Tea (including mate) — Food supply in United Kingdom
United Kingdom: Tea (including mate) — Food supply was 2,991 million Kcal in 2023. ▼ Falling
Tea (including mate) — Food supply in United Kingdom, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
The most recent figure for tea (including mate) — food supply in United Kingdom is 2,991 million Kcal, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is down 10.9% on the previous year and down 81.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tea (including mate) — food supply in United Kingdom peaked at 18,154 million Kcal in 2011 and was at its lowest, 2,991 million Kcal, in 2023.
United Kingdom ranks 34th of 194 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Tea (including mate) — Food supply in United Kingdom, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 17,011 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 18,154 million Kcal | +6.7% |
| 2012 | 17,656 million Kcal | -2.7% |
| 2013 | 16,344 million Kcal | -7.4% |
| 2014 | 17,362 million Kcal | +6.2% |
| 2015 | 16,621 million Kcal | -4.3% |
| 2016 | 15,239 million Kcal | -8.3% |
| 2017 | 15,240 million Kcal | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 15,021 million Kcal | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 14,518 million Kcal | -3.4% |
| 2020 | 3,725 million Kcal | -74.3% |
| 2021 | 3,089 million Kcal | -17.1% |
| 2022 | 3,357 million Kcal | +8.7% |
| 2023 | 2,991 million Kcal | -10.9% |
United Kingdom compared with similar countries
- United Kingdom's 2,991 million Kcal is above the median for high income countries, which is 173.97 million Kcal, 17.2× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- United Kingdom's 2,991 million Kcal is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 162.52 million Kcal, 18.4× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tea (including mate) — Food supply in United Kingdom changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | -74.3% | 14,518 million Kcal | 3,725 million Kcal |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 16,317 million Kcal | 14,518 million Kcal | 18,154 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,290 million Kcal | 2,991 million Kcal | 3,725 million Kcal | 4 |
Countries ranked near United Kingdom
- 32 Egypt 3,396 million Kcal compare
- 33 United Republic of Tanzania 3,333 million Kcal compare
- 34 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 2,991 million Kcal compare
- 36 Iraq 2,678 million Kcal compare
- 37 Libya 2,503 million Kcal compare
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 tea (including mate) — food supply in United Kingdom?
- Tea (including mate) — food supply in United Kingdom was 2,991 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tea (including mate) — food supply recorded in United Kingdom?
- The highest recorded value was 18,154 million Kcal in 2011.
- What is the lowest tea (including mate) — food supply recorded in United Kingdom?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,991 million Kcal in 2023.
- How does United Kingdom rank for tea (including mate) — food supply?
- United Kingdom ranks 34th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is tea (including mate) — food supply rising or falling in United Kingdom?
- Over the last ten years it is down 81.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this United Kingdom data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Tea (including mate) — Food supply (kcal). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.