Environment statistics
Source: gov.uk (2025-10-28)

Information on our relationship with and impact on the environment around us.

Working with our Defra group partner organisations: Environment Agency, Forestry Commission, Joint Nature Conservation Committee and Natural England we produce a wide range of statistics that provide information on our relationship with and impact on the environment around us.

Our Products

Environmental Quality
- Air quality and emissions statistics (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/air-quality-and-emissions-statistics)
- UK and England’s carbon footprint (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uks-carbon-footprint)
- Water quality and abstraction statistics (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/water-quality-and-abstraction-statistics)
Resources and waste
- Waste and recycling statistics (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/waste-and-recycling-statistics)
- England’s material footprint (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/englands-material-footprint)
- Carrier bag charge: summary of data in England (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/carrier-bag-charge-summary-of-data-in-england)
- Litter and littering in England: data dashboard (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/litter-and-littering-in-england-data-dashboard)
Nature
- Biodiversity and wildlife statistics (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/biodiversity-and-wildlife-statistics)
- Access to nature statistics (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/access-to-nature-statistics)
Cross cutting
- Environmental Indicator Framework (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/environmental-indicator-framework)
Other publications
- Funding for flooding and coastal erosion (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/funding-for-flood-and-coastal-erosion)
- Peat usage in growing media production (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/peat-usage-in-growing-media-production)
Historic publications
- Environmental protection expenditure (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/environmental-protection-and-expenditure-epe-survey)
- Digest of waste and resources statistics (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/digest-of-waste-and-resource-statistics)
- England natural environment indicators (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/england-natural-environment-indicators)
- Sustainable development indicators (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/sustainable-development-indicators)
Our partners within Defra group
- Environment Agency (EA) (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics?departments%5B%5D=environment-agency)
- Forestry Commission (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics?departments%5B%5D=forestry-commission)
- Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics?departments%5B%5D=joint-nature-conservation-committee)
- Natural England (NE) (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics?departments%5B%5D=natural-england)
Other sources of information
- Welsh government (https://gov.wales/statistics-and-research/?topic=Environment+and+countryside&lang=en)
- Scottish government (https://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Environment?utm_source=website&utm_medium=navigation&utm_campaign=statistics-topics)
- Northern Ireland (https://www.nisra.gov.uk/statistics/agriculture-and-environment/environment-statistics)
- Office for National Statistics (ONS) (https://www.ons.gov.uk/atoz)
- ONS Environmental accounts (https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/environmentalaccounts)
Developing our portfolio

Our environmental portfolio of official statistics is large and diverse. We will continue to develop our understanding of user needs to find the best balance between compendiums of environmental statistics, regular statistical releases on specific topics and supporting data releases.

Looking further to the future, we believe that technological development can bring radical change to what we measure and how we measure it and we will continue to track the potential of environmental monitoring approaches from Earth observation to e-dna.