62.8% of the land that feeds the UK is used to produce meat

% of the land used to feed the UK domestically and overseas, by food category

Meat 62.8%

Beef & lamb 32.5%

Beef & lamb 20.8%

Pigs

3.5%

Poultry

3.2%

Dairy 12%

Pigs 1%

Poultry 1.9%

Dairy 8%

Plants 8.7%

Plants 8.5%

Domestic land

Overseas land

Domestic land

Overseas land

Meat 62.8%

Beef & lamb 32.5%

Beef & lamb 20.8%

Pigs 3.5%

Poultry 3.2%

Dairy 12%

Pigs 1%

Poultry 1.9%

Dairy 20%

Dairy 8%

Plants 8.7%

Plants we eat

17.2%

Plants 8.5%

Guardian graphic. Source: The National Food Strategy analysis of Defra data drawing on de Ruiter et al and Poore and Nemecek