Food Sustainability Index 2021

Food systems are at the heart of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Food Sustainability Index (FSI), now in its fourth iteration, has been developed by Economist Impact with the support of the Barilla Center for Food and Nutrition Foundation (BCFN).

The first edition of the FSI was published in 2016 and ranked the food sustainability of 25 countries. In 2017 this was expanded to 34 countries, followed by 67 countries in 2018. The 2021 Index examines the food systems of 78 countries, using 95 individual metrics across three key pillars: food loss and waste, sustainable agriculture, and nutritional challenges. The Index now covers more than 92% of global
GDP and 92% of the global population.