Agriculture; crops, livestock and land use by general farm type, region

Agriculture; crops, livestock and land use by general farm type, region

Farm types Regions Periods Land use Area Utilised agricultural area (UAA) (are) Land use Number of farms Utilised agricultural area (UAA) (number)
All farm types Nederland 2024 179,850,120 48,466
All farm types Noord-Nederland (LD) 2024 53,110,509 8,856
All farm types Oost-Nederland (LD) 2024 50,749,207 15,837
All farm types West-Nederland (LD) 2024 43,066,044 12,163
All farm types Zuid-Nederland (LD) 2024 32,924,360 11,610
All farm types Groningen (PV) 2024 15,846,356 2,365
All farm types Fryslân (PV) 2024 22,576,731 3,919
All farm types Drenthe (PV) 2024 14,687,422 2,572
All farm types Overijssel (PV) 2024 19,554,490 6,154
All farm types Flevoland (PV) 2024 8,840,552 1,568
All farm types Gelderland (PV) 2024 22,354,164 8,115
All farm types Utrecht (PV) 2024 7,037,295 2,184
All farm types Noord-Holland (PV) 2024 12,493,128 3,198
All farm types Zuid-Holland (PV) 2024 11,639,726 4,145
All farm types Zeeland (PV) 2024 11,895,895 2,636
All farm types Noord-Brabant (PV) 2024 23,415,601 8,367
All farm types Limburg (PV) 2024 9,508,759 3,243
All farm types Oost-Groningen (CR) 2024 0 0
All farm types Delfzijl en omgeving (CR) 2024 0 0
All farm types Overig Groningen (CR) 2024 0 0
All farm types Noord-Friesland (CR) 2024 0 0
All farm types Zuidwest-Friesland (CR) 2024 0 0
All farm types Zuidoost-Friesland (CR) 2024 0 0
All farm types Noord-Drenthe (CR) 2024 0 0
All farm types Zuidoost-Drenthe (CR) 2024 0 0
All farm types Zuidwest-Drenthe (CR) 2024 0 0
All farm types Noord-Overijssel (CR) 2024 0 0
All farm types Zuidwest-Overijssel (CR) 2024 0 0
All farm types Twente (CR) 2024 0 0
All farm types Veluwe (CR) 2024 0 0
All farm types Achterhoek (CR) 2024 0 0
All farm types Arnhem/Nijmegen (CR) 2024 0 0
All farm types Zuidwest-Gelderland (CR) 2024 0 0
All farm types Utrecht (CR) 2024 0 0
All farm types Kop van Noord-Holland (CR) 2024 0 0
All farm types Alkmaar en omgeving (CR) 2024 0 0
All farm types IJmond (CR) 2024 0 0
All farm types Agglomeratie Haarlem (CR) 2024 0 0
All farm types Zaanstreek (CR) 2024 0 0
All farm types Groot-Amsterdam (CR) 2024 0 0
All farm types Het Gooi en Vechtstreek (CR) 2024 0 0
All farm types Agglomeratie Leiden en Bollenstreek (CR) 2024 0 0
All farm types Agglomeratie 's-Gravenhage (CR) 2024 0 0
All farm types Delft en Westland (CR) 2024 0 0
All farm types Oost-Zuid-Holland (CR) 2024 0 0
All farm types Groot-Rijnmond (CR) 2024 0 0
All farm types Zuidoost-Zuid-Holland (CR) 2024 0 0
All farm types Zeeuwsch-Vlaanderen (CR) 2024 0 0
All farm types Overig Zeeland (CR) 2024 0 0
All farm types West-Noord-Brabant (CR) 2024 0 0
All farm types Midden-Noord-Brabant (CR) 2024 0 0
All farm types Noordoost-Noord-Brabant (CR) 2024 0 0
All farm types Zuidoost-Noord-Brabant (CR) 2024 0 0
All farm types Noord-Limburg (CR) 2024 0 0
All farm types Midden-Limburg (CR) 2024 0 0
All farm types Zuid-Limburg (CR) 2024 0 0
All farm types Flevoland (CR) 2024 0 0
All farm types Bouwhoek en Hogeland (LG) 2024 8,929,070 1,305
All farm types Veenkoloniën en Oldambt (LG) 2024 17,711,088 2,537
All farm types Noordelijk Weidegebied (LG) 2024 29,753,336 6,015
All farm types Oostelijk Veehouderijgebied (LG) 2024 29,098,848 9,238
All farm types Centraal Veehouderijgebied (LG) 2024 5,156,038 2,466
All farm types IJsselmeerpolders (LG) 2024 11,571,067 2,101
All farm types Westelijk Holland (LG) 2024 10,318,324 4,329
All farm types Waterland en Droogmakerijen (LG) 2024 3,013,819 688
All farm types Hollands/Utrechts Weidegebied (LG) 2024 8,612,996 2,367
All farm types Rivierengebied (LG) 2024 7,420,679 2,626
All farm types Zuidwestelijk Akkerbouwgebied (LG) 2024 19,606,557 4,195
All farm types Zuidwest-Brabant (LG) 2024 3,315,572 1,264
All farm types Zuidelijk Veehouderijgebied (LG) 2024 22,603,890 8,491
All farm types Zuid-Limburg (LG) 2024 2,738,836 844
All farm types De Marne (LB) 2024 0 0
All farm types Centraal Weidegebied in Groningen (LB) 2024 700,873 124
All farm types Oostelijke Bouwstreek in Groningen (LB) 2024 5,521,052 706
All farm types Westerwolde en Gron. Veenkoloniën (LB) 2024 3,528,830 523
All farm types Groninger zuidelijk Westerkwartier (LB) 2024 2,587,208 545
All farm types Oostelijk Hogeland (LB) 2024 3,508,393 467
All farm types Noordelijk Friesland (LB) 2024 5,420,677 838
All farm types Weidestreek in Friesland (LB) 2024 8,213,003 1,423
All farm types De Wouden (LB) 2024 8,519,229 1,585
All farm types Eilanden (LB) 2024 423,822 73
All farm types Weidegebied van het Noorderveld (LB) 2024 941,556 154
All farm types Smilde en Centr. Zandgebied in Dr. (LB) 2024 3,415,673 540
All farm types Zuidw. Weidegebied in Drenthe (LB) 2024 2,706,612 621
All farm types Zuidelijk Zandgebied in Drenthe (LB) 2024 2,378,049 489
All farm types Drentse Veenkoloniën en Hondsrug (LB) 2024 5,245,532 768
All farm types Weidegebied in Overijssel (LB) 2024 5,661,034 1,490
All farm types Noordoost-Overijssel (LB) 2024 3,157,802 829
All farm types Twente (LB) 2024 7,502,642 2,810
All farm types Salland (LB) 2024 3,233,012 1,025
All farm types Noordoostelijke Polder (LB) 2024 3,671,892 775
All farm types Zuidelijke IJsselmeerpolders (LB) 2024 5,168,660 793
All farm types Oostelijke Veluwe (LB) 2024 1,859,242 686
All farm types IJsselstreek (LB) 2024 1,397,356 383
All farm types Zuidelijk Gelderland (LB) 2024 2,490,861 736
All farm types Oostelijke Betuwe en Nijmegen (LB) 2024 401,541 161
All farm types Veluwezoom en Betuwe (LB) 2024 3,878,316 1,311
All farm types Bommelerwaard (LB) 2024 784,754 362
All farm types Westelijke Veluwe (LB) 2024 2,602,968 1,510
All farm types Achterhoek (LB) 2024 8,939,126 2,966
Source: CBS.
Explanation of symbols

Table explanation


This table contains data on land use, arable farming, horticulture, grassland, grazing livestock and housed animals, at regional level, by general farm type.

The figures in this table are derived from the agricultural census. Data collection for the agricultural census is part of a combined data collection for a.o. agricultural policy use and enforcement of the manure law.

Regional breakdown is based on the main location of the holding. Due to this the region where activities (crops, animals) are allocated may differ from the location where these activities actually occur.

The agricultural census is also used as the basis for the European Farm Structure Survey (FSS). Data from the agricultural census do not fully coincide with the FSS. In the FSS years (2000, 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2010) additional information was collected to meet the requirements of the FSS.

Reference date for livestock is 1 April and for crops 15 May.

In 2022, equidae are not part of the Agricultural Census. This affects the farm type and the total number of farms in the Agricultural Census. Farms with horses, ponies and donkeys that were previously classified as ‘specialist grazing livestock' could be classified, according to their dominant activity, as another farm type in 2022.

From 2020 onwards, the SO2017, based on the years 2015 to 2019, will apply (see also the explanation for SO: Standard Output).

From 2018 onwards the number of calves for fattening, pigs for fattening, chicken and turkey are adjusted in the case of temporary breaks in the production cycle (e.g. sanitary cleaning).
The agricultural census is a structural survey, in which adjustment for temporary breaks in the production cycle is a.o. relevant for the calculation of the economic size of the holding, and its farm type.
In the livestock surveys the number of animals on the reference day is relevant, therefore no adjustment for temporary breaks in the production cycle are made.
This means that the number of animals in the tables of the agricultural census may differ from those in the livestock tables (see ‘links to relevant tables and relevant articles).

From 2017 onwards, animal numbers are increasingly derived from I&R registers (Identification and Registration of animals), instead of by means of the combined data collection. The I&R registers are the responsibility of RVO (Netherlands Enterprise Agency). Since 2017, cattle numbers are derived from I&R cattle, and from 2018 sheep, goats and poultry are also derived from the relevant I&R registers. The registration of cattle, sheep and goats takes place directly at RVO. Poultry data is collected via the designated database Poultry Information System Poultry (KIP) from Avined. Avined is a branch organization for the egg and poultry meat sectors. Avined passes the data on to the central database of RVO. Due to the transition to the use of I&R registers, a change in classification will occur for sheep and goats from 2018 onwards.

Since 2016, information of the Dutch Business Register is used to define the agricultural census. Registration in the Business Register with an agricultural standard industrial classification code (SIC), related to NACE/ISIC, (in Dutch SBI: ‘Standaard BedrijfsIndeling’) is leading to determine whether there is an agricultural holding. This aligns the agricultural census as closely as possible to the statistical regulations of Eurostat and the (Dutch) implementation of the definition of 'active farmer' as described in the common agricultural policy.

The definition of the agricultural census based on information from the Dutch Business Register mainly affects the number of holdings, a clear deviation of the trend occurs. The impact on areas (except for other land and rough grazing) and the number of animals (except for sheep, horses and ponies) is limited. This is mainly due to the holdings that are excluded as a result of the new delimitation of agricultural holdings (such as equestrian centres, city farms and organisations in nature management).

In 2011 there were changes in geographic assignment of holdings with a foreign main seat. This may influence regional figures, mainly in border regions.

Until 2010 the economic size of agricultural holdings was expressed in Dutch size units (in Dutch NGE: 'Nederlandse Grootte Eenheid'). From 2010 onwards this has become Standard Output (SO). This means that the threshold for holdings in the agricultural census has changed from 3 NGE to 3000 euro SO. For comparable time series the figures for 2000 up to and including 2009 have been recalculated, based on SO coefficients and SO typology. The latest update took place in 2016.

Data available from: 2000

Status of the figures: The figures are final.

Changes as of March 28, 2025: the final figures for 2024 have been added.

When will new figures be published?
According to regular planning provisional figures are published in November and the definite figures will follow in March of the following year.

Description topics

Land use
Area
Utilised agricultural area (UAA)
Utilised agricultural area (UAA) is land that is permanently or
temporarily part of the holding, and is mainly used for the production of agricultural goods (crops, livestock), including fallow land and (temporary) grassland.
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Includes arable land, horticulture in the open, horticulture under glass, grassland and green fodder crops.
Number of farms
Note: the sum of underlying parts may be bigger than the total for the whole group, because a holding may have several activities (such a holding is counted for each activity, but only once in the total).
Utilised agricultural area (UAA)
Utilised agricultural area (UAA) is land that is permanently or
temporarily part of the holding, and is mainly used for the production of agricultural goods (crops, livestock), including fallow land and (temporary) grassland.
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Includes arable land, horticulture in the open, horticulture under glass, grassland and green fodder crops.