Food waste generation per capita
Scope
Circular economy
Action line
Production and consumption
Type of indicator (global, European, national)
Global
Correlation with other sets of indicators
SDG: 12.3.1b)
Description
The indicator measures the generation of food waste in production, manufacturing, distribution, food service and households all the different stages of the supply chain. The indicator differentiates between the generation of waste produced by the primary sector (farming, fishing), the food industry, retail sales, hospitality and households. Most of the food waste is generated by households, where most of the consumption takes place, along with hospitality, while the primary sector, production and manufacturing, and retail sales have the option of using by-products to avoid generating food waste.
Calculation method
$$\frac{\textit{Food waste generated}^{t}}{\textit{P}^{t}}$$
,where \(P^{t}\) is the population on July 1st, year t.
Unit of measure
Kilograms/inhabitant
Source
Periodicity
Annual
Disaggregated data(Gender, age, region in Spain, other)
Come from National Statistics Plan (YES/NO)
Yes
Statistical operation
Surveys on Waste Generation (ISO code: 30078)
Responsible institution
Link to Eurostat metadata
Date of the last metadata update
05/06/2024
Observations