Food Waste
The numbers
At a glance
All the figures
1.3 billion tonnes
of food waste are produced worldwide every year (equal to 33% of all food produced).
59 million tonnes
of food waste are produced every year in the EU (equal to 10% of all food produced).
131 kg
of food waste are produced every year by each EU citizen.
53%
of food waste in the EU comes from households — 20% from processing and manufacturing, 11% from primary production, 9% from restaurants and food services, 7% from wholesale and retail.
2,048,190 tonnes
of food waste, approximately, are produced in Greece, of which 930,320 tonnes come from households (87 kg on average per Greek citizen).
€132 billion
are lost every year because of food waste.
€400
a year could be saved by a family of four by reducing its food waste.
32.6 million people
in the EU cannot afford a full meal every second day, while tonnes of food end up in the bin.
252 million tonnes CO2eq
of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2) are generated by food waste — about 16% of the greenhouse gas emissions of the EU food system.