Official Statistics

UK and England soil nutrient balances, 2024

Annual estimates of inputs and offtake of nitrogen and phosphorus on agricultural land.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 30 October 2025

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Soil nutrient balances UK, 2024 - statistics notice

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UK and England soil nutrients data time series

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UK and England soil nutrients data time series (kg per ha)

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Soil nutrient balances provide a method for estimating the annual nutrient loadings of nitrogen and phosphorus to agricultural soils. They give an indication of the potential risk associated with losses of nutrients to the environment; losses which can impact on air and water quality and on climate change. The nutrient balances are used as a high-level indicator of farming’s pressure on the environment and of how that pressure is changing over time.

Next update: see the release calendar.

For further information please contact:
Agri.EnvironmentStatistics@defra.gov.uk
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Published 30 October 2025