Sacha Koolen Dirk Jan Bonenkamp
THE FOOD WE WASTE
4 min
INFOGRAPHIC
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.
FOOD WASTE FACTS AND FIGURES
% thrown away
% thrown away
300 kg
280 kg
240 kg
225 kg
210 kg
160 kg
125 kg
7,5 %
15 %
27,5 %
10 %
7,5 %
10 %
22,5 %
45%
35%
20%
30%
55%
65%
70%
80%
80%
20%
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.
Sacha Koolen Dirk Jan Bonenkamp
FOODWASTE FACTS AND FIGURES
280 kg
240 kg
225 kg
210 kg
160 kg
125 kg
300 kg
7,5 %
15 %
27,5 %
10 %
7,5 %
10 %
22,5 %
% thrown away
Food Chain
% thrown away
North Africa + West and Central Asia
North America + Oceania
Europe.
Industrialised Asia
Latin America
Sub-saharan Africa
Sub-saharan Africa.
Sub-saharan Africa
Sub-saharan Africa.
North Africa + West and Central Asia
Latin America
Industrialised Asia
Europe.
North America + Oceania
55%
45%
65%
35%
30%
20%
20%
70%
80%
80%