Official Statistics

Figure 3.1: Trends for the abundance of butterflies of the wider countryside on farmland in England, 1990 to 2022

Updated 2 February 2024
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Trends for the abundance of butterflies of the wider countryside on farmland in England, 1990 to 2022
Year Unsmoothed index (1990 = 100) Smoothed index Smoothed index lower 95% confidence interval Smoothed index upper 95% confidence interval
1990 100 109.07 95.77 122.36
1991 120.78 107.84 96.11 119.58
1992 125.6 106.61 96.17 117.04
1993 75.51 105.37 95.97 114.77
1994 89.95 104.14 95.52 112.76
1995 105.19 102.93 94.86 111
1996 116.41 101.7 94 109.41
1997 133.04 100.45 92.96 107.93
1998 100 99.15 91.78 106.52
1999 89.13 97.85 90.53 105.16
2000 93.97 96.57 89.26 103.87
2001 87.1 95.33 88.02 102.64
2002 85.7 94.15 86.83 101.48
2003 105.92 93.05 85.71 100.39
2004 103.99 92.02 84.67 99.37
2005 91.62 91.08 83.72 98.44
2006 92.26 90.25 82.89 97.61
2007 68.87 89.56 82.21 96.92
2008 65.01 89.05 81.7 96.4
2009 93.33 88.72 81.38 96.05
2010 95.94 88.54 81.22 95.87
2011 87.5 88.52 81.21 95.83
2012 53.7 88.65 81.34 95.95
2013 103.99 88.91 81.6 96.23
2014 100.69 89.27 81.91 96.64
2015 93.33 89.71 82.22 97.2
2016 70.47 90.2 82.49 97.91
2017 89.13 90.74 82.66 98.82
2018 110.4 91.29 82.66 99.93
2019 109.64 91.83 82.41 101.25
2020 101.85 92.34 81.88 102.8
2021 86.7 92.82 81.05 104.59
2022 84.53 93.29 79.96 106.63