Food waste, policy, and economic data
Note: Most interactive elements on this page are placeholders for now and will be fully functional in a later milestone.
Explore country-level food waste, policy strength, and economic indicators from the project dataset.
South Korea
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Policy strength vs. food waste
This scatter plot compares each country’s policy score against total food waste per capita.
What to notice
France sits at the high-policy end, while Nigeria combines a low policy score with the highest waste per capita in the dataset.
Interpretation
The points don't form a perfect line, so policy strength is important, but not the only factor affecting food waste.
Lab use
Addresses do policies pay off question.
Food waste by sector
This stacked bar chart shows how household, foodservice, and retail waste add up in the highest-waste countries. It gives you a second visual angle on the data and makes the sector split easy to explain in class.
Pattern
Household waste is the largest component across the countries shown, with foodservice second and retail the smallest.
Why it helps
It shows where waste comes from instead of only showing a single total.
Submission tip
This chart is easy to screenshot and works well as a visual in your lab write-up.
Underlying data table
The table below contains the 2021 values used to render the charts. It provides the required grid-format dataset directly inside the page.
| Country | Income Group | Region | GDP / cap ($) | Population | Household | Foodservice | Retail | Total waste | Policy score | Liability | Tax incentives | Date labeling | Food safety | Waste deterrence | Govt grants |
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Data source: the project workbook Waste Wise - Food Waste Policy & Economic Data, which documents the Global Food Donation Policy Atlas, UNEP Food Waste Index reports, and World Bank data in its methodology page.