In 2020, approximately four percent of participants in the age group16 to ** stated in a survey conducted in the United Kingdom (U.K.) that they or people in their household never ran out of food and that they then did not have enough money to buy more food. Among the age group of those ** and older, it was ** percent. Data coverage excludes Scotland.
Participants were asked: "Please say whether the statement below was often true, sometimes true or never true for you/people in your household in the last 12 months. The food that we bought just didn't last, and I/we didn't have money to get more"
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Food Standards Agency. (June 9, 2021). Food poverty in the United Kingdom (excluding Scotland) in 2020, by age group [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 15, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1258492/food-poverty-in-the-united-kingdom-by-age-group/
Food Standards Agency. "Food poverty in the United Kingdom (excluding Scotland) in 2020, by age group." Chart. June 9, 2021. Statista. Accessed July 15, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1258492/food-poverty-in-the-united-kingdom-by-age-group/
Food Standards Agency. (2021). Food poverty in the United Kingdom (excluding Scotland) in 2020, by age group. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 15, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1258492/food-poverty-in-the-united-kingdom-by-age-group/
Food Standards Agency. "Food Poverty in The United Kingdom (excluding Scotland) in 2020, by Age Group." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Jun 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1258492/food-poverty-in-the-united-kingdom-by-age-group/
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