Meat — Losses in World
World: Meat — Losses was 1,767 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Meat — Losses in World, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
In 2023, meat — losses in World stood at 1,767 1000 t. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 16.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat — losses in World peaked at 1,767 1000 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1,264 1000 t, in 2010.
World ranks 1st of 30 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,493 1000 t | 1,264 1000 t | 1,729 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,724 1000 t | 1,690 1000 t | 1,767 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near World
More agriculture & rural data for World
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
- Rural population 42.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.3% (2025)
- Rural population 3.46 billion (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.0% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.75 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 139.41 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 5.88 million ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 6.05 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat — losses in World?
- Meat — losses in World was 1,767 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat — losses recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 1,767 1000 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest meat — losses recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,264 1000 t in 2010.
- How does World rank for meat — losses?
- World ranks 1st out of 30 groups with data for 2023.
- Is meat — losses rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this World data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Meat — Losses. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.