Finland: food waste per capita, by sector 2020

In Finland, in 2020, food waste per capita amounted to 116 kilograms. The majority of the waste originated from households, as each family generated 53 kilograms of food waste per individual.

Food waste per capita in Finland in 2020, by sector (in kilograms)

Characteristic	Food waste per capita in kilograms
Primary production	9
Manufacture	29
Retail and other distribution	10
Catering, hotel, and similar trades	14
Households	53

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March 2023

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Finland

Survey time period

2020

Supplementary notes

The source considers food waste to be food that has entered the food supply chain, that then has been removed or discarded from this chain, and that is finally destined to be processed as waste.
Food losses occurring at the stage prior to crops being harvested or during the rearing of animals are not quantified as food waste.

The data refers to section Food waste - bio, household and similar waste of the Eurostat Database Statistic, online data code ENV_WASFW.

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