Research and analysis
G6c: Percentage of children in England reporting that looking after the environment is important to them, survey years 2021 to 2024
Updated 1 December 2025
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| year | response | percentage |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5. Very important | 45.4 |
| 2022 | 5. Very important | 52.22 |
| 2023 | 5. Very important | 53.47 |
| 2024 | 5. Very important | 51.41 |
| 2021 | 4 | 34.14 |
| 2022 | 4 | 31.01 |
| 2023 | 4 | 30.46 |
| 2024 | 4 | 31.67 |
| 2021 | 3 | 14.73 |
| 2022 | 3 | 12.04 |
| 2023 | 3 | 12.67 |
| 2024 | 3 | 13.57 |
| 2021 | 2 | 1.67 |
| 2022 | 2 | 1.54 |
| 2023 | 2 | 1.47 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1.19 |
| 2021 | 1. Not at all important | 0.85 |
| 2022 | 1. Not at all important | 0.57 |
| 2023 | 1. Not at all important | 0.52 |
| 2024 | 1. Not at all important | 0.57 |
| 2021 | Don't know and prefer not to say | 3.2 |
| 2022 | Don't know and prefer not to say | 2.64 |
| 2023 | Don't know and prefer not to say | 1.42 |
| 2024 | Don't know and prefer not to say | 1.59 |