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*
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Defra, & Office for National Statistics (UK). (January 24, 2019). Percentage of weekly household spending going on food and non-alcoholic drink in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2003 to 2018* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/282296/food-and-drink-share-of-household-spending-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
Defra, und Office for National Statistics (UK). "Percentage of weekly household spending going on food and non-alcoholic drink in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2003 to 2018*." Chart. January 24, 2019. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/282296/food-and-drink-share-of-household-spending-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
Defra, Office for National Statistics (UK). (2019). Percentage of weekly household spending going on food and non-alcoholic drink in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2003 to 2018*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/282296/food-and-drink-share-of-household-spending-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
Defra, and Office for National Statistics (UK). "Percentage of Weekly Household Spending Going on Food and Non-alcoholic Drink in The United Kingdom (Uk) from 2003 to 2018*." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 Jan 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/282296/food-and-drink-share-of-household-spending-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
Defra & Office for National Statistics (UK), Percentage of weekly household spending going on food and non-alcoholic drink in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2003 to 2018* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/282296/food-and-drink-share-of-household-spending-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Percentage of weekly household spending going on food and non-alcoholic drink in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2003 to 2018* [Graph], Defra, & Office for National Statistics (UK), January 24, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/282296/food-and-drink-share-of-household-spending-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
