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Figure 5.3: Trends for the abundance of butterflies of the wider countryside in UK woodland, 1990 to 2022

Updated 2 February 2024
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Trends for the abundance of butterflies of the wider countryside in UK woodland, 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 93.78 82.61 104.96
1991 92.26 90.32 80.80 99.84
1992 110.66 86.88 78.63 95.13
1993 56.62 83.48 76.13 90.83
1994 61.52 80.22 73.44 87.00
1995 87.50 77.12 70.65 83.58
1996 87.30 74.13 67.82 80.43
1997 89.95 71.24 65.00 77.49
1998 58.21 68.49 62.26 74.72
1999 50.70 65.97 59.74 72.19
2000 52.36 63.72 57.49 69.94
2001 50.70 61.75 55.53 67.98
2002 57.68 60.05 53.83 66.27
2003 70.63 58.55 52.34 64.76
2004 70.79 57.19 50.99 63.38
2005 60.12 55.94 49.75 62.12
2006 58.34 54.80 48.62 60.99
2007 41.11 53.82 47.63 60.00
2008 38.28 53.01 46.82 59.21
2009 56.75 52.38 46.18 58.59
2010 63.68 51.89 45.67 58.10
2011 56.36 51.48 45.26 57.71
2012 32.36 51.18 44.95 57.41
2013 58.75 50.99 44.76 57.22
2014 53.21 50.87 44.64 57.10
2015 50.82 50.81 44.57 57.06
2016 36.64 50.80 44.49 57.11
2017 48.98 50.82 44.35 57.28
2018 69.18 50.82 44.02 57.61
2019 59.16 50.74 43.37 58.11
2020 57.54 50.59 42.31 58.86
2021 40.55 50.37 40.81 59.93
2022 45.60 50.15 38.92 61.37