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 Food waste per inhabitant (kg/ inhab.)
Characteristic Description
Name Food waste per inhabitant (kg/ inhab.) by Geographic localization (NUTS - 2013); Annual
Regularity Annual
Source Food Waste Statistics, Statistics Portugal
First available period 2020
Last available period 2021
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Geographic localization (Portugal)
Concepts
  • FOOD WASTE :  Foodstuff which the holder (primary production, agri-food industry, trade and distribution, and households) discards, has the intention or the obligation to discard and thereby assumes the nature of waste.
  • REFERENCE PERIOD:  The length of time for which data are collected, e.g. a specific day, month or year.
Formule

Food wast/ Average resident population

Measure unit (symbol) Kilogramme/ Inhabitant (kg/ inhab.)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 30/06/2023


information presented in 17/4/2024