Roger that.
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/8/4/37504406.pdf
Oddly enough, OECD shows rather low figures. Some ECB statistics will show higher, and the Statistics Finland will at least give higher numbers (on Finland's case). I guess it'll give some hint, though.
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Originally Posted by pablissimo
I was under the impression that most foodstuffs were VAT-exempt, at least in the UK.
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No idea. I think EU only allows a limited number of tax categories, which somewhat reduce the variability you can have on taxing. I'd be brave enough to claim at least a majority of what you'd buy from the local grocery store (I'm not sure how it works in the UK) would automatically include a tax (it'll probably read in the receipt). Even if groceries were extempt, you'll still have the vast majority of other consumer products and services.
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Makes me tempted to find statistics on consumption. Argh. Yes, it seems in UK "most groceries" are exempt. In Finland, there's a 17% VAT on majority of them. Quite a bit of a difference between the two, then. UK seems to be the exception here, though, most other EU countries (Belgium, Germany, France, Netherlands, so on) do have VATs for groceries too.