Share of household spending on food 2003-2018 Statistic

This statistic shows the percentage of weekly household spending going on food and drink in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2003 to 2018. In the financial year ending in 2018, 10.6 percent of UK household spend went on food and non-alcoholic drink. This is a small increase compared to the year ending 2017. After a reaching a high of 11.6 percent in 2012 spending levels went down again and in 2017 they had returned to the same level as in 2007. Spending in lower income households is significantly higher than in the average household.

Percentage of weekly household spending going on food and non-alcoholic drink in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2003 to 2018*

Characteristic	Share of spending going on food
2018	10.6
2017	10.5
2016	10.7
2014	11.1
2013	11.4
2012	11.6
2011	11.3
2010	11.2
2009	11.5
2008	10.8
2007	10.5
2006	10.3
2005/06	10.2
2004/05	10.3
2003/04	10.4

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Release date

January 2019

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

2003 to 2018

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Financial year ending each year.

Supplementary notes

Data for previous years obtained through Family Spending surveys published by ONS and the Food Statistics Pocketbook 2013 published by Defra.

* Data for 2015 is unavailable.
This statistic is using original data from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0

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