Official Statistics

Figure 3.1: Trends for the abundance of habitat specialist butterflies in the UK, 1976 to 2022

Updated 2 February 2024
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Trends for the abundance of habitat specialist butterflies in the UK, 1976 to 2022
Year Unsmoothed index (1976 = 100) Smoothed index Smoothed index lower 95% confidence interval Smoothed index upper 95% confidence interval
1976 100.00 57.20 50.57 63.82
1977 26.55 53.05 47.64 58.46
1978 43.35 49.29 44.70 53.87
1979 40.74 46.05 41.94 50.16
1980 40.18 43.43 39.54 47.32
1981 21.23 41.49 37.68 45.30
1982 41.59 40.24 36.45 44.03
1983 36.31 39.53 35.74 43.32
1984 50.70 39.23 35.44 43.01
1985 42.85 39.16 35.38 42.93
1986 38.19 39.25 35.48 43.02
1987 44.06 39.47 35.71 43.22
1988 33.42 39.76 36.02 43.50
1989 38.82 40.13 36.40 43.86
1990 44.87 40.51 36.79 44.23
1991 35.89 40.83 37.11 44.54
1992 50.47 41.04 37.32 44.75
1993 39.08 41.08 37.36 44.79
1994 42.27 40.94 37.22 44.65
1995 46.56 40.60 36.89 44.32
1996 43.95 40.08 36.37 43.79
1997 44.87 39.41 35.70 43.12
1998 30.90 38.68 34.97 42.39
1999 33.34 38.01 34.29 41.72
2000 34.75 37.46 33.75 41.17
2001 34.04 37.06 33.35 40.77
2002 30.83 36.80 33.09 40.51
2003 38.02 36.66 32.95 40.37
2004 41.02 36.56 32.84 40.27
2005 39.45 36.42 32.71 40.13
2006 46.56 36.23 32.51 39.94
2007 30.27 35.97 32.25 39.69
2008 26.92 35.73 32.01 39.46
2009 34.36 35.56 31.83 39.29
2010 44.57 35.40 31.66 39.14
2011 44.26 35.22 31.47 38.97
2012 23.77 35.04 31.27 38.80
2013 35.32 34.96 31.18 38.74
2014 38.55 35.00 31.21 38.78
2015 33.19 35.17 31.38 38.96
2016 27.23 35.51 31.72 39.30
2017 29.99 36.05 32.24 39.86
2018 41.59 36.75 32.86 40.64
2019 42.56 37.51 33.39 41.63
2020 39.90 38.27 33.67 42.87
2021 39.26 39.03 33.59 44.46
2022 39.26 39.78 33.12 46.44