Incidence of caloric losses at retail distribution level (percent) — Value by country
The Suite of Food Security Indicators presents the core set of food security indicators. Following the recommendation of experts gathered in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Round Table on hunger measurement, hosted at FAO headquarters in September 2011, an initial set of indicators aiming to capture...
Countries reporting
192
Highest
5.76 %
Dominican Republic
Lowest
1.51 %
Eritrea
Median
2.81 %
Years covered
26
2000–2025
Data points
5,275
What the numbers show
Incidence of caloric losses at retail distribution level (percent) — Value is currently reported for 192 countries. The highest value is 5.76 % in Dominican Republic; the lowest is 1.51 % in Eritrea.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.81 %, and the mean is 2.86 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 78 countries rose and 93 fell. The largest increase was in India (up 44.3%), and the largest decrease in Naoero (down 32.5%).
Incidence of caloric losses at retail distribution level (percent): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dominican Republic | 5.76 % | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 2 | Uganda | 5.4 % | 2025 | up 24.7% | falling |
| 2 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 4.72 % | 2025 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 2 | Cabo Verde | 3.09 % | 2025 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 3 | Oman | 5.02 % | 2025 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 3 | Türkiye | 3.61 % | 2025 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 4 | Ghana | 4.83 % | 2025 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 4 | Viet Nam | 3.46 % | 2025 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 5 | Sao Tome and Principe | 4.74 % | 2025 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 6 | Burundi | 4.71 % | 2025 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 7 | Gabon | 4.6 % | 2025 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 8 | Malawi | 4.56 % | 2025 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 9 | Cambodia | 4.55 % | 2025 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 10 | Papua New Guinea | 4.52 % | 2025 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 10 | Timor-Leste | 2.71 % | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 11 | South Sudan | 4.33 % | 2025 | up 43.4% | rising |
| 12 | Guyana | 4.3 % | 2025 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 13 | Dominica | 4.27 % | 2025 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 14 | Angola | 4.25 % | 2025 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 15 | Mongolia | 4.19 % | 2025 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 16 | China, mainland | 4.11 % | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 17 | Rwanda | 4.04 % | 2025 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 18 | Congo | 4 % | 2025 | down 9.5% | flat |
| 19 | Seychelles | 3.98 % | 2025 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 20 | Maldives | 3.94 % | 2025 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 21 | Comoros | 3.88 % | 2025 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 22 | Kenya | 3.8 % | 2025 | up 11.4% | flat |
| 23 | Cameroon | 3.78 % | 2025 | down 6.9% | flat |
| 24 | Bahamas | 3.74 % | 2025 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 25 | Algeria | 3.63 % | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 26 | Guinea | 3.61 % | 2025 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 27 | Central African Republic | 3.58 % | 2025 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 28 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3.57 % | 2025 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 29 | Tunisia | 3.54 % | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 30 | Nigeria | 3.52 % | 2025 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 31 | Saudi Arabia | 3.51 % | 2025 | up 15.8% | flat |
| 31 | Zimbabwe | 3.51 % | 2025 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 33 | Solomon Islands | 3.5 % | 2025 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 34 | Kuwait | 3.44 % | 2025 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 35 | Peru | 3.37 % | 2025 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 36 | Libya | 3.36 % | 2025 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 37 | Egypt | 3.35 % | 2025 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 38 | Sierra Leone | 3.33 % | 2025 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 39 | Mali | 3.31 % | 2025 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 40 | Mozambique | 3.26 % | 2025 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 41 | Samoa | 3.19 % | 2025 | down 6.2% | flat |
| 42 | Benin | 3.18 % | 2025 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 42 | Nepal | 3.18 % | 2025 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 44 | Indonesia | 3.17 % | 2025 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 45 | Bangladesh | 3.13 % | 2025 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 46 | Pakistan | 3.12 % | 2025 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 47 | Mauritius | 3.11 % | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 47 | Vanuatu | 3.11 % | 2025 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 49 | Qatar | 3.09 % | 2025 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 50 | Liberia | 3.07 % | 2025 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 50 | Niger | 3.07 % | 2025 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 52 | Lebanon | 3.05 % | 2025 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 53 | Uruguay | 3.04 % | 2025 | up 5.6% | flat |
| 54 | India | 3.03 % | 2025 | up 44.3% | rising |
| 55 | Andorra | 3.02 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 55 | American Samoa | 3.02 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 55 | Bermuda | 3.02 % | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 55 | Colombia | 3.02 % | 2025 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 55 | Equatorial Guinea | 3.02 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 55 | Greenland | 3.02 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 55 | Marshall Islands | 3.02 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 55 | Palau | 3.02 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 55 | Puerto Rico | 3.02 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 55 | Singapore | 3.02 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 55 | Tonga | 3.02 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 55 | Tuvalu | 3.02 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 55 | Cook Islands | 3.02 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 55 | Niue | 3.02 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 55 | Tokelau | 3.02 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Lesotho | 3 % | 2025 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 71 | Madagascar | 2.99 % | 2025 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 72 | United Arab Emirates | 2.97 % | 2025 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 72 | Jamaica | 2.97 % | 2025 | up 8.8% | flat |
| 74 | Fiji | 2.96 % | 2025 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 74 | Grenada | 2.96 % | 2025 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 74 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.96 % | 2025 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 77 | Zambia | 2.95 % | 2025 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 78 | Mauritania | 2.94 % | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 78 | Sudan | 2.94 % | 2025 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 80 | Albania | 2.93 % | 2025 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 80 | Chad | 2.93 % | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 82 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 2.9 % | 2025 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 83 | Mexico | 2.87 % | 2025 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 83 | Malaysia | 2.87 % | 2025 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 83 | Philippines | 2.87 % | 2025 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 83 | Palestine, State of | 2.87 % | 2025 | up 18.6% | falling |
| 87 | Burkina Faso | 2.86 % | 2025 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 88 | Bahrain | 2.84 % | 2025 | down 6.0% | flat |
| 89 | Argentina | 2.82 % | 2025 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 89 | Sri Lanka | 2.82 % | 2025 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 89 | Myanmar | 2.82 % | 2025 | down 17.5% | rising |
| 89 | Senegal | 2.82 % | 2025 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 93 | Brazil | 2.8 % | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 93 | Costa Rica | 2.8 % | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 95 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.79 % | 2025 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 95 | El Salvador | 2.79 % | 2025 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 97 | Chile | 2.77 % | 2025 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 98 | China, Macao SAR | 2.73 % | 2025 | up 8.8% | flat |
| 99 | Morocco | 2.72 % | 2025 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 100 | Uzbekistan | 2.71 % | 2025 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 101 | Barbados | 2.7 % | 2025 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 101 | Eswatini | 2.7 % | 2025 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 103 | Panama | 2.69 % | 2025 | up 6.7% | flat |
| 104 | Haiti | 2.68 % | 2025 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 104 | Saint Lucia | 2.68 % | 2025 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 106 | Togo | 2.67 % | 2025 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 107 | Namibia | 2.66 % | 2025 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 108 | Djibouti | 2.65 % | 2025 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 108 | Jordan | 2.65 % | 2025 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 110 | South Africa | 2.63 % | 2025 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 111 | Afghanistan | 2.61 % | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 112 | Cuba | 2.59 % | 2025 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 112 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2.59 % | 2025 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 114 | Ecuador | 2.58 % | 2025 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 114 | Somalia | 2.58 % | 2025 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 116 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.57 % | 2025 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 117 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.55 % | 2025 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 117 | Ukraine | 2.55 % | 2025 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 119 | Nicaragua | 2.52 % | 2022 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 120 | Armenia | 2.49 % | 2025 | down 7.4% | flat |
| 120 | Iraq | 2.49 % | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 120 | New Zealand | 2.49 % | 2025 | up 5.5% | falling |
| 120 | Turkmenistan | 2.49 % | 2025 | up 6.0% | flat |
| 124 | Thailand | 2.48 % | 2025 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 125 | Belarus | 2.45 % | 2025 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 125 | Bhutan | 2.45 % | 2025 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 125 | China, Taiwan Province of | 2.45 % | 2025 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 128 | Azerbaijan | 2.43 % | 2025 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 129 | Serbia | 2.41 % | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 129 | Tajikistan | 2.41 % | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 131 | North Macedonia | 2.37 % | 2025 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 132 | Botswana | 2.35 % | 2025 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 132 | Kazakhstan | 2.35 % | 2025 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 132 | Paraguay | 2.35 % | 2025 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 132 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.35 % | 2025 | down 6.4% | flat |
| 136 | French Polynesia | 2.31 % | 2025 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 137 | Ethiopia | 2.28 % | 2025 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 137 | Guatemala | 2.28 % | 2025 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 137 | Portugal | 2.28 % | 2025 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 140 | Republic of Korea | 2.27 % | 2025 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 141 | Belize | 2.26 % | 2025 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 141 | Israel | 2.26 % | 2025 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 143 | Yemen | 2.25 % | 2025 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 144 | Iceland | 2.24 % | 2025 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 144 | Suriname | 2.24 % | 2025 | down 6.7% | flat |
| 146 | Kiribati | 2.21 % | 2025 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 147 | Croatia | 2.18 % | 2025 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 148 | Gambia | 2.17 % | 2025 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 149 | Japan | 2.15 % | 2025 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 150 | New Caledonia | 2.13 % | 2025 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 150 | Slovenia | 2.13 % | 2025 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 152 | Spain | 2.1 % | 2025 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 152 | Montenegro | 2.1 % | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 154 | Australia | 2.05 % | 2025 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 154 | Honduras | 2.05 % | 2025 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 156 | Malta | 2.04 % | 2025 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 156 | Naoero | 2.04 % | 2025 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 156 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 2.04 % | 2025 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 159 | Russian Federation | 2.03 % | 2025 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 160 | Canada | 2.02 % | 2025 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 161 | Finland | 2.01 % | 2025 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 161 | Greece | 2.01 % | 2025 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 163 | Georgia | 2 % | 2025 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 163 | Romania | 2 % | 2025 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 165 | Denmark | 1.99 % | 2025 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 166 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1.98 % | 2025 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 167 | Cyprus | 1.95 % | 2025 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 167 | Norway | 1.95 % | 2025 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 169 | Luxembourg | 1.94 % | 2025 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 170 | Ireland | 1.93 % | 2025 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 171 | France | 1.91 % | 2025 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 172 | Lithuania | 1.89 % | 2025 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 172 | Poland | 1.89 % | 2025 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 174 | Latvia | 1.87 % | 2025 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 175 | Sweden | 1.84 % | 2025 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 176 | Italy | 1.82 % | 2025 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 177 | Switzerland | 1.77 % | 2025 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 178 | Germany | 1.74 % | 2025 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 178 | Slovakia | 1.74 % | 2025 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 180 | Bulgaria | 1.72 % | 2025 | down 7.5% | flat |
| 181 | Hungary | 1.7 % | 2025 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 182 | Belgium | 1.68 % | 2025 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 183 | Austria | 1.67 % | 2025 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 183 | Estonia | 1.67 % | 2025 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 185 | Czechia | 1.59 % | 2025 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 185 | Brunei Darussalam | 1.59 % | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 187 | Eritrea | 1.51 % | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 4.83 %
- Côte d'Ivoire 3.84 %
- United States of America 1.95 %
- United Republic of Tanzania 3.44 %
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 3.15 %
- Syrian Arab Republic 3.08 %
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2.98 %
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2.84 %
- Micronesia (Federated States of) 2.55 %
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 2.52 %
- Republic of Moldova 2.47 %
About this data
The Suite of Food Security Indicators presents the core set of food security indicators. Following the recommendation of experts gathered in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Round Table on hunger measurement, hosted at FAO headquarters in September 2011, an initial set of indicators aiming to capture various aspects of food insecurity is presented here. The choice of the indicators has been informed by expert judgement and the availability of data with sufficient coverage to enable comparisons across regions and over time. Many of these indicators are produced and published elsewhere by FAO and other international organizations. They are reported here in a single database with the aim of building a wide food security information system. More indicators will be added to this set as more data will become available. Indicators are classified along the four dimensions of food security -- availability, access, utilization and stability.