Share of animal products in food supply in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Share of animal products in food supply was 28.9% in 2018. ▬ Flat

Latest (2018)
28.9%
Change on year
up 0.6%
World rank
30th
of 168 countries
All-time high
29.4%
in 2015
All-time low
28.8%
in 2017
Years of data
5
2014–2018

Share of animal products in food supply in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 2014–2018

01020302014201620182014: 28.9 % of total2015: 29.4 % of total2016: 29.2 % of total2017: 28.8 % of total2018: 28.9 % of total

Source: FAOSTAT. Available at: http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data. Measured in % of total.

Analysis

In 2018, share of animal products in food supply in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland stood at 28.9%.

That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 0.1% over five years.

That places United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 30th out of 168 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the top quarter.

Share of animal products in food supply in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, year by year

Annual values for Share of animal products in food supply (% of total) in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 2014 to 2018.
Year % of total Change
2014 28.9%
2015 29.4% +1.8%
2016 29.2% -0.9%
2017 28.8% -1.4%
2018 28.9% +0.6%

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland compared with similar countries

  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland's 28.9% is above the median for high income countries, which is 28.2%, 1.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland's 28.9% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 28.8%, 1.0× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

  1. 27 Albania 29.9% compare
  2. 28 Slovakia 29.5% compare
  3. 29 Bahamas 29.1% compare
  4. 31 French Polynesia 28.9% compare
  5. 32 Kazakhstan 28.9% compare
  6. 33 Poland 28.7% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is share of animal products in food supply in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
Share of animal products in food supply in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was 28.9% in 2018, according to FAOSTAT. Available at: http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data.
What is the highest share of animal products in food supply recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
The highest recorded value was 29.4% in 2015.
What is the lowest share of animal products in food supply recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
The lowest recorded value was 28.8% in 2017.
How does United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank for share of animal products in food supply?
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 30th out of 168 countries with data for 2018.
Where does this United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland data come from?
The figures come from FAOSTAT. Available at: http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data, published as part of Share of animal products in food supply (% of total). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Share of animal products in food supply (% of total)
Unit
% of total
Source
FAOSTAT. Available at: http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
168 places, 840 data points, 2014–2018
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Animal products supply is taken from New Food Balances (domain), Food Supply (element) of the Food Balance Sheet (FAOSTAT). FAOSTAT 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 caput 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. This work is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 IGO license (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/igo). In addition to this license, some database specific terms of use are listed: Terms of Use of Datasets.