Table 1.

Food waste estimates by countries across the globe in the year 2019.

Region	Countries	Annual per Capita Food Wastage (kg/Capital/Year)	Estimated Amount of Total Food Waste Generated (Tons/Year)
Global		121	931 million (17% of total produced)
Africa	Egypt	91	9,136,941
	Sudan	97	4,162,396
	Angola	100	3,169,523
	Burkina Faso	103	2,086,893
	Ethiopia	92	10,327,236
	Ghana	84	2,555,332
	Kenya	99	5,217,367
	Mali	103	2,018,765
	Nigeria	189	37,941,470
	Rwanda	164	2,075,405
	South Africa	40	2,329,228
	Uganda	103	4,546,237
	Zambia	78	1,391,729
Asia	Uzbekistan	91	3,001,868
	China	64	91,646,213
	Japan	64	8,159,891
	Indonesia	77	20,938,252
	Malaysia	91	2,921,577
	Vietnam	76	7,346,717
	Bangladesh	65	10,618,233
	India	50	68,760,163
	Pakistan	74	15,947,645
	Iraq	120	4,734,434
	Israel	100	848,395
	Jordan	93	939,897
	Saudi Arabia	105	3,594,080
Australia	Australia	102	2,563,110
	New Zealand	61	291,759
Europe	Hungary	94	908,669
	Poland	56	2,119,455
	Denmark	81	469,449
	Finland	65	361,937
	Ireland	55	267,073
	Norway	79	423,857
	Sweden	81	812,948
	UK	77	5,199,825
	Greece	142	1,483,996
	Italy	67	4,059,806
	Slovenia	34	71,107
	Spain	77	3,613,954
	Austria	39	349,249
	Belgium	50	576,036
	France	85	5,522,358
	Germany	75	6,263,775
	Netherland	50	854,855
	Switzerland	72	616,037
North America	Canada	79	2,938,321
	USA	59	19,359,951
South America	Argentina	72	3,243,563
	Brazil	60	12,578,308
	Colombia	70	3,545,499
	Ecuador	72	1,258,415
	Mexico	94	11,979,364
	Peru	72	2,354,806
	Uruguay	74	255,909

Source: Food Waste Index [9].