Agricultural census; types of holdings, regional division, 1992 - 2000

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Type of holding Regions Agricultural and horticultural holdings By agricultural area Agricultural area, total (absolute) Agricultural and horticultural holdings By agricultural area Without agricultural area (absolute) Agricultural and horticultural holdings By agricultural area 0,01 -< 0,50 ha (absolute) Agricultural and horticultural holdings By agricultural area 0,50 -< 1 ha (absolute) Agricultural and horticultural holdings By agricultural area 1 -< 2 ha (absolute) Agricultural and horticultural holdings By agricultural area 2 -< 3 ha (absolute) Agricultural and horticultural holdings By agricultural area 3 -< 4 ha (absolute) Agricultural and horticultural holdings By agricultural area 4 -< 5 ha (absolute) Agricultural and horticultural holdings By agricultural area 5 -< 7 ha (absolute) Agricultural and horticultural holdings By agricultural area 7 -< 10 ha (absolute)
Arable holdings (group) The Netherlands 13,749 - - - 69 206 419 584 1,042 1,201
North Netherlands 3,166 - - - 9 33 41 57 112 154
East Netherlands 2,802 - - - 5 12 74 117 229 275
West Netherlands 4,359 - - - 35 78 132 153 243 317
South Netherlands 3,422 - - - 20 83 172 257 458 455
Province of Groningen 1,446 - - - - 4 15 20 28 46
Province of Friesland 492 - - - 7 21 10 17 27 30
Province of Drenthe 1,228 - - - 2 8 16 20 57 78
Province of Overijssel 578 - - - 2 1 23 45 85 103
Province of Flevoland 1,323 - - - 2 - 3 4 9 9
Province of Gelderland 901 - - - 1 11 48 68 135 163
Province of Utrecht 63 - - - - 2 3 6 9 9
Province of Noord-Holland 818 - - - 2 9 11 16 26 49
Province of Zuid-Holland 936 - - - 13 23 29 43 68 65
Province of Zeeland 2,542 - - - 20 44 89 88 140 194
Province of Noord-Brabant 2,266 - - - 7 41 111 173 315 298
Province of Limburg 1,156 - - - 13 42 61 84 143 157
Bouwhoek and Hogeland 743 - - - 7 20 11 13 24 30
Former peat districts and Oldambt 1,897 - - - 2 9 18 26 59 78
Northern grazing area 387 - - - 1 2 10 17 28 39
Eastern livestock area 1,317 - - - 2 9 55 99 180 226
Central livestock area 154 - - - - 2 8 13 31 31
IJsselmeer polders 1,612 - - - 2 3 5 4 13 20
Western part of Holland 626 - - - 4 6 16 24 28 49
Waterland and surrounding polders 91 - - - - 2 1 1 3 5
Grazing area in Holland and Utrecht 44 - - - - 1 1 4 7 7
River shoreline areas 310 - - - - 5 22 14 32 37
South-west farming area 3,761 - - - 31 73 121 135 228 263
South-west Brabant 335 - - - 1 8 22 28 39 41
Southern livestock area 2,007 - - - 16 55 115 181 326 316
Southern part of Limburg 465 - - - 3 11 14 25 44 59
Horticultural holdings (group) The Netherlands 13,281 310 1,174 2,285 3,533 1,642 839 598 676 573
North Netherlands 446 6 58 70 93 52 23 21 21 19
East Netherlands 1,571 77 182 271 412 203 103 58 60 42
West Netherlands 8,217 32 749 1,650 2,429 962 465 316 356 301
South Netherlands 3,047 195 185 294 599 425 248 203 239 211
Province of Groningen 118 3 16 24 26 14 7 4 8 3
Province of Friesland 115 1 16 16 18 11 7 5 4 7
Province of Drenthe 213 2 26 30 49 27 9 12 9 9
Province of Overijssel 199 6 22 26 55 25 14 9 7 8
Province of Flevoland 216 1 6 13 37 27 15 10 8 4
Province of Gelderland 1,156 70 154 232 320 151 74 39 45 30
Province of Utrecht 198 1 34 38 67 25 13 4 6 3
Province of Noord-Holland 2,647 17 253 299 497 215 154 145 171 196
Province of Zuid-Holland 5,202 8 444 1,299 1,827 708 289 160 165 91
Province of Zeeland 170 6 18 14 38 14 9 7 14 11
Province of Noord-Brabant 1,760 101 101 156 347 257 150 124 161 131
Province of Limburg 1,287 94 84 138 252 168 98 79 78 80
Bouwhoek and Hogeland 92 - 12 10 20 11 5 6 3 7
Former peat districts and Oldambt 232 1 23 38 55 33 15 13 12 10
Northern grazing area 205 8 23 33 51 23 11 5 7 7
Eastern livestock area 354 14 52 61 80 38 30 14 15 10
Central livestock area 90 1 27 13 19 6 4 8 4 4
IJsselmeer polders 263 2 7 16 40 28 20 13 9 8
Western part of Holland 7,275 17 653 1,516 2,194 842 398 275 309 259
Waterland and surrounding polders 99 2 9 16 19 11 9 6 4 9
Grazing area in Holland and Utrecht 168 4 33 33 51 20 7 5 5 4
River shoreline areas 1,074 62 130 208 324 149 63 33 45 27
South-west farming area 569 19 33 61 126 80 41 29 38 30
South-west Brabant 638 11 32 53 115 86 76 58 75 54
Southern livestock area 2,181 164 127 226 436 309 158 133 149 138
Southern part of Limburg 41 5 13 1 3 6 2 - 1 6
Permanent crop holdings (group) The Netherlands 5,146 - 252 582 958 548 380 293 432 496
North Netherlands 191 - 14 19 40 31 10 10 14 7
East Netherlands 1,420 - 50 110 227 159 99 90 123 140
West Netherlands 1,917 - 126 338 428 177 125 74 127 155
South Netherlands 1,618 - 62 115 263 181 146 119 168 194
Province of Groningen 74 - 3 10 13 9 4 2 4 2
Province of Friesland 38 - 3 2 10 5 1 3 6 1
Province of Drenthe 79 - 8 7 17 17 5 5 4 4
Province of Overijssel 136 - 10 10 26 23 9 8 10 11
Province of Flevoland 140 - 1 1 7 4 2 3 5 5
Province of Gelderland 1,144 - 39 99 194 132 88 79 108 124
Province of Utrecht 283 - 7 13 48 25 30 17 34 20
Province of Noord-Holland 205 - 13 29 30 15 16 8 20 34
Province of Zuid-Holland 1,001 - 101 278 309 97 52 30 38 37
Province of Zeeland 428 - 5 18 41 40 27 19 35 64
Province of Noord-Brabant 1,062 - 36 84 186 130 109 74 124 119
Province of Limburg 556 - 26 31 77 51 37 45 44 75
Bouwhoek and Hogeland 14 - 2 1 3 - - 1 1 1
Former peat districts and Oldambt 101 - 8 13 20 12 7 3 5 4
Northern grazing area 87 - 5 6 20 18 2 6 9 5
Eastern livestock area 359 - 21 22 54 52 32 22 30 44
Central livestock area 97 - 5 15 24 18 4 3 10 7
IJsselmeer polders 140 - 1 1 7 4 2 3 5 5
Western part of Holland 923 - 103 258 278 83 45 21 38 45
Waterland and surrounding polders 22 - - 2 6 3 3 2 3 1
Grazing area in Holland and Utrecht 280 - 16 43 61 31 27 16 26 16
River shoreline areas 1,041 - 25 83 184 103 81 76 100 102
South-west farming area 557 - 7 27 55 51 33 28 45 81
South-west Brabant 451 - 15 35 76 62 63 29 65 52
Southern livestock area 889 - 39 67 147 92 70 77 84 106
Southern part of Limburg 185 - 5 9 23 19 11 6 11 27
Grazing livestock holdings (group) The Netherlands 47,075 588 174 472 1,390 2,027 2,284 2,049 3,508 3,375
North Netherlands 10,979 132 21 44 165 357 484 385 740 627
East Netherlands 17,919 200 76 226 602 830 936 872 1,523 1,533
West Netherlands 9,620 107 30 58 209 332 405 418 651 660
South Netherlands 8,557 149 47 144 414 508 459 374 594 555
Province of Groningen 2,127 30 5 10 32 86 118 90 166 126
Province of Friesland 6,081 72 10 24 83 157 220 182 353 322
Source: CBS.
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Table explanation


Subjects:

1. Number of agricultural and horticultural holdings
2. Areas, livestock, cattle units and workers

Selection dimensions:
1. Type of holding: size of the holding in cultivated land
type of holding in dsus
holdings by main type of holding
holdings by type of holding (detailed)
2. Region: the Netherlands
provinces
groups of agricultural areas
3. Years: 1992-2000

Period under review: 1992-2000.

Frequency: discontinued

Changes to the previous version: in 2006 (minor) changes in content have
occured. For comparable time series data have been revised from 2000
onwards. Revised data are available through the Dutch version of this
table.

Description topics

Agricultural and horticultural holdings
By agricultural area
The agricultural area in this publication is given in measured size and
includes paths and furrows essential to cultivation. It refers to the
total area of land for arable farming, horticulture, grazing, fallow land
and fast-growing wood (from 1996).
Agricultural area, total
Without agricultural area
0,01 -< 0,50 ha
0,50 -< 1 ha
1 -< 2 ha
2 -< 3 ha
3 -< 4 ha
4 -< 5 ha
5 -< 7 ha
7 -< 10 ha