Statistical data set

Agricultural Workforce in the United Kingdom at 1 June

Estimates of the size of the agricultural workforce in the United Kingdom.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 15 December 2022
• Last updated: 12 December 2024 — See all updates

This time series gives the size of the agricultural workforce in the United Kingdom. The dataset provides number of farmers, managers and workers on farm as well as a breakdown by UK countries. These data are sourced from the United Kingdom Agriculture departments June Survey/Census of Agriculture.

These statistics are designated as National Statistics. Continued designation was confirmed in 2014 following a full assessment by the UK Statistics Authority against the Code of Practice for Statistics.

Agricultural workforce in the United Kingdom at 1 June 2024 (ODS, 67.3 KB)

Information about the uses and users of the June survey of agriculture and horticulture is available on gov.uk.

The next update will be announced on the statistics release calendar.

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Published 15 December 2022
Last updated 12 December 2024 + show all updates

1. 12 December 2024

   Updated agricultural workforce in the United Kingdom at 1 June 2024 dataset.

2. 14 December 2023

   Updated agricultural workforce in the United Kingdom at 1 June 2023 dataset.

3. 20 October 2023

   Added a link on the landing page to the statistics release calendar.

4. 15 December 2022

   First published.