United Kingdom's agriculture share fell from 1.1 % in 1996 to 0.6 % in 2025.
United Kingdom · Agriculture & natural resources
Land, production, employment and resource rents.
20 indicators · 20 with data
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment)
% of employment
176th of 182 · 48th in Europe & C. Asia
United Kingdom's employment in agriculture (% of total employment) fell from 2.2 % in 1996 to 0.9 % in 2025.
United Kingdom's resource rents rose from 0.5 % in 1992 to 0.6 % in 2021.
United Kingdom's agricultural land (% of land area) fell from 72.0 % in 1994 to 70.3 % in 2023.
United Kingdom's arable land (% of land area) rose from 24.4 % in 1994 to 25.0 % in 2023.
United Kingdom's arable land (hectares per person) fell from 0 ha in 1994 to 0 ha in 2023.
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- Cereal yielddown −7.5 %15th of 179
- Food production indexup +0.7 pts125th of 195
- Crop production indexup +4.2 pts154th of 195
- Livestock production indexdown −1.3 pts105th of 194
- Oil productiondown −9.1 %26th of 50
- Gas productiondown −10.9 %24th of 49
- Coal productiondown −79.0 %33rd of 34
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- Fertilizer consumptiondown −1.1 %43rd of 191
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- Oil rents (% of GDP)up +0.2 pts52nd of 190
- Mineral rents (% of GDP)up +0.0 pts89th of 197
- Forest rents (% of GDP)unchanged +0.0 pts177th of 197
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- Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports)down −0.1 pts22nd of 24
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- Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurityup +1.2 pts22nd of 134
- Prevalence of undernourishmentunchanged +0.0 pts1st of 165