China Generates the World's Largest Amount of Household Food Waste: What About Indonesia?

Food waste has significant social impacts affecting human lives. It not only causes hundreds of billions of dollars in global economic losses annually, but also damages the environment and contributes to the climate crisis. When food waste is disposed of in landfills, it decomposes and produces large amounts of methane gas, which contributes to the greenhouse effect.

According to Statista, China is the world's largest contributor to household food waste, with an estimated 91.65 million metric tons produced annually.

India follows with an estimated annual food waste of 68.76 million metric tons. Nigeria comes next, producing 37.94 million metric tons of household food waste annually.

Indonesia ranks fourth as the largest producer of household food waste, reaching 20.94 million metric tons per year. The United States and Pakistan produce 19.36 million metric tons and 15.95 million metric tons of household food waste annually, respectively.

Brazil follows with an annual contribution of 12.58 million metric tons of household food waste. This is followed by Mexico with 11.98 million metric tons, Bangladesh with 10.62 million metric tons, and Ethiopia with 10.33 million metric tons.