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Results from the June 2017 Scottish Agricultural Census

Statistics on farming in Scotland.

Final Results of the June 2017 Agricultural Census together with June results for the years 2007 to 2016 for comparison

	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	Percentage change between 2016 & 2017
Area rented	1,616,395	1,594,615	1,535,636	1,483,912	1,453,650	1,382,114	1,365,932	1,326,139	1,319,724	1,319,545	1,335,051	1.2%
Area Owned	3,980,991	4,052,291	4,160,158	4,249,175	4,255,907	4,285,772	4,304,459	4,437,900	4,443,906	4,429,108	4,423,407	-0.1%
Total Area in Sole Occupation	5,597,386	5,646,906	5,695,794	5,733,087	5,709,557	5,667,886	5,670,391	5,764,039	5,763,630	5,748,653	5,758,458	0.2%
Percentage of area rented	29%	28%	27%	26%	25%	24%	24%	23%	23%	23%	23%

(1) From 2009, Total area in sole occupation no longer matches Total Agricultural Area in Table 1b.

This is because land use data is sourced from the Single Application Form while land tenure data is administered via census returns.

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