Dates — 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
Dates — Losses is currently reported for 54 countries. The highest value is 186 1000 t in Egypt; the lowest is 0 1000 t in Cameroon.
The median across all reporting countries is 1 1000 t, and the mean is 13.43 1000 t.
Over the past decade 18 countries rose and 3 fell. The largest increase was in Türkiye (up 200.0%), and the largest decrease in Libya (down 33.3%).
Dates — Losses: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Egypt | 186 1000 t | 2023 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 2 | Iraq | 129 1000 t | 2023 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 3 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 112 1000 t | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 4 | Algeria | 53 1000 t | 2023 | up 55.9% | rising |
| 5 | Oman | 41 1000 t | 2023 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 6 | United Arab Emirates | 24 1000 t | 2023 | up 84.6% | rising |
| 7 | China | 20 1000 t | 2023 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 7 | China, mainland | 20 1000 t | 2023 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 9 | Tunisia | 19 1000 t | 2023 | up 90.0% | rising |
| 9 | Saudi Arabia | 19 1000 t | 2023 | up 72.7% | rising |
| 11 | Pakistan | 17 1000 t | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 12 | Kuwait | 14 1000 t | 2023 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 13 | Libya | 12 1000 t | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 13 | Morocco | 12 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 15 | Türkiye | 9 1000 t | 2023 | up 200.0% | rising |
| 16 | France | 7 1000 t | 2023 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 17 | Niger | 5 1000 t | 2023 | up 150.0% | volatile |
| 17 | Yemen | 5 1000 t | 2023 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 19 | Qatar | 4 1000 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 20 | Mauritania | 3 1000 t | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 20 | Jordan | 3 1000 t | 2023 | up 200.0% | rising |
| 22 | Mexico | 2 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 22 | Israel | 2 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 22 | Bahrain | 2 1000 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 25 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 25 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 25 | Albania | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 25 | Italy | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Kenya | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 30 | Peru | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 30 | Ireland | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 30 | Austria | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 30 | Finland | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 30 | Luxembourg | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 30 | Belgium | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 30 | Malta | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 30 | Namibia | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 30 | New Zealand | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 30 | Spain | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 30 | Bhutan | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 30 | Australia and New Zealand | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 30 | Chile | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 30 | Romania | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 30 | Djibouti | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 30 | Sweden | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 30 | Viet Nam | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 30 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 30 | Canada | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 30 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 30 | Eswatini | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 30 | Germany | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 30 | Switzerland | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 30 | Colombia | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 30 | Cameroon | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 764 1000 t
- Asia 401 1000 t
- Africa 344 1000 t
- Northern Africa 331 1000 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 304 1000 t
- Western Asia 252 1000 t
- Southern Asia 129 1000 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 67 1000 t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 66 1000 t
- Eastern Asia 20 1000 t
- Europe 13 1000 t
- European Union (27) 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.