Sugar & Sweeteners — 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...

Countries reporting
133
Highest
25 1000 t
Myanmar
Lowest
0 1000 t
Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
Median
0 1000 t
Years covered
14
2010–2023
Data points
2,153

What the numbers show

Sugar & Sweeteners — Losses is currently reported for 133 countries. The highest value is 25 1000 t in Myanmar; the lowest is 0 1000 t in Netherlands (Kingdom of the).

The median across all reporting countries is 0 1000 t, and the mean is 1.28 1000 t.

Over the past decade 6 countries rose and 17 fell. The largest increase was in Republic of Korea (up 100.0%), and the largest decrease in Colombia (down 100.0%).

Sugar & Sweeteners — Losses: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Myanmar 25 1000 t 2023 up 8.7% rising
2 China 24 1000 t 2023 unchanged flat
3 China, mainland 23 1000 t 2023 unchanged rising
4 Bangladesh 12 1000 t 2023 down 25.0% falling
5 Indonesia 11 1000 t 2023 down 8.3% flat
6 Ethiopia 5 1000 t 2023 up 66.7% rising
6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 5 1000 t 2023 down 61.5% falling
6 Türkiye 5 1000 t 2023 up 25.0% rising
9 Argentina 4 1000 t 2023 unchanged rising
9 Hungary 4 1000 t 2023 down 20.0% falling
9 India 4 1000 t 2023 up 33.3% rising
12 Brazil 3 1000 t 2023 up 50.0% rising
12 Mexico 3 1000 t 2023 unchanged flat
12 Sierra Leone 3 1000 t 2023 volatile
12 Ukraine 3 1000 t 2023 down 25.0% falling
12 Russian Federation 3 1000 t 2023 down 25.0% falling
17 Canada 2 1000 t 2023 down 50.0% falling
17 Spain 2 1000 t 2023 unchanged flat
17 Romania 2 1000 t 2023 down 81.8% volatile
17 Republic of Korea 2 1000 t 2023 up 100.0% rising
17 United Republic of Tanzania 2 1000 t 2023 unchanged flat
22 Angola 1 1000 t 2023 unchanged flat
22 Australia 1 1000 t 2023 unchanged flat
22 Bulgaria 1 1000 t 2023 unchanged rising
22 Chile 1 1000 t 2023 unchanged rising
22 Cuba 1 1000 t 2019 volatile
22 Germany 1 1000 t 2023 unchanged flat
22 France 1 1000 t 2023 unchanged flat
22 Greece 1 1000 t 2023 unchanged flat
22 Croatia 1 1000 t 2023 volatile
22 Italy 1 1000 t 2023 volatile
22 Kenya 1 1000 t 2023 volatile
22 New Zealand 1 1000 t 2023 unchanged flat
22 Panama 1 1000 t 2023 down 50.0% falling
22 Poland 1 1000 t 2023 unchanged flat
22 Portugal 1 1000 t 2023 unchanged volatile
22 Thailand 1 1000 t 2023 volatile
22 Uruguay 1 1000 t 2023 unchanged falling
22 Uzbekistan 1 1000 t 2023 volatile
22 Caribbean 1 1000 t 2023 down 94.1% volatile
22 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1 1000 t 2023 down 75.0% volatile
22 Viet Nam 1 1000 t 2023 unchanged flat
22 Australia and New Zealand 1 1000 t 2023 down 50.0% rising
22 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1 1000 t 2023 volatile
45 Afghanistan 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 Albania 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 Armenia 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 Austria 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 Azerbaijan 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 Belgium 0 1000 t 2018 flat
45 Bahrain 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 Belarus 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 Belize 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 Bhutan 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 Switzerland 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 Cameroon 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 Colombia 0 1000 t 2023 down 100.0% volatile
45 Costa Rica 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 Cyprus 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 Czechia 0 1000 t 2023 volatile
45 Denmark 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 Dominican Republic 0 1000 t 2023 down 100.0% volatile
45 Algeria 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 Ecuador 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 Egypt 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 Estonia 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 Finland 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 Fiji 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 Georgia 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 Guinea 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 Guinea-Bissau 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 Guatemala 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 Guyana 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 Honduras 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 Haiti 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 Ireland 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 Iraq 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 Israel 0 1000 t 2023 volatile
45 Jamaica 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 Jordan 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 Kazakhstan 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 Kyrgyzstan 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 Lebanon 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 Libya 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 Lithuania 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 Luxembourg 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 Latvia 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 Morocco 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 Madagascar 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 North Macedonia 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 Montenegro 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 Mongolia 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 Mozambique 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 New Caledonia 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 Nicaragua 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 Norway 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 Nepal 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 Oman 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 Pakistan 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 Peru 0 1000 t 2023 down 100.0% volatile
45 Papua New Guinea 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 Paraguay 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 French Polynesia 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 Qatar 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 Rwanda 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 Saudi Arabia 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 Senegal 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 El Salvador 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 Serbia 0 1000 t 2023 volatile
45 Suriname 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 Slovakia 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 Slovenia 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 Sweden 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 Tajikistan 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 Turkmenistan 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 Tonga 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 Trinidad and Tobago 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 Tunisia 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 Uganda 0 1000 t 2019 flat
45 Samoa 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 Yemen 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 Zambia 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 Timor-Leste 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 Melanesia 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 Polynesia 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 China, Hong Kong SAR 0 1000 t 2018 down 100.0% volatile
45 Republic of Moldova 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 Syrian Arab Republic 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 Côte d'Ivoire 0 1000 t 2023 flat
45 China, Taiwan Province of 0 1000 t 2023 down 100.0% volatile
45 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0 1000 t 2019 flat

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Sugar & Sweeteners — Losses
Unit
1000 t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
164 places, 2,153 data points, 2010–2023
Last refreshed

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.