{"id": 142545, "name": "Share of global food loss and waste by region (WRI, 2013)", "unit": "", "description": "The breakdown of global calories losses and waste by region. This includes all supply chain stages, from (and including) on-farm harvesting through to final food waste.\n\nFigures are based only on food intended for direct human consumption: this means crops diverted for animal feed or industrial uses are not included as losses.", "createdAt": "2020-02-24T17:32:19.000Z", "updatedAt": "2023-06-15T05:05:42.000Z", "coverage": "", "timespan": "", "datasetId": 5060, "columnOrder": 0, "dataPath": "https://api.ourworldindata.org/v1/indicators/142545.data.json", "metadataPath": "https://api.ourworldindata.org/v1/indicators/142545.metadata.json", "datasetName": "Calories lost by food group and region (WRI, 2013)", "type": "int", "nonRedistributable": false, "display": {"name": "Share of global food loss and waste by region", "unit": "%", "shortUnit": "%"}, "source": {"id": 17791, "name": "Calories lost by food group and region (WRI, 2013)", "dataPublishedBy": "Lipinski, B. et al. (2013). \u201cReducing Food Loss and Waste.\u201d Working Paper, Installment 2 of Creating a Sustainable Food Future. Washington, DC: World Resources Institute.", "dataPublisherSource": "", "link": "http://pdf.wri.org/reducing_food_loss_and_waste.pdf", "retrievedDate": "22nd February 2020", "additionalInfo": "Data on food losses and waste includes all supply chain stages, from (and including) on-farm harvesting through to final food waste.\n\nFigures are based only on food intended for direct human consumption: this means crops diverted for animal feed or industrial uses are not included as losses.\n\nThe original authors of this study \u2013 Lipinski et al. (2013) of the World Resources Institute \u2013 calculate these figures based on the regional percentage losses expressed in the landmark UN FAO report on food losses: FAO (2011). Global food losses and food waste \u2013 Extent, causes and prevention. Rome.\n\nThis data is expressed for the year 2009 due to poor data availability and updated estimates since then. It is likely that, especially when expressed in relative terms (each region or food group's contribution to food losses) remains similar today."}, "dimensions": {"years": {"values": [{"id": 2009}]}, "entities": {"values": [{"id": 276, "name": "Europe", "code": null}, {"id": 289, "name": "Sub-Saharan Africa", "code": null}, {"id": 5403, "name": "Latin America", "code": null}, {"id": 98852, "name": "Industrialized Asia", "code": null}, {"id": 98853, "name": "South and Southeast Asia", "code": null}, {"id": 98854, "name": "North America and Oceania", "code": null}, {"id": 98855, "name": "North Africa, West and Central Asia", "code": null}]}}}