0kg per person |
| 7 | Malaysia | 49.5kg per person |
| 8 | Grenada | 49.3kg per person |
| 9 | Belize | 48.1kg per person |
| 10 | Haiti | 47.8kg per person |
| 11 | Nicaragua | 47.8kg per person |
| 12 | Honduras | 47.8kg per person |
| 13 | Bolivia | 47.7kg per person |
| 14 | Suriname | 47.7kg per person |
| 15 | Jamaica | 47.6kg per person |
| 16 | Saint Lucia | 47.6kg per person |
| 17 | El Salvador | 47.6kg per person |
| 18 | Dominican Republic | 47.6kg per person |
| 19 | Peru | 47.5kg per person |
| 20 | Argentina | 47.5kg per person |
| 21 | Brazil | 47.5kg per person |
| 22 | Ecuador | 47.5kg per person |
| 23 | Colombia | 47.5kg per person |
| 24 | Paraguay | 47.5kg per person |
| 25 | Costa Rica | 47.5kg per person |
| 26 | Cuba | 47.5kg per person |
| 27 | Guatemala | 47.5kg per person |
| 28 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 46.5kg per person |
| 29 | Dominica | 45.8kg per person |
| 30 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 45.7kg per person |
| 31 | People's Republic of China | 45.6kg per person |
| 32 | Bermuda | 45.5kg per person |
| 33 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 44.6kg per person |
| 34 | Aruba | 43.9kg per person |
| 35 | Cayman Islands | 43.3kg per person |
| 36 | Virgin Islands, U.S. | 42.7kg per person |
| 37 | Guyana | 42.6kg per person |
| 38 | Panama | 42.5kg per person |
| 39 | Bahamas | 42.5kg per person |
| 40 | Chile | 42.5kg per person |
| 41 | Trinidad and Tobago | 42.5kg per person |
| 42 | Saint Helena | 42.5kg per person |
| 43 | Puerto Rico | 42.5kg per person |
| 44 | Uruguay | 42.5kg per person |
| 45 | Barbados | 42.2kg per person |
| 46 | Curaçao | 42.2kg per person |
| 47 | Antigua and Barbuda | 40.8kg per person |
| 48 | Virgin Islands, British | 40.7kg per person |
| 49 | Cambodia | 40.3kg per person |
| 50 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 40.3kg per person |
| 51 | Vietnam | 40.3kg per person |
| 52 | Myanmar | 40.3kg per person |
| 53 | Philippines | 40.3kg per person |
| 54 | Timor-Leste | 40.3kg per person |
| 55 | Thailand | 40.1kg per person |
| 56 | Indonesia | 40.1kg per person |
| 57 | Saint Martin (French part) | 40.1kg per person |
| 58 | New Zealand | 39.4kg per person |
| 59 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 38.9kg per person |
| 60 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 38.5kg per person |
| 61 | Brunei Darussalam | 35.1kg per person |
| 62 | Singapore | 35.1kg per person |
| 63 | Palau | 34.0kg per person |
| 64 | Maldives | 33.6kg per person |
| 65 | Cyprus | 33.0kg per person |
| 66 | Nepal | 32.5kg per person |
| 67 | Afghanistan | 32.5kg per person |
| 68 | Bangladesh | 32.5kg per person |
| 69 | India | 32.5kg per person |
| 70 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 32.5kg per person |
| 71 | Pakistan | 32.5kg per person |
| 72 | Sri Lanka | 32.5kg per person |
| 73 | Bhutan | 32.4kg per person |
| 74 | Tonga | 31.6kg per person |
| 75 | Sao Tome and Principe | 31.5kg per person |
| 76 | Vanuatu | 31.4kg per person |
| 77 | Comoros | 31.3kg per person |
| 78 | Guinea-Bissau | 31.2kg per person |
| 79 | Lesotho | 31.2kg per person |
| 80 | Republic of The Gambia | 31.2kg per person |
| 81 | Mauritania | 31.2kg per person |
| 82 | Sierra Leone | 31.2kg per person |
| 83 | Tunisia | 31.1kg per person |
| 84 | Rwanda | 31.1kg per person |
| 85 | Malawi | 31.1kg per person |
| 86 | Senegal | 31.1kg per person |
| 87 | Central African Republic | 31.1kg per person |
| 88 | Togo | 31.1kg per person |
| 89 | Somalia | 31.1kg per person |
| 90 | Ghana | 31.1kg per person |
| 91 | Zambia | 31.1kg per person |
| 92 | Niger | 31.1kg per person |
| 93 | Uzbekistan | 31.1kg per person |
| 94 | Morocco | 31.1kg per person |
| 95 | Guinea | 31.1kg per person |
| 96 | Kenya | 31.1kg per person |
| 97 | United Republic of Tanzania | 31.1kg per person |
| 98 | Burundi | 31.1kg per person |
| 99 | Angola | 31.1kg per person |
| 100 | Mozambique | 31.1kg per person |
| 101 | Uganda | 31.1kg per person |
| 102 | Ethiopia | 31.1kg per person |
| 103 | Egypt | 31.1kg per person |
| 104 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 31.1kg per person |
| 105 | Nigeria | 31.1kg per person |
| 106 | Cote d'Ivoire | 31.1kg per person |
| 107 | Zimbabwe | 31.1kg per person |
| 108 | Madagascar | 31.1kg per person |
| 109 | Republic of the Congo | 31.1kg per person |
| 110 | Algeria | 31.1kg per person |
| 111 | Sudan | 31.1kg per person |
| 112 | Kyrgyzstan | 31.1kg per person |
| 113 | Mali | 31.1kg per person |
| 114 | Cameroon | 31.1kg per person |
| 115 | Burkina Faso | 31.1kg per person |
| 116 | Chad | 31.1kg per person |
| 117 | Benin | 31.1kg per person |
| 118 | Papua New Guinea | 31.1kg per person |
| 119 | Tajikistan | 31.1kg per person |
| 120 | South Sudan | 31.1kg per person |
| 121 | Liberia | 31.1kg per person |
| 122 | Djibouti | 31.1kg per person |
| 123 | Eritrea | 31.1kg per person |
| 124 | Eswatini | 31.1kg per person |
| 125 | Cape Verde | 31.0kg per person |
| 126 | Namibia | 31.0kg per person |
| 127 | Solomon Islands | 31.0kg per person |
| 128 | Gabon | 30.9kg per person |
| 129 | Mauritius | 30.9kg per person |
| 130 | South Africa | 30.9kg per person |
| 131 | Botswana | 30.9kg per person |
| 132 | Kiribati | 30.8kg per person |
| 133 | Equatorial Guinea | 30.8kg per person |
| 134 | Samoa | 30.8kg per person |
| 135 | Switzerland | 30.7kg per person |
| 136 | Fiji | 30.7kg per person |
| 137 | Kazakhstan | 30.7kg per person |
| 138 | Turkmenistan | 30.7kg per person |
| 139 | Libya | 30.7kg per person |
| 140 | Iraq | 30.2kg per person |
| 141 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 30.0kg per person |
| 142 | Ireland | 30.0kg per person |
| 143 | Mongolia | 30.0kg per person |
| 144 | North Korea | 30.0kg per person |
| 145 | Jordan | 29.6kg per person |
| 146 | Syrian Arab Republic | 29.6kg per person |
| 147 | Yemen | 29.6kg per person |
| 148 | Lebanon | 29.6kg per person |
| 149 | Marshall Islands | 29.5kg per person |
| 150 | Azerbaijan | 29.4kg per person |
| 151 | State of Palestine | 29.4kg per person |
| 152 | Türkiye | 29.4kg per person |
| 153 | Armenia | 29.4kg per person |
| 154 | Georgia | 29.4kg per person |
| 155 | Romania | 29.0kg per person |
| 156 | Anguilla | 28.8kg per person |
| 157 | Austria | 28.0kg per person |
| 158 | Tuvalu | 27.1kg per person |
| 159 | Cook Islands | 26.8kg per person |
| 160 | Seychelles | 26.6kg per person |
| 161 | Slovenia | 26.0kg per person |
| 162 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 25.3kg per person |
| 163 | Macao | 24.9kg per person |
| 164 | Hong Kong | 24.7kg per person |
| 165 | South Korea | 24.7kg per person |
| 166 | Montenegro | 24.7kg per person |
| 167 | Albania | 24.5kg per person |
| 168 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 24.5kg per person |
| 169 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 24.5kg per person |
| 170 | Qatar | 24.4kg per person |
| 171 | Oman | 24.4kg per person |
| 172 | Kuwait | 24.4kg per person |
| 173 | Saudi Arabia | 24.3kg per person |
| 174 | United Arab Emirates | 24.3kg per person |
| 175 | Bahrain | 24.3kg per person |
| 176 | Israel | 24.2kg per person |
| 177 | Germany | 24.0kg per person |
| 178 | Mayotte | 23.1kg per person |
| 179 | Guadeloupe | 23.1kg per person |
| 180 | Portugal | 23.0kg per person |
| 181 | Western Sahara | 23.0kg per person |
| 182 | Martinique | 23.0kg per person |
| 183 | Venezuela | 22.8kg per person |
| 184 | Reunion | 22.7kg per person |
| 185 | French Guiana | 22.5kg per person |
| 186 | Norway | 22.0kg per person |
| 187 | Greece | 21.0kg per person |
| 188 | French Polynesia | 20.8kg per person |
| 189 | Saint Barthélemy | 20.8kg per person |
| 190 | Northern Mariana Islands | 20.8kg per person |
| 191 | Monaco | 20.6kg per person |
| 192 | New Caledonia | 20.6kg per person |
| 193 | Guam | 20.4kg per person |
| 194 | Wallis and Futuna | 19.7kg per person |
| 195 | Andorra | 19.5kg per person |
| 196 | Liechtenstein | 19.1kg per person |
| 197 | American Samoa | 18.6kg per person |
| 198 | Gibraltar | 17.9kg per person |
| 199 | Ukraine | 17.4kg per person |
| 200 | San Marino | 17.4kg per person |
| 201 | Belarus | 17.2kg per person |
| 202 | Moldova, Republic of | 17.2kg per person |
| 203 | Czech Republic | 17.0kg per person |
| 204 | Isle of Man | 16.7kg per person |
| 205 | Faroe Islands | 16.7kg per person |
| 206 | Nauru | 16.3kg per person |
| 207 | United Kingdom | 16.2kg per person |
| 208 | France | 16.0kg per person |
| 209 | Bulgaria | 15.0kg per person |
| 210 | Finland | 15.0kg per person |
| 211 | Luxembourg | 15.0kg per person |
| 212 | Sweden | 14.0kg per person |
| 213 | Denmark | 13.0kg per person |
| 214 | Latvia | 13.0kg per person |
| 215 | Japan | 12.0kg per person |
| 216 | Serbia | 11.6kg per person |
| 217 | Estonia | 10.0kg per person |
| 218 | Iceland | 10.0kg per person |
| 219 | Belgium | 10.0kg per person |
| 220 | Russian Federation | 8.4kg per person |
| 221 | Italy | 8.0kg per person |
| 222 | Poland | 7.0kg per person |
| 223 | Spain | 6.0kg per person |
| 224 | Netherlands | 5.0kg per person |
| 225 | Croatia | 4.0kg per person |
| 226 | Hungary | 2.0kg per person |
| 227 | Slovakia | 2.0kg per person |
| 228 | Lithuania | 2.0kg per person |
| 229 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 0.0kg per person |
| 230 | Holy See (Vatican City State) | 0.0kg per person |
| 231 | Montserrat | 0.0kg per person |
| 232 | Niue | 0.0kg per person |
| 233 | Tokelau | 0.0kg per person |
Showing 233 of 233 countries
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Data Source
This data comes from United Nations SDG Global Database (2022).
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