DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17483053
title: EU Food Loss and Waste (FLW) Panel Data (2003–2022): Estimates and Drivers.

description: Panel dataset of modeled estimates of annual food loss and waste (FLW) along the supply chain (primary production, processing and manufacturing-retail and distribution, household consumption) by EU Member State. The food loss and waste values are modelled results (extracted from Sala and De Laurentiis, (2024)- Food waste estimates model results -model version 3.0- http://data.europa.eu/89h/1f450ba2-d844-4873-8161-7f210a70474e) that enable comparative temporal analysis (series 2003–2022) and the assessment of trends and socioeconomic and demographic drivers of FLW. This information is suitable to identify critical stages in the food chain and to support policy design for prevention and reduction of food waste.

EU Member States: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden.

Year coverage: 2003 - 2022

Supply chain stages: Primary Production; Processing and manufacturing & retail distribution; Household consumption)

Socioeconomic and demographic drivers were downloaded from Eurostat database (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/main/data/database) except for BMI, which was downloaded from WHO (https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/topics/topic-details/GHO/body-mass-index)

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Funding acknowledgement

Funded by the European Union. Grant Agreement No. 101060075. Views and opinions expressed are those of the authors only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Commission. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.

UK Research and Innovation Project Code: 10047415 https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10047415

Citation

Ferrer-Pérez, Hugo; Philippidis, George (2025): EU Food Loss and Waste (FLW) Panel Data (2003–2022): Estimates and Drivers. Agri-Food Research and Technology Centre of Aragón (CITA) [Dataset]

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Project information

BrightSpace Horizon Europe project Grant Agreement No. 101060075https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101060075CALL: Innovative governance, environmental observations and digital solutions in support of the Green DealWORK PROGRAMME Topic ID: HORIZON-CL6-2021-GOVERNANCE-01-12 EU agriculture within a safe and just operating space and planetary boundaries

BrightSpace Project coordination: Wageningen Economic Research, The Hague, NLContact: brightspace.wecr@wur.nl | Website: www.brightspace-project.eu

Project duration: 1 November 2022 – 31 October 2027

Funding acknowledgement

BrightSpace is funded by the European Union. Grant Agreement No. 101060075. Views and opinions expressed are those of the authors only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Commission. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.