Publication - Statistics
Results from the Scottish Agricultural Census: June 2025
Final results from the 2025 June Agricultural Census on land use, crop areas, livestock and the number of people working on agricultural holdings.
Module results on irrigation methods are also included within this publication.
First published: 30 October 2025.
Farmed deer numbers decrease
In 2025, there were 14,800 farmed deer, a 6.6% decrease when compared with the five-year average (15,900 deer).
Figure 12: Number of farmed deer, 2025 and five-year average (2020-2024). Note data for 2022 were estimated based on administrative data and results in adjacent years.
Contact
email - agric.stats@gov.scot