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Publication giving an overview of statistics about food.
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Request an accessible format.The Food Statistics Pocketbook presents a selection of information covering the economic, social and environmental aspects of the food we eat. It contains statistics for different time periods, but always using latest available data at the time of release. Data comes from surveys run by Defra and the Office for National Statistics and from a wide range of other sources including government departments, agencies and commercial organisations.
The full publication is available here: Food statistics pocketbook
Associated datasets from this publication are also available.
Data are a mixture of National Statistics, Official Statistics and unofficial statistics. Unofficial statistics are used where there are gaps in the evidence base.
Where National Statistics (Official Statistics that comply with the national statistics code of practice) are used this is indicated. Further information on National Statistics can be found on the UK Statistics Authority website.
The sections on Environment and Waste from the previous version published in April 2017 are no longer being reproduced.
Environmental information was previously sourced from these locations: UK Environmental accounts,ONSBritish Survey of Fertiliser Practice, Defra and Energy consumption in the UK,BEIS
Waste information was previously sourced from WRAP. & Digest of waste and resource statistics(Defra)
The sections on Dietary Health and Safety & Confidence are under review and so are not included in this update.
We have combined the summary, the three separate "chapter" pages and the glossary into one webpage to simplify navigation.
Please answer 4 short questions (opens in Google Forms) to help us make the pocketbook better for you.
Enquiries to: [email protected]
Lead statistician:David Lee
Tel: 0208 026 3006
Production team: David Lee, Isabella Worth, Jonathan Smith, Leigh Riley, Chris Silwood and Matthew Keating.
You can also contact us via Twitter: @DefraStats
Food Statistics team
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Foss House, Kings Pool
1-2 Peasholme Green
York YO1 7PX
Updated to include 2021 or 2020 data as available for sections 1.2, 1.6 and 2.1.
Updated with data for 2020 and 2020-21, and all separate files merged into one.
Updated with Family Food 2018-19 data.
Edited commentary on Chart 2.2.
Updated Total Factor Productivity, Agriculture in the United Kingdom, food price inflation statistics.
Updated National Statistics Statement.
Updated with statement on date of designation as National Statistics.
Updated Chart 2.5 to 2017-18 data.
Updated with new values for food and drink exports.
Updated Total Factor Productivity data and chart.
Amended Gross Value Added of the UK agri-food sector table and commentary to use GVA of the whole economy instead of GVA of the wider economy to align methodology with Food Chain Productivity publication.
Updated with 2017-18 Family Food data and 2018 Total Factor Productivity data.
Updated Gross value added of the UK Agri-Food sector, GB Agri-Food sector employee; UK Consumer expenditure on food, drink and catering; UK trend in food and non-alcoholic beverage prices in real terms; Origins of food consumed in the UK; UK Food production to supply ratio; Trends in UK food production and final output at market prices; World agricultural commodity prices and World grains stocks to consumption ratio data.
Added two supporting documents for trade analysis.
Updated with new data for total factor productivity of the UK food sector, food and non-alcoholic beverage prices in real terms, share of spend on food in low income and all UK households, attitudes towards British food purchases in the UK, UK trend in sales of ethical produce, and world agricultural commodity prices to September 2018.
Updated text reverting to National Statistics badging following clarification of status, and addition of Statement of compliance with the Code of Practice for Statistics.
Added all datasets for charts.
Corrected navigation links.
Updated 1.4: UK food and drink manufacturing by product type.
First published.