Statistical data set

Livestock numbers in England and the UK

Annual statistics on the number of livestock in England and the UK in June and December.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 14 March 2013
• Last updated: 23 February 2023
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  1. 23 February 2023

     Removed datasets and added note that this page is no longer being updated.

  2. 20 December 2022

     Edited the UK time series to include June 2022 data.

  3. 29 September 2022

     Updated livestock numbers in England dataset to include June 2022 figures. Also minor edits and style changes made to better present the data.

  4. 31 March 2022

     Added livestock population dataset for the United Kingdom at December 2021.

  5. 17 March 2022

     Updated Livestock numbers in England data set with data to December 2021.

  6. 8 March 2022

     Edited to include amended data set.

  7. 7 March 2022

     Removed out of date content from the landing page. Also renamed titles for datasets to exclude date references and removed the England pig populations only" dataset which will now be included in the Livestock numbers for England dataset.

  8. 20 January 2022

     Edited England dataset to include pig populations as at 1 December 2021.

  9. 25 March 2021

     Updated with 2020 data for England and the UK.

  10. 19 March 2020

      Updated with 2019 UK data.

  11. 27 February 2020

      Updated with England 2019 data.

  12. 14 March 2019

      Updated UK dataset to include December 2018 figures.

  13. 28 February 2019

      Updated with livestock numbers in England to December 2018 dataset.

  14. 15 March 2018

      Updated UK dataset to include December 2017 figures.

  15. 1 March 2018

      Updated with livestock numbers in England to December 2017 dataset.

  16. 16 March 2017

      Updated with Livestock numbers in the UK (data to December 2016).

  17. 2 March 2017

      Updated England dataset with 2016 figures.

  18. 17 March 2016

      Updated with Livestock numbers in the UK (data to December 2015).

  19. 3 March 2016

      Updated livestock numbers in England dataset.

  20. 14 January 2016

      Page amended to reflect collection of June and December statistics

  21. 19 March 2014

      Added hay and silage figures for 2013 to the data set for England.

  22. 19 March 2014

      Updated with UK figures to 2013.

  23. 6 March 2014

      Updated to include December 2013 England figures.

  24. 19 November 2013

      Data sets with figures to December 2012 added for England and the UK.

  25. 14 March 2013

      First published.

This page is no longer being updated. Data on livestock populations in the United Kingdom can now be found on the Livestock populations in the United Kingdom page. Data on livestock populations in England can be found on the Livestock populations in England page.

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