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Country	United Kingdom
Time	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
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Environmental indicator
Agricultural production	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Index of agricultural production, Index Number (2004-2006 = 100)	107	108	109	106	106	107	106	106	106	106	103	96	102	100	100	100	100	98	102	101	102
Index of crop production, Index Number (2004-2006 = 100)	105	106	111	104	99	99	110	108	104	107	106	93	105	99	101	101	98	93	106	102	100
Index of livestock production, Index Number (2004-2006 = 100)	107	109	108	107	110	111	104	105	107	106	102	97	100	100	99	100	101	101	99	101	103
Agricultural land use	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Agricultural land area [TOTAL], Hectares	18 277 530	18 238 972	18 231 214	18 210 736	18 137 455	18 012 218	17 998 990	17 890 283	17 830 935	17 790 109	17 531 100	17 755 200	17 701 100	17 644 000	17 606 100	17 613 800	17 896 800	17 737 100	17 703 400	17 325 000	17 234 100
Area of arable and permanent cropland, Hectares	6 760 422	6 729 130	6 778 460	6 828 956	6 699 964	6 625 828	6 662 732	6 730 846	6 619 356	6 539 700	6 487 700	6 497 400	6 453 500	6 392 600	6 420 800	6 310 000	6 195 000	6 212 600	6 068 400	6 066 000	5 987 000
Area of permanent pasture, Hectares	11 517 108	11 509 842	11 452 753	11 381 779	11 437 490	11 386 389	11 336 258	11 159 437	11 211 579	11 250 399	11 036 500	11 250 900	11 240 600	11 249 100	11 183 100	11 301 100	11 699 400	11 522 100	11 633 100	11 232 400	11 208 200
Area of other land, Hectares	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	10	6 900	6 900	7 000	2 300	2 200	2 700	2 400	2 400	1 900	26 600	38 900
Agricultural land area - shares [TOTAL=100],	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Share of arable and permanent cropland in agricultural land area, %	37	36.9	37.2	37.5	36.9	36.8	37	37.6	37.1	36.8	37	36.6	36.5	36.2	36.5	35.8	34.6	35	34.3	35	34.7
Share of permanent pasture in agricultural land area, %	63	63.1	62.8	62.5	63.1	63.2	63	62.4	62.9	63.2	63	63.4	63.5	63.8	63.5	64.2	65.4	65	65.7	64.8	65
Share of other land in agricultural land area, %	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	0.2
National land area, Hectares	24 082 400	24 082 400	24 082 400	24 082 400	24 082 400	24 082 400	24 082 400	24 082 400	24 082 400	24 082 400	24 082 400	24 082 400	24 082 400	24 082 400	24 082 400	24 082 400	24 082 400	24 082 400	24 082 400	24 416 800	24 414 700
Share of agricultural land area in the national land area, %	75.9	75.7	75.7	75.6	75.3	74.8	74.7	74.3	74	73.9	72.8	73.7	73.5	73.3	73.1	73.1	74.3	73.7	73.5	71	70.6
Organic farming	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Agricultural land area under certified organic farm management, Hectares	20 000	31 000	34 000	35 000	30 992	32 476	47 901	..	78 833	425 945	578 803	679 631	741 174	695 620	690 047	608 952	604 571	660 200	726 381	721 726	699 638
Share of agricultural land area under certified organic farm management, %	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	..	0.4	2.4	3.3	3.8	4.2	3.9	3.9	3.5	3.4	3.7	4.1	4.2	4.1
Transgenic crops	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Area of transgenic crops, Hectares	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Share of transgenic crops in arable and permanent crop area, %	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Nutrients	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Nitrogen balance, Tonne of nitrogen	1 696 112	..	..	..	..	1 475 677	..	..	..	..	1 424 386	1 484 100	1 399 102	1 366 269	1 338 923	1 283 571	1 256 550	1 241 735	1 120 359	1 185 285	..
Nitrogen inputs, Tonne of nitrogen	3 210 366	..	..	..	..	2 948 417	..	..	..	..	2 904 998	2 792 587	2 794 704	2 749 044	2 745 385	2 674 735	2 619 575	2 527 318	2 451 874	2 465 178	..
Fertilizers, Tonne of nitrogen	1 612 323	..	..	..	..	1 377 552	..	..	..	..	1 406 051	1 319 228	1 363 561	1 332 979	1 310 905	1 254 287	1 208 843	1 185 334	1 133 083	1 139 135	..
Livestock manure, Tonne of nitrogen	1 264 041	..	..	..	..	1 244 821	..	..	..	..	1 172 743	1 107 862	1 077 196	1 079 082	1 092 212	1 076 366	1 070 669	1 035 459	1 013 310	993 826	..
Other inputs, Tonne of nitrogen	334 002	..	..	..	..	326 043	..	..	..	..	326 204	365 496	353 946	336 982	342 268	344 082	340 063	306 525	305 481	332 216	..
Nitrogen outputs, Tonne of nitrogen	1 514 254	..	..	..	..	1 472 740	..	..	..	..	1 480 612	1 308 487	1 395 602	1 382 775	1 406 462	1 391 164	1 363 025	1 285 583	1 331 515	1 279 893	..
Crops, Tonne of nitrogen	530 434	..	..	..	..	499 635	..	..	..	..	569 148	479 668	569 003	563 500	571 571	559 309	550 666	496 167	570 391	546 019	..
Livestock, Tonne of nitrogen	972 210	..	..	..	..	962 390	..	..	..	..	899 432	819 390	815 095	808 695	823 426	822 612	802 392	779 154	749 458	723 702	..
Total Crop Residues, Tonne of nitrogen	11 610	..	..	..	..	10 715	..	..	..	..	12 032	9 430	11 504	10 579	11 465	9 243	9 967	10 262	11 667	10 173	..
Nitrogen balance per hectare of agricultural land, kilograms per hectare of total agricultural land	140	..	..	..	..	123	..	..	..	..	120	123	117	113	111	107	103	102	93	96	..
Phosphorous balance, Tonne of phosphorus	162 029	..	..	..	..	160 372	..	..	..	..	138 185	148 848	142 418	132 394	132 490	125 081	117 290	113 537	84 709	74 048	..
Phosphorous inputs, Tonne of phosphorus	415 310	..	..	..	..	409 489	..	..	..	..	384 552	364 601	374 481	359 365	362 784	354 129	341 085	327 463	311 952	290 702	..
Fertilizers, Tonne of phosphorus	198 442	..	..	..	..	194 427	..	..	..	..	177 521	167 717	183 614	166 924	168 540	162 871	150 190	142 570	130 547	112 659	..
Livestock manure, Tonne of phosphorus	209 603	..	..	..	..	207 829	..	..	..	..	200 211	189 967	184 085	185 656	187 553	184 600	184 174	177 927	174 404	171 079	..
Other inputs, Tonne of phosphorus	7 265	..	..	..	..	7 233	..	..	..	..	6 820	6 917	6 781	6 784	6 691	6 658	6 721	6 965	7 001	6 964	..
Phosphorous outputs, Tonne of phosphorus	253 281	..	..	..	..	249 117	..	..	..	..	246 367	215 753	232 063	226 971	230 294	229 048	223 795	213 926	227 243	216 654	..
Crops, Tonne of phosphorus	97 795	..	..	..	..	94 284	..	..	..	..	101 446	85 048	100 687	97 356	97 972	96 764	94 753	88 536	106 542	100 729	..
Livestock, Tonne of phosphorus	153 460	..	..	..	..	152 963	..	..	..	..	142 821	129 059	129 368	127 769	130 321	130 671	127 303	123 598	118 664	114 149	..
Total Crop Residues, Tonne of phosphorus	2 027	..	..	..	..	1 870	..	..	..	..	2 100	1 646	2 008	1 847	2 001	1 613	1 740	1 791	2 036	1 776	..
Phosphorous balance per hectare of agricultural land, kilograms per hectare of total agricultural land	13	..	..	..	..	13	..	..	..	..	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	9	7	6	..
Pesticides	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Pesticide sales in agriculture [TOTAL], Tonnes of active ingredients	31 736	32 133	28 392	29 335	30 812	30 983	32 675	32 597	32 244	31 989	29 314	29 174	27 232	26 950	27 853	28 020	19 267	19 172	17 802	17 526	13 926
Insecticide sales, Tonnes of active ingredients	1 025	1 024	846	873	1 021	981	754	764	859	794	526	524	475	426	475	467	545	535	517	526	439
Fungicide sales, Tonnes of active ingredients	7 010	7 143	6 653	6 730	6 174	6 208	6 562	6 535	6 379	6 362	4 911	4 912	4 713	4 721	5 923	5 939	5 291	5 324	6 136	6 111	5 449
Herbicide sales, Tonnes of active ingredients	11 949	11 884	10 037	10 670	9 660	9 661	10 716	10 767	11 178	11 137	10 783	10 775	10 295	10 271	10 508	10 641	9 084	8 999	9 575	9 439	7 462
Other pesticides sales, Tonnes of active ingredients	11 752	12 082	10 856	11 061	13 958	14 132	14 642	14 533	13 828	13 696	13 093	12 963	11 749	11 531	10 946	10 973	4 348	4 313	1 574	1 449	577
Energy consumption	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Direct on-farm energy consumption, 000 tonnes oil equivalent	1 277	1 304	1 309	1 311	1 303	1 268	1 356	1 280	1 283	1 215	1 148	1 218	1 127	893	854	931	863	855	916	851	939
Total national energy consumption, 000 tonnes oil equivalent	137 793	143 468	141 512	143 666	144 125	143 668	150 940	147 306	148 015	150 495	150 503	150 613	147 376	149 215	149 938	148 433	145 719	141 902	141 645	131 460	137 906
Share of agriculture in total national energy consumption, %	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.7
Biofuels	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bioethanol production (million liter), million liter	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bioethanol production (kilotonne of oil equivalent), Kilotonne of oil equivalent (ktoe)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Biodiesel production (million liter), million liter	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Biodiesel production (kilotonne of oil equivalent), Kilotonne of oil equivalent (ktoe)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Soil erosion	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Agricultural land classified as having moderate to severe water erosion risk, %	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	5.9	..	..	16.6	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Share of agricultural land classified as having moderate to severe water erosion risk, %	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	49.2	..	..	72.1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Agricultural land classified as having moderate to severe wind erosion risk, %	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Share of agricultural land classified as having moderate to severe water wind risk, %	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Water resources	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Water use,	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Total agricultural water withdrawals, million m3	668	1 599	1 775	1 504	1 600	1 724	1 767	1 682	2 149	1 947	1 951	1 833	1 308	1 287	1 611	1 438	1 440	1 330	1 111	..	..
Total freshwater withdrawals, million m3	12 052	12 461	10 095	8 759	9 083	9 564	9 821	9 342	9 667	11 177	11 175	10 238	9 882	10 359	10 800	10 323	9 271	8 576	8 347	..	..
Share of agriculture in total freshwater withdrawals, %	5.5	12.8	17.6	17.2	17.6	18	18	18	22.2	17.4	17.5	17.9	13.2	12.4	14.9	13.9	15.5	15.5	13.3	..	..
Irrigation,	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Irrigated area, Hectares	164 000	165 000	165 000	165 000	165 000	155 650	..	..	..	..	..	147 270	..	..	..	116 272	..	..	..	..	83 139
Share of irrigated area in total agricultural area, %	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	..	..	..	..	..	0.8	..	..	..	0.7	..	..	..	..	0.5
Irrigation freshwater withdrawals, million m3	138	182	145	110	146	160	134	106	103	118	106	94	91	115	82	82	101	59	57	..	..
Share of irrigation freshwater withdrawals in total agricultural water withdrawals, %	20.6	11.4	8.2	7.3	9.1	9.3	7.6	6.3	4.8	6.1	5.4	5.1	6.9	8.9	5.1	5.7	7	4.4	5.1	..	..
Irrigation water application rates, Megalitres per hectare of irrigated land	0.8	1.1	0.9	0.7	0.9	1	..	..	..	..	..	0.6	..	..	..	0.7	..	..	..	..	..
Water quality	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Runoff and concentration in water bodies,	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Share of agriculture in total emissions of nitrates in surface water, %	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	60	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	62	..	..
Share of agriculture in total emissions of phosphorous in surface water, %	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	29	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	19.5	..
Share of agriculture in total emissions of nitrates in coastal water, %	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	60	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Share of agriculture in total emissions of phosphorous in coastal water, %	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	30	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Share of monitoring sites in agricultural areas where one or more pesticides are present in surface water, %	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Share of monitoring sites in agricultural areas where one or more pesticides are present in groundwater, %	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Drinking water limits,	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Share of monitoring sites in agricultural areas that exceed recommend drinking water limits for nitrates in surface water, %	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	34	32.6	34.8	34.4	34	32.3	31.5	27.8	..
Share of monitoring sites in agricultural areas that exceed recommend drinking water limits for nitrates in groundwater, %	9	..	..	..	..	13	..	..	..	..	13	14	13	13	15	13	15	15	15	14	16
Share of monitoring sites in agricultural areas that exceed recommend drinking water limits for phosphorous in surface water, %	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	53.4	53.5	52.4	52.2	50.2	46.6	43.1	40.8	..
Share of monitoring sites in agricultural areas that exceed recommend drinking water limits for phosphorous in groundwater, %	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Share of monitoring sites in agricultural areas that exceed recommended drinking water limits for pesticides in surface water, %	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	6.3	7.7	6.4	5.4	5.4	8	6.5	6	..	..	..
Share of monitoring sites in agricultural areas that exceed recommended drinking water limits for pesticides in groundwater, %	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Ammonia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Agricultural ammonia emissions, Tonnes	334 920	353 117	338 233	332 412	333 527	321 860	321 283	325 316	319 645	321 723	284 881	282 344	277 225	269 927	276 742	271 089	271 713	262 027	249 559	249 992	252 956
Total ammonia emissions, Tonnes	359 941	366 635	353 358	347 958	350 609	342 609	344 052	350 958	339 024	340 129	328 289	324 392	317 156	307 231	312 417	307 453	307 055	296 386	282 549	282 980	284 391
Agricultural share in total ammonia emissions, %	93	96.3	95.7	95.5	95.1	93.9	93.4	92.7	94.3	94.6	86.8	87	87.4	87.9	88.6	88.2	88.5	88.4	88.3	88.3	88.9
Share of ammonia in total emissions of acidifying pollutants, Tonnes acid equivalents	21 173	21 566.8	20 785.8	20 468.1	20 624.1	20 153.5	20 238.4	20 644.6	19 942.6	20 007.6	19 311.1	19 081.9	18 656.2	18 072.4	18 377.5	18 085.5	18 062.1	17 434.5	16 620.5	16 645.9	16 728.9
Greenhouse gas	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Agricultural gross greenhouse gas emissions [TOTAL], Tonnes of CO2 equivalent	57 501 485	57 246 447	57 064 686	56 349 783	56 482 634	56 062 994	56 438 651	56 199 935	55 563 814	54 890 138	52 893 309	50 094 492	50 079 048	49 646 483	49 912 564	50 204 853	48 573 479	47 145 361	46 490 712	45 808 264	46 201 383
CO2 emissions from agriculture, Tonnes of CO2 equivalent	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
CH4 emissions from agriculture, Tonnes of CO2 equivalent	22 545 759	22 243 124	22 168 741	22 041 553	22 090 454	21 735 437	21 885 213	21 155 313	21 025 646	20 956 479	20 071 517	19 034 006	18 679 107	18 702 965	18 969 857	19 442 919	19 145 998	18 734 122	18 303 199	17 979 938	18 065 227
N2O emissions from agriculture, Tonnes of CO2 equivalent	34 955 726	35 003 323	34 895 946	34 308 230	34 392 181	34 327 557	34 553 438	35 044 622	34 538 168	33 933 659	32 821 792	31 060 486	31 399 941	30 943 518	30 942 707	30 761 934	29 427 481	28 411 239	28 187 513	27 828 326	28 136 156
Other greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture, Tonnes of CO2 equivalent	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Agricultural gross greenhouse gas emissions - shares [TOTAL=100],	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Share of CO2 in total emissions from agriculture, %	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Share of CH4 in total emissions from agriculture, %	39.2	38.9	38.8	39.1	39.1	38.8	38.8	37.6	37.8	38.2	37.9	38	37.3	37.7	38	38.7	39.4	39.7	39.4	39.3	39.1
Share of N2O in total emissions from agriculture, %	60.8	61.1	61.2	60.9	60.9	61.2	61.2	62.4	62.2	61.8	62.1	62	62.7	62.3	62	61.3	60.6	60.3	60.6	60.7	60.9
Share of other greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture, %	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
National total GHG emissions [TOTAL], Tonnes of CO2 equivalent	767 259 761	774 086 038	751 026 048	729 900 465	718 416 084	709 644 518	730 789 851	705 025 027	702 575 541	671 435 294	673 530 195	678 399 142	657 792 122	662 452 046	662 395 152	657 655 922	653 309 435	643 989 000	629 831 775	576 127 030	594 021 499
Total national CO2 emissions, Tonnes of CO2 equivalent	588 698 994	595 905 008	579 507 293	565 547 399	559 946 988	551 830 657	573 816 388	549 886 431	553 773 421	544 605 317	552 488 051	564 695 200	548 330 089	558 349 420	559 957 300	556 732 708	555 240 441	548 083 943	535 627 026	484 724 796	502 383 205
Total national CH4 emissions, Tonnes of CO2 equivalent	97 645 966	96 811 466	95 026 245	91 932 557	84 726 728	84 136 284	82 079 232	77 535 729	73 436 501	68 650 765	64 177 629	58 898 336	55 957 483	50 167 928	48 660 446	47 239 827	45 951 116	44 383 231	43 151 728	42 107 455	41 418 306
Total national N2O emissions, Tonnes of CO2 equivalent	67 097 641	67 258 242	62 448 013	57 743 289	58 135 840	56 648 811	56 584 062	56 988 631	56 821 404	46 138 523	45 279 536	42 756 436	40 975 354	40 444 347	41 143 767	40 252 143	38 203 444	37 470 043	36 514 614	34 523 244	34 995 458
Total national emissions of other greenhouse gas, Tonnes of CO2 equivalent	13 817 161	14 111 322	14 044 497	14 677 220	15 606 529	17 028 765	18 310 169	20 614 237	18 544 215	12 040 689	11 584 979	12 049 170	12 529 197	13 490 351	12 633 640	13 431 244	13 914 433	14 051 783	14 538 407	14 771 535	15 224 530
National total GHG emissions - shares [TOTAL=100],	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Share of CO2 in total national GHG emissions, %	76.7	77	77.2	77.5	77.9	77.8	78.5	78	78.8	81.1	82	83.2	83.4	84.3	84.5	84.7	85	85.1	85	84.1	84.6
Share of CH4 in total national GHG emissions, %	12.7	12.5	12.7	12.6	11.8	11.9	11.2	11	10.5	10.2	9.5	8.7	8.5	7.6	7.3	7.2	7	6.9	6.9	7.3	7
Share of N2O in total national GHG emissions, %	8.7	8.7	8.3	7.9	8.1	8	7.7	8.1	8.1	6.9	6.7	6.3	6.2	6.1	6.2	6.1	5.8	5.8	5.8	6	5.9

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2013 Edition of the OECD Environmental Database : Data for United Kingdom

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