Research and analysis
D6bi: Distribution of priority species in England, 1970 to 2024
Updated 13 May 2026
| year | measure | value |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Smoothed index | 100.0 |
| 1971 | Smoothed index | 99.71766586 |
| 1972 | Smoothed index | 98.96809549 |
| 1973 | Smoothed index | 98.1344088 |
| 1974 | Smoothed index | 97.44465818 |
| 1975 | Smoothed index | 96.99634873 |
| 1976 | Smoothed index | 96.41234925 |
| 1977 | Smoothed index | 94.94846184 |
| 1978 | Smoothed index | 93.79147631 |
| 1979 | Smoothed index | 92.81874939 |
| 1980 | Smoothed index | 91.69285885 |
| 1981 | Smoothed index | 90.52811753 |
| 1982 | Smoothed index | 90.10730236 |
| 1983 | Smoothed index | 89.66604816 |
| 1984 | Smoothed index | 88.89069919 |
| 1985 | Smoothed index | 87.70123165 |
| 1986 | Smoothed index | 86.90496023 |
| 1987 | Smoothed index | 86.5644127 |
| 1988 | Smoothed index | 86.21519839 |
| 1989 | Smoothed index | 86.55893477 |
| 1990 | Smoothed index | 86.95223284 |
| 1991 | Smoothed index | 86.92872559 |
| 1992 | Smoothed index | 86.52163047 |
| 1993 | Smoothed index | 86.119535 |
| 1994 | Smoothed index | 86.3919849 |
| 1995 | Smoothed index | 87.30569071 |
| 1996 | Smoothed index | 87.76196909 |
| 1997 | Smoothed index | 87.7567179 |
| 1998 | Smoothed index | 86.60208523 |
| 1999 | Smoothed index | 86.211895 |
| 2000 | Smoothed index | 86.14079299 |
| 2001 | Smoothed index | 86.30612378 |
| 2002 | Smoothed index | 85.98527833 |
| 2003 | Smoothed index | 85.83840848 |
| 2004 | Smoothed index | 84.93646744 |
| 2005 | Smoothed index | 84.24381167 |
| 2006 | Smoothed index | 83.70544228 |
| 2007 | Smoothed index | 80.88586432 |
| 2008 | Smoothed index | 79.73756016 |
| 2009 | Smoothed index | 80.17905042 |
| 2010 | Smoothed index | 80.18707587 |
| 2011 | Smoothed index | 79.75797205 |
| 2012 | Smoothed index | 77.19892077 |
| 2013 | Smoothed index | 77.75068059 |
| 2014 | Smoothed index | 76.99357541 |
| 2015 | Smoothed index | 76.00031528 |
| 2016 | Smoothed index | 75.25840213 |
| 2017 | Smoothed index | 75.0426748 |
| 2018 | Smoothed index | 74.87900041 |
| 2019 | Smoothed index | 74.87840235 |
| 2020 | Smoothed index | 75.20167342 |
| 2021 | Smoothed index | 76.03482298 |
| 2022 | Smoothed index | 77.33320163 |
| 2023 | Smoothed index | 79.21342071 |
| 2024 | Smoothed index | 81.68863941 |
| 1970 | 95% credible interval lower bound | 100.0 |
| 1971 | 95% credible interval lower bound | 98.3177315 |
| 1972 | 95% credible interval lower bound | 97.12886121 |
| 1973 | 95% credible interval lower bound | 95.96892623 |
| 1974 | 95% credible interval lower bound | 95.12471036 |
| 1975 | 95% credible interval lower bound | 94.66177394 |
| 1976 | 95% credible interval lower bound | 94.01242286 |
| 1977 | 95% credible interval lower bound | 92.57872784 |
| 1978 | 95% credible interval lower bound | 91.40937671 |
| 1979 | 95% credible interval lower bound | 90.53025736 |
| 1980 | 95% credible interval lower bound | 89.33804072 |
| 1981 | 95% credible interval lower bound | 88.27477997 |
| 1982 | 95% credible interval lower bound | 87.78503408 |
| 1983 | 95% credible interval lower bound | 87.39914344 |
| 1984 | 95% credible interval lower bound | 86.58758807 |
| 1985 | 95% credible interval lower bound | 85.40127288 |
| 1986 | 95% credible interval lower bound | 84.62331643 |
| 1987 | 95% credible interval lower bound | 84.37880204 |
| 1988 | 95% credible interval lower bound | 84.05319206 |
| 1989 | 95% credible interval lower bound | 84.33046339 |
| 1990 | 95% credible interval lower bound | 84.79044872 |
| 1991 | 95% credible interval lower bound | 84.82516508 |
| 1992 | 95% credible interval lower bound | 84.37120484 |
| 1993 | 95% credible interval lower bound | 83.99748827 |
| 1994 | 95% credible interval lower bound | 84.29189673 |
| 1995 | 95% credible interval lower bound | 85.23122816 |
| 1996 | 95% credible interval lower bound | 85.63797161 |
| 1997 | 95% credible interval lower bound | 85.66689787 |
| 1998 | 95% credible interval lower bound | 84.51402962 |
| 1999 | 95% credible interval lower bound | 84.13037429 |
| 2000 | 95% credible interval lower bound | 84.03196902 |
| 2001 | 95% credible interval lower bound | 84.23289711 |
| 2002 | 95% credible interval lower bound | 83.95140225 |
| 2003 | 95% credible interval lower bound | 83.84038634 |
| 2004 | 95% credible interval lower bound | 83.00278381 |
| 2005 | 95% credible interval lower bound | 82.17695863 |
| 2006 | 95% credible interval lower bound | 81.68455571 |
| 2007 | 95% credible interval lower bound | 78.94893023 |
| 2008 | 95% credible interval lower bound | 77.81223385 |
| 2009 | 95% credible interval lower bound | 78.19405715 |
| 2010 | 95% credible interval lower bound | 78.21424158 |
| 2011 | 95% credible interval lower bound | 77.6992249 |
| 2012 | 95% credible interval lower bound | 75.19445422 |
| 2013 | 95% credible interval lower bound | 75.74516376 |
| 2014 | 95% credible interval lower bound | 74.87510739 |
| 2015 | 95% credible interval lower bound | 73.79328167 |
| 2016 | 95% credible interval lower bound | 72.88508913 |
| 2017 | 95% credible interval lower bound | 72.38932008 |
| 2018 | 95% credible interval lower bound | 71.79635568 |
| 2019 | 95% credible interval lower bound | 71.3039121 |
| 2020 | 95% credible interval lower bound | 71.04844073 |
| 2021 | 95% credible interval lower bound | 71.12489891 |
| 2022 | 95% credible interval lower bound | 71.17974172 |
| 2023 | 95% credible interval lower bound | 71.34691037 |
| 2024 | 95% credible interval lower bound | 70.94683405 |
| 1970 | 95% credible interval upper bound | 100.0 |
| 1971 | 95% credible interval upper bound | 101.2173731 |
| 1972 | 95% credible interval upper bound | 100.9493441 |
| 1973 | 95% credible interval upper bound | 100.4365713 |
| 1974 | 95% credible interval upper bound | 99.85831485 |
| 1975 | 95% credible interval upper bound | 99.46912598 |
| 1976 | 95% credible interval upper bound | 98.85685596 |
| 1977 | 95% credible interval upper bound | 97.39858925 |
| 1978 | 95% credible interval upper bound | 96.24047704 |
| 1979 | 95% credible interval upper bound | 95.26137042 |
| 1980 | 95% credible interval upper bound | 94.14873898 |
| 1981 | 95% credible interval upper bound | 92.97119542 |
| 1982 | 95% credible interval upper bound | 92.50856097 |
| 1983 | 95% credible interval upper bound | 92.05360912 |
| 1984 | 95% credible interval upper bound | 91.26993653 |
| 1985 | 95% credible interval upper bound | 90.04389354 |
| 1986 | 95% credible interval upper bound | 89.25538719 |
| 1987 | 95% credible interval upper bound | 88.85836746 |
| 1988 | 95% credible interval upper bound | 88.3724913 |
| 1989 | 95% credible interval upper bound | 88.72481716 |
| 1990 | 95% credible interval upper bound | 89.08763352 |
| 1991 | 95% credible interval upper bound | 89.05456287 |
| 1992 | 95% credible interval upper bound | 88.68663351 |
| 1993 | 95% credible interval upper bound | 88.22384976 |
| 1994 | 95% credible interval upper bound | 88.54219703 |
| 1995 | 95% credible interval upper bound | 89.51928282 |
| 1996 | 95% credible interval upper bound | 89.88562654 |
| 1997 | 95% credible interval upper bound | 89.94773168 |
| 1998 | 95% credible interval upper bound | 88.70634451 |
| 1999 | 95% credible interval upper bound | 88.29888051 |
| 2000 | 95% credible interval upper bound | 88.17458354 |
| 2001 | 95% credible interval upper bound | 88.38700972 |
| 2002 | 95% credible interval upper bound | 88.07090243 |
| 2003 | 95% credible interval upper bound | 87.96742424 |
| 2004 | 95% credible interval upper bound | 86.98048758 |
| 2005 | 95% credible interval upper bound | 86.31196862 |
| 2006 | 95% credible interval upper bound | 85.72991216 |
| 2007 | 95% credible interval upper bound | 82.84089649 |
| 2008 | 95% credible interval upper bound | 81.70518314 |
| 2009 | 95% credible interval upper bound | 82.18431772 |
| 2010 | 95% credible interval upper bound | 82.17933899 |
| 2011 | 95% credible interval upper bound | 81.84671861 |
| 2012 | 95% credible interval upper bound | 79.29865345 |
| 2013 | 95% credible interval upper bound | 79.8666944 |
| 2014 | 95% credible interval upper bound | 79.22454813 |
| 2015 | 95% credible interval upper bound | 78.23252517 |
| 2016 | 95% credible interval upper bound | 77.69223698 |
| 2017 | 95% credible interval upper bound | 77.85326237 |
| 2018 | 95% credible interval upper bound | 78.02616159 |
| 2019 | 95% credible interval upper bound | 78.4644688 |
| 2020 | 95% credible interval upper bound | 79.38651583 |
| 2021 | 95% credible interval upper bound | 81.11174481 |
| 2022 | 95% credible interval upper bound | 84.04420265 |
| 2023 | 95% credible interval upper bound | 88.0290163 |
| 2024 | 95% credible interval upper bound | 94.09877476 |