Meat — 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
Meat — Losses is currently reported for 36 countries. The highest value is 518 1000 t in Peru; the lowest is 1 1000 t in Belarus.
The median across all reporting countries is 11.5 1000 t, and the mean is 41.64 1000 t.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 518.
Over the past decade 17 countries rose and 8 fell. The largest increase was in Guatemala (up 437.5%), and the largest decrease in Myanmar (down 71.6%).
Meat — Losses: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peru | 518 1000 t | 2023 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 2 | Argentina | 306 1000 t | 2023 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 3 | Canada | 189 1000 t | 2023 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 4 | Thailand | 70 1000 t | 2023 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 5 | Guatemala | 43 1000 t | 2023 | up 437.5% | rising |
| 6 | Mongolia | 39 1000 t | 2023 | up 105.3% | rising |
| 7 | Myanmar | 38 1000 t | 2023 | down 71.6% | falling |
| 8 | Poland | 29 1000 t | 2023 | up 61.1% | rising |
| 8 | Turkmenistan | 29 1000 t | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 10 | Tajikistan | 27 1000 t | 2023 | up 237.5% | volatile |
| 11 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 20 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 11 | Hungary | 20 1000 t | 2023 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 13 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 19 1000 t | 2023 | down 42.4% | falling |
| 14 | Kazakhstan | 18 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 15 | Russian Federation | 17 1000 t | 2023 | up 54.5% | rising |
| 15 | Russia | 17 1000 t | 2023 | up 54.5% | rising |
| 17 | Colombia | 14 1000 t | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 18 | Romania | 12 1000 t | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 19 | United Arab Emirates | 11 1000 t | 2023 | up 120.0% | rising |
| 20 | Panama | 8 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 21 | Cyprus | 7 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 21 | Kyrgyzstan | 7 1000 t | 2023 | up 75.0% | rising |
| 21 | Lithuania | 7 1000 t | 2023 | up 133.3% | rising |
| 24 | Qatar | 6 1000 t | 2023 | — | falling |
| 25 | Germany | 4 1000 t | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 25 | Estonia | 4 1000 t | 2023 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Bahrain | 4 1000 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Oman | 3 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 28 | Latvia | 3 1000 t | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 28 | Italy | 3 1000 t | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 31 | Melanesia | 2 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 32 | Jordan | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 32 | Georgia | 1 1000 t | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 32 | Ukraine | 1 1000 t | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 32 | Armenia | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 32 | Belarus | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 1,767 1000 t
- Americas 1,097 1000 t
- South America 856 1000 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 770 1000 t
- Asia 411 1000 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 195 1000 t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 194 1000 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 190 1000 t
- Northern America 189 1000 t
- Eastern Asia 169 1000 t
- Africa 156 1000 t
- South-Eastern Asia 108 1000 t
- Europe 101 1000 t
- European Union (27) 89 1000 t
- Northern Africa 82 1000 t
- Eastern Europe 80 1000 t
- Central Asia 80 1000 t
- Middle Africa 61 1000 t
- Central America 51 1000 t
- Western Asia 34 1000 t
- Southern Asia 20 1000 t
- Northern Europe 14 1000 t
- Eastern Africa 13 1000 t
- Western Europe 4 1000 t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 3 1000 t
- Southern Europe 3 1000 t
- Oceania 2 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.