📅 Published: 30 October 2025
📍 Zenodo Community: BrightSpace Horizon Europe project
🔗 DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17483053
We are pleased to announce the release of a new open-access dataset providing comprehensive, model-based estimates of food loss and waste (FLW) across the European Union over two decades.
🧾 Citation
Ferrer Pérez, H., & Philippidis, G. (2025). EU Food Loss and Waste (FLW) Panel Data (2003–2022): Estimates and Drivers. [Data set]. BrightSpace Horizon Europe project GA Nr. 101060075. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17483053
📊 Dataset overview
The dataset provides annual FLW estimates across the EU-27 Member States for the period 2003–2022, covering three major stages of the agri-food supply chain:
- Primary production
- Processing and manufacturing & retail distribution
- Household consumption
The estimates are based on modelled data from Sala and De Laurentiis (2024) — Food waste estimates model results (model version 3.0) — and enriched with socioeconomic and demographic drivers sourced from Eurostat and WHO.
This panel structure allows for comparative temporal and cross-country analyses, supporting deeper insights into the trends, drivers, and critical stages of food loss and waste generation in Europe.
🌍 Why it matters
Food loss and waste represent a major challenge for achieving sustainable, resilient, and resource-efficient food systems. By offering harmonised and transparent estimates over time, this dataset provides a valuable resource for researchers, policymakers, and stakeholders seeking to design effective prevention and reduction strategies aligned with EU sustainability objectives.
Source: CITA
