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Food statistics pocketbook

Accredited official statistics

Food statistics pocketbook

Publication giving an overview of statistics about food.

From:Department for Environment, Food & Rural AffairsPublished15 November 2018Last updated 5 August 2024 - See all updates
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Defra trade codes and descriptions

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Food Statistics Pocketbook Summary

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 are used this is indicated. Further information on National Statistics can be found on the UK Statistics Authority website.

The four separate "chapter" pages, and the glossary, have been combined into one webpage to simplify navigation.

  • Food Chain
  • Prices and Expenditure
  • Global and UK Supply
  • Food Security Report

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Contact

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
2nd Floor, Seacole Building
2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF

Updates to this page

Published 15 November 2018
Last updated 5 August 2024 + show all updates
  1. 5 August 2024

    Updated relevant sections.

  2. 15 February 2024

    Updated figure 3.3 and 3.6 with the latest data.

  3. 3 November 2023

    Updated Defra trade codes and classifications guide with new contact information.

  4. 20 October 2023

    Updated the section 4 on food security to include the latest data. Also revised SME statistics in figure 1.4 based on recommendations of the DBT.

  5. 24 August 2023

    Updated several figures and removed the Kantar figures that are outdated and no longer being provided with new data.

  6. 31 May 2023

    Updated several images with accessibility changes. More recent data for figure 2.1 but also additional analysis included of overall vs food inflation.

  7. 12 April 2023

    Added caveats to 1.3 and another term (SIC Codes) to the glossary.

  8. 6 April 2023

    Added figure on organics data due to a request of the organics policy team.

  9. 30 March 2023

    Publishing updates and new data for figure 1.3.

  10. 24 March 2023

    Revamped figure 1.4 on SMEs. Moved GVA into figure 1.5 to separate from SMEs analysis.

  11. 21 March 2023

    Minor change to the commentary in Section 4.

  12. 14 March 2023

    Changed the source link for 4.6 to the relevant report rather than just to the FSA website.

  13. 10 March 2023

    Changed one graphic (4.6) to a integrated chart for reproducibility but also included new wave of data. Made changes to the graphic for 3.2 to improve accessibility.

  14. 22 February 2023

    Needed to update the title and the csv file for figure 4.1 to include new data for 2021 to match the graphic. Also had accidentally put the body into the about section of the publication.

  15. 14 February 2023

    Updated two of the graphs to improve accessibility. Also, two markdown tables to include data up to 2022 in one and to account for a change in data source in the other.

  16. 15 November 2022

    Updated Defra trade code details.

  17. 27 October 2022

    3 of the graphs in the publication have been updated to include the latest available data on food statistics.

  18. 11 October 2022

    Updated with information from the UK Food Security Report.

  19. 10 August 2022

    Updated to include 2021 or 2020 data as available for sections 1.2, 1.6 and 2.1.

  20. 24 March 2022

    Updated with data for 2020 and 2020-21, and all separate files merged into one.

  21. 30 November 2020

    Updated with Family Food 2018-19 data.

  22. 26 October 2020

    Edited commentary on Chart 2.2.

  23. 13 August 2020

    Updated Total Factor Productivity, Agriculture in the United Kingdom, food price inflation statistics.

  24. 30 March 2020

    Updated National Statistics Statement.

  25. 24 March 2020

    Updated with statement on date of designation as National Statistics.

  26. 3 March 2020

    Updated Chart 2.5 to 2017-18 data.

  27. 26 February 2020

    Updated with new values for food and drink exports.

  28. 12 February 2020

    Updated Total Factor Productivity data and chart.

  29. 9 December 2019

    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.

  30. 15 November 2019

    Updated with 2017-18 Family Food data and 2018 Total Factor Productivity data.

  31. 26 June 2019

    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.

  32. 8 April 2019

    Added two supporting documents for trade analysis.

  33. 26 February 2019

    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.

  34. 22 November 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.

  35. 19 November 2018

    Added all datasets for charts.

  36. 19 November 2018

    Corrected navigation links.

  37. 16 November 2018

    Updated 1.4: UK food and drink manufacturing by product type.

  38. 15 November 2018

    First published.

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