Agriculture in the UK 2023: Chapter 11 - Agri-environment

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This dataset contains the underlying data for Chapter 11 - Agri-environment of Agriculture in the United Kin

Last update
6 June 2024

Next update
June 2025

Responsible statistician
Robin Karfoot

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Email: [email protected], Telephone: +44 (0)2080 266449

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Figure 11.1 Emissions from agriculture, 2022 (percentage)

Figure 11.2 Nitrous oxide emissions from agriculture, 2022 (million tonnes CO2 equivalent)

Figure 11.3 Methane emissions from agriculture, 2022 (million tonnes CO2 equivalent)

Figure 11.4 Carbon dioxide emissions from agriculture, 2022 (million tonnes CO2 equivalent)

Figure 11.5 Ammonia emissions from agriculture, 2022 (thousand tonnes)

Figure 11.6 Weight of pesticides applied to arable crops, 2022 (tonnes)
Figure 11.7 Nitrogen (N) use (kg/ha) on all crops and grass in Great Britain, 2022
Figure 11.8 Phosphate (P2O5) use (kg/ha) on all crops and grass in Great Britain, 2022
Figure 11.9 Nitrogen (N) soil nutrient balance, 2022 (kg/ha)
Figure 11.10 Phosphorus (P) soil nutrient balance, 2022 (kg/ha)
Source

Final UK greenhouse gas emissions

national statistics: 1990 to 2022,
BEIS
Final UK greenhouse gas emissions
national statistics: 1990 to 2022,
BEIS
Final UK greenhouse gas emissions
national statistics: 1990 to 2022,
BEIS
Final UK greenhouse gas emissions
national statistics: 1990 to 2022,
BEIS
Emissions of air pollutants.
Pesticide usage surveys.
British survey of fertiliser practice.
British survey of fertiliser practice.
Soil nutrient balances
Soil nutrient balances
Notes
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Note text
The whole timeseries for greenhouse gas emissions is revised each year to take account of
methodological improvements in the UK emissions inventory.
All pesticides include seed treatment.
Cropped land is tillage crops.
From 2010 in England, June survey data for land and animals is collected only for commercial
farms.
From 2000 to 2008 data is for all farms and hence based on a larger population.
For comparability, data for 2009 have been presented on both the definition used for 2000 to 2008
and that used from 2010 onwards.
Figure 11.1 Emissions from agriculture, 2022 (percentage) [Note 1]
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Emission Agriculture Other sectors or
sources
Nitrous oxide 70% 30%
Methane 49% 51%
Carbon dioxide 2% 98%
Ammonia 87% 13%
e) [Note 1]
Figure 11.2 Nitrous oxide emissions from agriculture, 2022 (million tonnes
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Emissions 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
UK total 43.9 44.0 39.5 35.7 36.3
Agriculture 16.3 16.3 15.7 15.3 15.9
Non-agriculture 27.6 27.7 23.8 20.4 20.4
e, 2022 (million tonnes CO2 equivalent) [Note 1]
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
35.0 35.1 35.3 35.3 26.8 26.3 25.0
15.9 16.1 16.3 16.1 16.1 15.4 14.8
19.1 18.9 19.0 19.3 10.7 10.9 10.2
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
23.5 23.2 23.6 22.7 21.8 21.8 21.3
14.8 14.7 14.5 14.2 13.8 13.6 13.5
8.7 8.4 9.1 8.5 8.0 8.3 7.8
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
19.9 20.3 19.5 19.5 19.5 20.0 19.9
13.4 13.6 13.7 13.5 13.6 14.1 14.0
6.4 6.7 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.9
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
19.4 19.7 19.6 19.6 18.5 18.9 18.1
13.6 13.8 13.7 13.8 13.0 13.3 12.6
5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.6 5.6 5.5
Figure 11.3 Methane emissions from agriculture, 2022 (million tonnes CO2
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Emissions 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
UK total 150.2 151.0 150.8 149.2 141.6
Agriculture 32.5 32.1 32.3 32.3 32.4
Non-agriculture 117.6 118.9 118.5 117.0 109.2
2 (million tonnes CO2 equivalent) [Note 1]
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
143.5 142.6 139.9 136.0 129.7 123.7 118.8
32.2 32.8 32.5 32.6 32.5 31.5 29.9
111.3 109.9 107.3 103.4 97.3 92.2 88.9
 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
116.2 110.7 105.6 100.7 96.0 91.7 85.3
29.5 29.7 30.0 30.0 29.4 29.2 28.3
86.7 81.0 75.7 70.7 66.6 62.5 57.0
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
80.4 75.2 72.3 70.5 65.8 63.6 62.5
28.0 28.2 28.0 27.9 27.7 28.5 28.6
52.5 47.1 44.3 42.6 38.1 35.1 33.9
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
60.5 61.0 60.5 60.0 57.6 56.9 56.4
28.5 28.6 28.1 28.1 27.7 27.9 27.8
32.0 32.4 32.5 31.9 29.9 29.0 28.6
Figure 11.4 Carbon dioxide emissions from agriculture, 2022 (million tonne
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Emissions 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
UK total 603.6 610.6 594.2 579.6 573.2
Agriculture 5.3 5.5 5.6 5.1 5.2
Non-agriculture 598.3 605.1 588.6 574.5 568.0
re, 2022 (million tonnes CO2 equivalent) [Note 1]
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
565.3 584.9 560.9 565.2 558.0 565.6 574.4
5.2 5.7 5.4 5.7 6.2 6.0 6.0
560.1 579.2 555.5 559.6 551.8 559.7 568.4
 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
556.2 566.9 568.1 564.5 561.6 552.5 537.6
6.1 6.3 7.1 7.5 7.5 7.5 8.3
550.1 560.6 561.0 557.0 554.1 545.0 529.4
 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
486.7 504.6 461.6 479.4 469.2 430.0 413.9
7.9 7.5 6.8 7.6 6.6 6.9 7.3
478.8 497.1 454.8 471.8 462.6 423.2 406.6
 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
389.4 377.4 371.8 358.5 319.1 337.0 324.2
7.2 7.0 7.3 7.1 7.2 7.7 7.3
382.1 370.4 364.6 351.4 311.8 329.4 316.8
Figure 11.5 Ammonia emissions from agriculture, 2022 (thousand tonnes)
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Emissions 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
UK total 308.6 312.2 298.2 294.1 299.1
Agriculture 279.3 282.9 268.5 263.5 267.1
Non-agriculture 29.3 29.3 29.7 30.7 32.0
22 (thousand tonnes)
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
293.7 299.7 309.7 308.9 301.9 295.0 292.3
260.3 263.3 272.3 266.4 261.1 248.9 246.2
33.4 36.4 37.4 42.4 40.8 46.1 46.1
 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
287.8 283.0 288.0 280.9 277.3 273.4 256.8
241.9 238.2 244.0 237.1 234.8 233.0 218.6
45.9 44.9 44.0 43.9 42.5 40.4 38.3
 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
260.0 261.6 261.5 260.5 255.8 267.1 269.2
222.1 224.2 224.1 224.1 220.8 233.4 237.0
37.9 37.4 37.4 36.3 35.0 33.7 32.3
 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
270.9 274.4 270.3 269.5 260.7 266.5 259.3
238.4 240.6 237.5 237.1 226.7 231.5 226.6
32.5 33.8 32.8 32.4 34.0 35.1 32.7
Figure 11.6 Weight of pesticides applied to arable crops, 2022 (tonnes) [No
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Pesticide 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998
Fungicides 6,360 6,038 5,455 5,689 5,581
Growth regulators 2,610 2,642 2,558 2,839 3,080
Herbicides 10,177 8,376 6,969 8,143 8,665
Insecticides 664 495 640 458 564
Molluscicides 63 103 241 130 170
Other 11,192 10,080 12,883 13,483 12,727
2022 (tonnes) [Note 2]
2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012
4,211 4,002 5,212 4,586 5,413 4,811 5,292
3,135 3,187 2,954 2,736 3,235 2,631 2,803
8,142 8,365 8,756 7,138 8,166 6,253 6,619
309 312 361 433 424 336 344
388 342 151 264 486 174 126
12,156 10,963 10,332 3,707 1,033
 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022
5,592 5,883 5,745 4,449 4,045
2,730 2,639 2,547 1,799 2,672
7,051 7,770 8,414 6,074 7,848
245 187 165 133 135
132 158 174 96 85
92 88 90 2 15
Figure 11.7 Nitrogen (N) use on all crops and grass in Great Britain, 2022 (k
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Rate 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988
Cropped land 157 157 152 157 146
Grassland 131 131 132 130 119
All crops and grass 143 144 142 143 132
eat Britain, 2022 (kg/ha) [Note 3]
1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995
147 147 151 145 137 147 149
124 129 129 106 112 116 118
136 138 139 125 124 130 132
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
145 149 144 141 149 145 150
113 123 109 110 99 94 89
128 136 126 125 123 116 117
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
149 148 147 142 144 137 137
83 77 75 72 65 55 57
113 108 108 104 103 94 95
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
145 146 144 136 146 146 141
63 57 55 59 60 56 56
101 99 95 94 99 98 94
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
137 142 137 121 130 118
54 57 54 53 51 34
91 95 92 83 87 71
Figure 11.8 Phosphate (P2O5) use on all crops and grass in Great Britain, 2
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Rate 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988
Cropped land 62 58 57 58 56
Grassland 26 25 23 24 23
All crops and grass 42 41 40 40 39
s in Great Britain, 2022 (kg/ha) [Note 3]
1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995
54 53 54 54 52 53 53
24 25 23 22 21 24 24
39 39 38 38 35 38 37
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
52 55 51 45 47 43 44
23 25 21 20 20 19 20
36 39 35 32 32 29 31
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
40 41 40 35 34 30 23
18 17 16 16 14 10 9
28 28 27 25 23 20 15
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
30 29 28 28 29 29 29
10 9 9 9 10 9 9
19 19 17 18 18 18 18
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
30 27 26 24 22 17
8 8 8 8 7 4
18 17 16 15 14 10
Figure 11.9 Nitrogen (N) soil nutrient balance, 2022 (kg/ha) [Note 4][Note 5
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Balance 1990 1995 2000 2001 2002
All farms 137.9 120.6 108.4 111.0 103.6
Commercial farms [x] [x] [x] [x] [x]
a) [Note 4][Note 5][Note 6]
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
97.6 96.2 92.9 87.5 89.6 83.8 83.4
[x] [x] [x] [x] [x] [x] 86.0
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
[x] [x] [x] [x] [x] [x] [x]
91.5 87.4 88.3 89.4 85.9 84.4 88.6
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
[x] [x] [x] [x] [x] [x]
88.8 89.6 82.9 90.8 92.5 79.1
Figure 11.10 Phosphorus (P) soil nutrient balance, 2022 (kg/ha) [Note 4][No
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Balance 1990 1995 2000 2001 2002
All farms 13.0 12.9 9.5 10.3 8.6
Commercial farms [x] [x] [x] [x] [x]
kg/ha) [Note 4][Note 5][Note 6]
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
9.2 9.2 9.2 8.0 8.1 6.4 4.0
[x] [x] [x] [x] [x] [x] 3.9
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
[x] [x] [x] [x] [x] [x] [x]
5.6 5.3 5.5 5.8 4.3 4.1 5.5
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
[x] [x] [x] [x] [x] [x]
5.3 5.8 4.2 6.4 5.7 2.8