Food sector workforce in the United Kingdom (UK) 2023, by sector

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Emma Bedford,
Jul 11, 2024
This statistic illustrates the workforce in the food sector in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2022, by sector. During this year the food manufacturing sector employed 0.42 million people. Additionally, the workforce in the food sector breakdown over the same period of time in the United Kingdom can be found at the following.

Workforce in the food sector in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2023, by sector (in million persons)

CharacteristicWorkforce in million persons
Food Non-Residential Catering 2.14
Food Retailing 1.15
Agriculture 0.42
Food Manufacturing 0.44
Food Wholesaling 0.23
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June 2024

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Survey time period

2022

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