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Food waste per capita — Retail

Name: Food waste per capita — Retail by country, 2022
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214 countries · 2022

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Food waste per capita — Retail league table
#	Country	kg	Region	Income
1	Malaysia	78.8	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
2	Cyprus	60	Europe & Central Asia	High income
3	Israel	50	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
4	Indonesia	49.9	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
5	Thailand	49.9	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
6	Brunei Darussalam	46.1	East Asia & Pacific	High income
7	Singapore	46	East Asia & Pacific	High income
8	Mexico	45.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
9	Lao PDR	44.3	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
10	Cambodia	44.3	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
11	Viet Nam	44.3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
12	Philippines	44.3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
13	Myanmar	44.3	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
14	Timor-Leste	44.2	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
15	Iraq	31.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
16	Azerbaijan	31.5	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
17	West Bank and Gaza	31.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
18	Armenia	31.5	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
19	Turkiye	31.5	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
20	Georgia	31.4	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
21	Canada	29.8	North America	High income
22	Qatar	27.6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
23	Oman	27.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
24	Kuwait	27.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
25	United Arab Emirates	27.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
26	Bahrain	27.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
27	Syrian Arab Republic	25.8	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
28	Jordan	25.8	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
29	Yemen, Rep.	25.8	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
30	Lebanon	25.8	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
31	Palau	23.3	East Asia & Pacific	High income
32	Portugal	22	Europe & Central Asia	High income
33	Tonga	21.7	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
34	Fiji	21.1	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
35	Kazakhstan	21	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
36	Libya	21	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
37	Turkmenistan	21	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
38	Australia	20.9	East Asia & Pacific	High income
39	Maldives	20.9	South Asia	Upper middle income
40	Marshall Islands	20.3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
41	China	19.8	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
42	Grenada	19.7	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
43	Saudi Arabia	19.7	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
44	Belize	19.2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
45	Suriname	19.1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
46	El Salvador	19	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
47	St. Lucia	19	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
48	Jamaica	19	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
49	Peru	19	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
50	Dominican Republic	19	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
51	Paraguay	19	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
52	Costa Rica	19	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
53	Cuba	19	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
54	Colombia	19	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
55	Guatemala	19	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
56	Ecuador	19	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
57	Tuvalu	18.6	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
58	Dominica	18.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
59	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	18.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
60	Greenland	18.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
61	Switzerland	17.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
62	Ireland	17	Europe & Central Asia	High income
63	Denmark	17	Europe & Central Asia	High income
64	Turks and Caicos Islands	16.5	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
65	Bermuda	15.9	North America	High income
66	St. Kitts and Nevis	15.8	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
67	Aruba	15.6	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
68	Namibia	15.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
69	Gabon	15.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
70	Mauritius	15.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
71	Botswana	15.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
72	South Africa	15.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
73	Cayman Islands	15.3	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
74	Equatorial Guinea	15.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
75	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	15.1	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
76	Guyana	15.1	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
77	Panama	15.1	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
78	Chile	15.1	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
79	Bahamas, The	15.1	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
80	Puerto Rico (US)	15.1	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
81	Trinidad and Tobago	15.1	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
82	Uruguay	15.1	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
83	Estonia	15	Europe & Central Asia	High income
84	Curacao	15	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
85	Barbados	15	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
86	Montenegro	14.8	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
87	Bosnia and Herzegovina	14.7	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
88	North Macedonia	14.7	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
89	Antigua and Barbuda	14.5	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
90	British Virgin Islands	14.4	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
91	Venezuela, RB	14.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
92	St. Martin (French part)	14.2	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
93	Greece	14	Europe & Central Asia	High income
94	Macao SAR, China	13.8	East Asia & Pacific	High income
95	Hong Kong SAR, China	13.7	East Asia & Pacific	High income
96	Korea, Rep.	13.7	East Asia & Pacific	High income
97	Russian Federation	13.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
98	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	13.6	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
99	Belarus	13.6	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
100	Moldova	13.6	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
101	Monaco	13.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
102	Haiti	13.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
103	Nicaragua	13.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
104	Bolivia	13.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
105	Honduras	13.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
106	French Polynesia	13.3	East Asia & Pacific	High income
107	Northern Mariana Islands	13.3	East Asia & Pacific	High income
108	New Caledonia	13.2	East Asia & Pacific	High income
109	Guam	13	East Asia & Pacific	High income
110	Luxembourg	13	Europe & Central Asia	High income
111	Poland	13	Europe & Central Asia	High income
112	Liechtenstein	12.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
113	Mongolia	12	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
114	France	12	Europe & Central Asia	High income
115	Norway	12	Europe & Central Asia	High income
116	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	12	East Asia & Pacific	Low income
117	American Samoa	11.9	East Asia & Pacific	High income
118	United States	11.9	North America	High income
119	Seychelles	11.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
120	Isle of Man	11.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
121	Faroe Islands	11.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
122	Italy	11	Europe & Central Asia	High income
123	Belgium	11	Europe & Central Asia	High income
124	Kenya	11	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
125	Andorra	10.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
126	Naoero	10.4	East Asia & Pacific	High income
127	Lithuania	10	Europe & Central Asia	High income
128	Finland	10	Europe & Central Asia	High income
129	Sweden	10	Europe & Central Asia	High income
130	Gibraltar	9.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
131	Sao Tome and Principe	9.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
132	Vanuatu	9.8	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
133	Comoros	9.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
134	Guinea-Bissau	9.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
135	Lesotho	9.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
136	Mauritania	9.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
137	Gambia, The	9.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
138	Papua New Guinea	9.7	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
139	Pakistan	9.7	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
140	Cote d'Ivoire	9.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
141	Cameroon	9.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
142	Nepal	9.7	South Asia	Lower middle income
143	Congo, Dem. Rep.	9.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
144	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	9.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
145	Nigeria	9.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
146	Niger	9.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
147	Malawi	9.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
148	Mozambique	9.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
149	Congo, Rep.	9.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
150	Mali	9.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
151	Madagascar	9.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
152	Morocco	9.7	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
153	Chad	9.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
154	Togo	9.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
155	Afghanistan	9.7	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
156	South Sudan	9.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
157	Sierra Leone	9.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
158	Senegal	9.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
159	Sudan	9.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
160	Rwanda	9.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
161	Zambia	9.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
162	Central African Republic	9.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
163	India	9.7	South Asia	Lower middle income
164	Egypt, Arab Rep.	9.7	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
165	Tanzania	9.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
166	Angola	9.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
167	Uganda	9.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
168	Ethiopia	9.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
169	Guinea	9.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
170	Ghana	9.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
171	Uzbekistan	9.7	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
172	Sri Lanka	9.7	South Asia	Upper middle income
173	Burundi	9.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
174	Tajikistan	9.7	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
175	Kyrgyz Republic	9.7	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
176	Benin	9.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
177	Burkina Faso	9.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
178	Bangladesh	9.7	South Asia	Lower middle income
179	Algeria	9.7	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
180	Tunisia	9.7	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
181	Iran, Islamic Rep.	9.7	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
182	Eritrea	9.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
183	Djibouti	9.7	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
184	Liberia	9.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
185	Eswatini	9.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
186	Bhutan	9.7	South Asia	Lower middle income
187	Cabo Verde	9.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
188	Solomon Islands	9.6	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
189	San Marino	9.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
190	Kiribati	9.6	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
191	Samoa	9.6	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
192	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	9.3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
193	Netherlands	9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
194	Austria	9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
195	Germany	9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
196	Malta	9	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
197	Japan	8.9	East Asia & Pacific	High income
198	Zimbabwe	8.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
199	Latvia	8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
200	Ukraine	7.9	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
201	Spain	7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
202	Slovenia	7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
203	Czechia	6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
204	Hungary	6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
205	Bulgaria	6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
206	Slovak Republic	6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
207	Iceland	5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
208	United Kingdom	3.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
209	New Zealand	3.1	East Asia & Pacific	High income
210	Serbia	3.1	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
211	Argentina	2.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
212	Brazil	2.7	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
213	Romania	2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
214	Croatia	1	Europe & Central Asia	High income

Food waste per capita — Retail