This statistic shows the volume of food wasted per day and year in Latin America and the Caribbean as of July 2017, measured in million tons. At that point in time, food waste in Latin America and the Caribbean amounted to almost 130 million tons per year.
Volume of food wasted per day and year in Latin America and the Caribbean as of July 2017
(in million tons)
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El Diario. (July 21, 2017). Volume of food wasted per day and year in Latin America and the Caribbean as of July 2017 (in million tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 17, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/728278/food-waste-per-day-and-year-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
El Diario. "Volume of food wasted per day and year in Latin America and the Caribbean as of July 2017 (in million tons)." Chart. July 21, 2017. Statista. Accessed February 17, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/728278/food-waste-per-day-and-year-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
El Diario. (2017). Volume of food wasted per day and year in Latin America and the Caribbean as of July 2017 (in million tons). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 17, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/728278/food-waste-per-day-and-year-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
El Diario. "Volume of Food Wasted per Day and Year in Latin America and The Caribbean as of July 2017 (in Million Tons)." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Jul 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/728278/food-waste-per-day-and-year-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
El Diario, Volume of food wasted per day and year in Latin America and the Caribbean as of July 2017 (in million tons) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/728278/food-waste-per-day-and-year-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed (last visited February 17, 2025)
Volume of food wasted per day and year in Latin America and the Caribbean as of July 2017 (in million tons) [Graph], El Diario, July 21, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/728278/food-waste-per-day-and-year-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed