Alcoholic Beverages — Losses by country
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply...
What the numbers show
Alcoholic Beverages — Losses is currently reported for 24 countries. The highest value is 94 1000 t in Angola; the lowest is 0 1000 t in Kenya.
The median across all reporting countries is 9 1000 t, and the mean is 26.33 1000 t.
Over the past decade 12 countries rose and 6 fell. The largest increase was in Morocco (up 100.0%), and the largest decrease in Bosnia and Herzegovina (down 100.0%).
Alcoholic Beverages — Losses: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Angola | 94 1000 t | 2023 | up 64.9% | rising |
| 2 | Argentina | 74 1000 t | 2018 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 3 | Cameroon | 71 1000 t | 2018 | up 44.9% | rising |
| 4 | China, mainland | 69 1000 t | 2023 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 4 | China | 69 1000 t | 2023 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 6 | Spain | 67 1000 t | 2018 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 7 | France | 61 1000 t | 2023 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 8 | United Republic of Tanzania | 42 1000 t | 2018 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 9 | Italy | 21 1000 t | 2018 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 10 | Nigeria | 15 1000 t | 2018 | down 11.8% | rising |
| 11 | Slovenia | 11 1000 t | 2018 | up 57.1% | rising |
| 12 | Rwanda | 9 1000 t | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 12 | Brazil | 9 1000 t | 2023 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 14 | Portugal | 7 1000 t | 2018 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 15 | Romania | 3 1000 t | 2018 | down 62.5% | falling |
| 15 | North Macedonia | 3 1000 t | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 17 | Morocco | 2 1000 t | 2018 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 17 | Austria | 2 1000 t | 2023 | — | rising |
| 19 | Greece | 1 1000 t | 2018 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 19 | Canada | 1 1000 t | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 19 | Hungary | 1 1000 t | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 22 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0 1000 t | 2018 | — | flat |
| 22 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 22 | Kenya | 0 1000 t | 2018 | — | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 246 1000 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 104 1000 t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 104 1000 t
- Africa 104 1000 t
- Middle Africa 94 1000 t
- Eastern Asia 69 1000 t
- Asia 69 1000 t
- European Union (27) 64 1000 t
- Western Europe 64 1000 t
- Europe 64 1000 t
- Western Africa 15 1000 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 10 1000 t
About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.