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    Target 12.3

    By 2030, halve per capita global food waste at the retail and consumer levels and reduce food losses along production and supply chains, including post-harvest losses.

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    Indicators

    12.3.1: Food waste distributed across the five stages of the food value chain

    Food waste distributed across the five stages of the food value chain
    Unit: -
    2020202120222023
    Tonnes
    Waste source, total1 288 4041 346 6491 499 8911 553 763
    Primary production66 45258 161116 629115 343
    Manufacture of food products and beverages596 599607 693695 475737 599
    Retail and other distribution of food101 417101 713102 288107 676
    Restaurants and food services62 54472 08175 63478 071
    Households461 392507 000509 865515 074
    Kg per capita
    Waste source, total221230254262
    Primary production11102019
    Manufacture of food products and beverages102104118124
    Retail and other distribution of food17171718
    Restaurants and food services11121313
    Households79878687
    The table shows food waste distributed across the five links in the food value chain. # # The figures are compiled by the Danish Environmental Protection Agency.

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    Definition

    The data show food waste distributed across the five stages of the food value chain, measured in tonnes and kilograms per capita.

    The increase from 2021 to 2022 is mainly due to higher production and to the fact that production residues from mink farming, following its closure, are no longer used as animal feed but are treated as waste; see Waste Statistics 2022.

    The indicator differs from UN’s official definition. Instead, Denmark measures food waste in accordance with the European Commission’s Delegated Regulation (2019/1597).

    Sources: The Danish Environmental Protection Agency and Eurostat.

    Last updated:

    27-11-2025
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