Official Statistics

Figure 5.1: Trends for the abundance of butterflies of the wider countryside on UK farmland, 1990 to 2022

Updated 2 February 2024
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Trends for the abundance of butterflies of the wider countryside on UK farmland, 1990 to 2022
Year Unsmoothed index (1990 = 100) Smoothed index Smoothed index lower 95% confidence interval Smoothed index upper 95% confidence interval
1990 100.00 110.02 98.68 121.36
1991 123.87 109.22 98.74 119.69
1992 127.05 108.41 98.72 118.11
1993 79.25 107.61 98.60 116.61
1994 92.26 106.80 98.40 115.20
1995 107.64 106.00 98.11 113.88
1996 121.33 105.20 97.74 112.65
1997 137.40 104.39 97.29 111.49
1998 104.23 103.57 96.75 110.40
1999 95.06 102.76 96.16 109.37
2000 101.62 101.95 95.51 108.40
2001 92.90 101.16 94.83 107.48
2002 92.04 100.37 94.13 106.61
2003 113.76 99.61 93.43 105.79
2004 111.42 98.86 92.71 105.01
2005 99.31 98.14 92.01 104.26
2006 98.86 97.44 91.31 103.56
2007 72.78 96.77 90.64 102.90
2008 68.87 96.15 90.00 102.30
2009 97.72 95.57 89.38 101.75
2010 101.39 95.02 88.78 101.27
2011 92.04 94.52 88.19 100.85
2012 57.94 94.05 87.60 100.50
2013 109.14 93.62 87.01 100.23
2014 102.80 93.21 86.38 100.04
2015 95.28 92.82 85.72 99.93
2016 71.45 92.46 85.00 99.92
2017 90.78 92.10 84.21 100.00
2018 110.15 91.76 83.35 100.17
2019 110.15 91.42 82.40 100.43
2020 102.80 91.07 81.36 100.78
2021 88.72 90.73 80.23 101.22
2022 83.37 90.38 79.01 101.74