Self-sufficiency in food in the UK 1988-2023

Published by Statista Research Department, Mar 7, 2025

Over the last three decades, United Kingdom's (UK) food production to supply ratio ('self-sufficiency') has been declining. In 2023, the UK's self-sufficiency rate in all food sat at 62 percent in all food, and at 75 percent at indigenous type foods.

Food production to supply ratio of the United Kingdom (UK) from 1988 to 2023

CharacteristicAll foodIndigenous food types
1988 71% 83%
1989 75% 87%
1990 74% 85%
1991 75% 87%
1992 74% 85%
1993 73% 85%
1994 73% 86%
1995 74% 87%
1996 70% 83%
1997 68% 82%
1998 67% 82%
1999 68% 82%
2000 67% 80%
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55%60%65%70%75%80%85%90%

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Release date

August 2024

Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

1988 to 2023

Supplementary notes

Indigenous foods refer to food that can be produced in the UK.

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