20%

80%

80%

70%

65%

55%

30%

20%

35%

45%

22,5 %

10 %

7,5 %

10 %

27,5 %

15 %

7,5 %

125 kg

160 kg

210 kg

225 kg

240 kg

280 kg

300 kg

Consumed vs WASTED
Consumed
Wasted
Produced per capita
Produced per capita
Monetary value waste
Worth waste 
Waste per person per year
Waste per person peryear
460 KG
$ 310 billion
6 - 11 KG
900 KG
$ 680 billion
95 - 115 KG
5 - 16%
30 - 40%

% thrown away 

% thrown away 

Developing
Industrialised
Title
10%
45%
45%
35%
25%
30%
20%
45%
35%
DEVELOPING
INDUSTRIALISED
ON AVERAGE
Consumption
Post-harvest to distribution
Agricultural production
TYPE FOOD LOSS (roughly)
Source: FAO
Source: FAO
Source: FAO
Source: FAO
Source: FAO
A food wasteland
The surface
THE INHABITANTS OF FOOD WASTE LAND
Industrialised vs. Developing countries - Food Chain
Industrialised vs. Developing countries - overall

FOOD WASTE FACTS AND FIGURES

If food waste were a country it would be approximately as big as Canada and India combined. 

This is 1.4 billion hectares. 28% of the world's agricultural area... 

It would be able to feed the 800 million hungry people on our planet with just a quarter of its surface.

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80%

80%

70%

20%

20%

30%

35%

65%

45%

55%

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North America + Oceania

Europe.

Industrialised Asia

Latin America

North Africa + West and Central Asia

Sub-saharan Africa.

Sub-saharan Africa

Sub-saharan Africa.

Sub-saharan Africa

Latin America

Industrialised Asia

Europe.

North America + Oceania

North Africa + West and Central Asia

Source: FAO
Consumption
Post-harvest to distribution
TYPE FOOD LOSS (roughly)
Agricultural production
TYPE FOOD LOSS (roughly)
Consumption
Post-harvest to distribution
Agricultural production
10%
45%
45%
DEVELOPING
35%
25%
30%
INDUSTRIALISED
20%
45%
35%
Consumption
Post-harvest to distribution
Agricultural production
ON AVERAGE
TYPE FOOD LOSS (roughly)
5 - 16%
900 KG
Produced per capita
Worth waste 
Waste per person per year

% thrown away 

Industrialised vs. Developing countries
Food Chain
Source: FAO
460 KG
$ 680 billion
$ 310 billion
6 - 11 KG
95 - 115 KG
30 - 40%

% thrown away 

Waste per person per year
Monetary value waste
Produced per capita
Developing
Industrialised
Industrialised vs. Developing countries overall

22,5 %

10 %

7,5 %

10 %

27,5 %

15 %

7,5 %

Source: FAO
Source: FAO
THE INHABITANTS OF FOOD WASTE LAND

300 kg

125 kg

160 kg

210 kg

225 kg

240 kg

280 kg

FOODWASTE FACTS AND FIGURES

Consumed
Wasted
A food wasteland
The surfacE...
Consumed vs WASTED

 Sacha Koolen Dirk Jan Bonenkamp

If food waste were a country it would be approximately as big as Canada and India combined. 

This is 1.4 billion hectares. 28% of the world's agricultural area... 

It would be able to feed the 800 million hungry people on our planet with just a quarter of its surface.

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