Research and analysis
G6a: Percentage of adults in England reporting that protecting the environment is important to them, survey years 2020/2021 to 2024/2025
Updated 13 May 2026
| year | response | percentage |
|---|---|---|
| 2020/2021 | Important | 85.99 |
| 2021/2022 | Important | 86.38 |
| 2022/2023 | Important | 86.29 |
| 2023/2024 | Important | 87.67 |
| 2024/2025 | Important | 86.72999999999999 |
| 2020/2021 | Neither important nor unimportant | 11.1 |
| 2021/2022 | Neither important nor unimportant | 10.87 |
| 2022/2023 | Neither important nor unimportant | 11.35 |
| 2023/2024 | Neither important nor unimportant | 10.0 |
| 2024/2025 | Neither important nor unimportant | 10.98 |
| 2020/2021 | Not important | 2.91 |
| 2021/2022 | Not important | 2.74 |
| 2022/2023 | Not important | 2.36 |
| 2023/2024 | Not important | 2.33 |
| 2024/2025 | Not important | 2.29 |
| 2020/2021 | Don't know and prefer not to say | 0.0 |
| 2021/2022 | Don't know and prefer not to say | 0.02 |
| 2022/2023 | Don't know and prefer not to say | 0.0 |
| 2023/2024 | Don't know and prefer not to say | 0.0 |
| 2024/2025 | Don't know and prefer not to say | 0.0 |