{
  "schema_version": "1.0",
  "id": "food-waste",
  "updated_at": "2026-10-16",
  "source_period": 2022,
  "indicator_type": "modelled annual estimate distributed over time",
  "unit": "metric tonnes",
  "annual_food_waste": 1052000000,
  "households": 631000000,
  "food_service": 290000000,
  "retail": 131000000,
  "average_per_day": 2880278.17,
  "average_per_second": 33.336553,
  "includes": "edible food and associated inedible parts at household, food-service and retail level",
  "excludes": "food loss from post-harvest up to but excluding retail",
  "sources": [
    {
      "name": "UNEP Food Waste Index Report 2024",
      "url": "https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/45230/food_waste_index_report_2024.pdf"
    }
  ],
  "caveat": "Educational model, not a direct real-time measurement"
}