Meat — Food in United Kingdom
United Kingdom: Meat — Food was 5,800 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Meat — Food in United Kingdom, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
United Kingdom recorded 5,800 1000 t for meat — food in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is up 1.6% on the previous year and up 14.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat — food in United Kingdom peaked at 5,800 1000 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 4,969 1000 t, in 2010.
United Kingdom ranks 12th of 194 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Meat — Food in United Kingdom, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 4,969 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 5,058 1000 t | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 5,104 1000 t | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 5,046 1000 t | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 5,083 1000 t | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 5,381 1000 t | +5.9% |
| 2016 | 5,574 1000 t | +3.6% |
| 2017 | 5,500 1000 t | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 5,588 1000 t | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 5,482 1000 t | -1.9% |
| 2020 | 5,663 1000 t | +3.3% |
| 2021 | 5,561 1000 t | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 5,711 1000 t | +2.7% |
| 2023 | 5,800 1000 t | +1.6% |
United Kingdom compared with similar countries
- United Kingdom's 5,800 1000 t is above the median for high income countries, which is 389 1000 t, 14.9× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- United Kingdom's 5,800 1000 t is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 511 1000 t, 11.4× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 5,278 1000 t | 4,969 1000 t | 5,588 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,684 1000 t | 5,561 1000 t | 5,800 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near United Kingdom
More agriculture & rural data for United Kingdom
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.26 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0064 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 368.63 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.1852 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1668 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat — food in United Kingdom?
- Meat — food in United Kingdom was 5,800 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat — food recorded in United Kingdom?
- The highest recorded value was 5,800 1000 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest meat — food recorded in United Kingdom?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,969 1000 t in 2010.
- How does United Kingdom rank for meat — food?
- United Kingdom ranks 12th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is meat — food rising or falling in United Kingdom?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United Kingdom data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Meat — Food. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 14 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.