According to the international organization, Egypt came in first place, with a total of nine million tons of wasted food in 2019. Iraq came second, with 4.73 million tons of food waste, followed by Sudan (4.16 million tons), Algeria (3.91 million tons), Saudi Arabia (3.59 million tons), Morocco (3.31 million tons), Yemen (3.02 million tons), Syria (1.77 million tons), Tunisia (1.06 million tons). Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, Libya, Palestine, Oman, Mauritania, Kuwait, Qatar, and Bahrain respectively had the least food waste.
The report pointed out that "households are not the only responsible for food waste,” adding that the waste had occurred "before a product reaches the end consumer.”
It explained that "food loss occurs along the food supply chain from harvest up to, but not including, the retail level. Food waste occurs at the retail, food service & consumption levels.”
"The report estimates that food waste from households, retail establishments and the food service industry totals 931 million tons each year. Nearly 570 million tons of this waste occurs at the household level,” it explained.
The UNEP stressed that it was seeking to reduce food waste by half by 2030.
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