Agricultural workforce
Employment in agriculture statistics. Includes information on the number of people employed on farm and seasonal labour in the horticulture sector
This page replaces the previous Structure of the agricultural industry for publications after June 2022.
This series includes a range of publications relating to employment on farms.
These publications summarise information from the June survey of agriculture and horticulture run by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. United Kingdom results also included information sourced from the Scottish Government, the Welsh Government and the Department for Agriculture and Rural Development for Northern Ireland.
Also summarised are results from the Labour in Horticulture for England survey run by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. These experimental statistics were collected quarterly and provide information on labour shortages on farms with horticulture in England between 2018 and 2022.
Numbers employed in agriculture
Estimates of the size of the agricultural workforce in England and United Kingdom. Includes information on agricultural sex and age groups in England.
Seasonal labour in Horticulture
Results from the Labour in Horticulture Survey in England.
This survey is discontinued. For further information please visit the official statistics page using the link below.
Farm structure survey labour profiles for England and United Kingdom
This publication presents data on the farm labour force in England and the UK from the EU Farm Structure Survey.
Detailed datasets
Updates to this page
Last updated 19 July 2024 + show all updates
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Update main text.
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Added link to UK agricultural workforce dataset. This dataset includes workforce estimates to June 2022.
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Added Agricultural workforce in England at 1 June 2022 publication.
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First published.