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

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Farm types Regions Land use Area Land use, total (are) Land use Area Other land (are) Land use Number of farms Land use, total (number) Land use Number of farms Other land (number) Arable land Area Arable land, total (are) Arable land Area Fallow land (are) Arable land Number of farms Arable land, total (number) Arable land Number of farms Fallow land (number) Horticulture, in the open Area Nurseries and perennial plants (are) Horticulture, in the open Number of farms Nurseries and perennial plants (number) Horticulture, under glass Area Nurseries and perennial plants (m2) Horticulture, under glass Number of farms Nurseries and perennial plants (number) Grassland and forage plants Area Grassland and forage plants, total (are) Grassland and forage plants Area Grassland Grassland, total (are)
All farm types Nederland . . . . 54,453,041 3,265,271 24,287 18,390 1,534,531 2,719 4,526,945 475 114,769,218 95,041,469
Noord-Nederland (LD) . . . . 16,917,635 945,966 4,457 3,633 53,491 182 189,840 27 35,463,411 31,084,656
Oost-Nederland (LD) . . . . 10,918,493 618,512 7,383 5,402 389,750 628 474,522 70 37,500,704 30,300,301
West-Nederland (LD) . . . . 15,030,214 815,406 5,047 4,085 143,049 556 1,535,865 166 23,757,795 21,293,432
Zuid-Nederland (LD) . . . . 11,586,699 885,387 7,400 5,270 948,241 1,353 2,326,718 212 18,047,308 12,363,080
Flevoland (PV) . . . . 6,072,708 186,941 1,311 996 29,330 52 52,200 9 1,875,859 1,476,540
Gelderland (PV) . . . . 2,762,115 256,543 3,498 2,532 283,471 407 281,340 40 18,395,425 14,901,647
Noord-Holland (PV) . . . . 2,988,424 244,911 1,262 1,091 23,313 111 229,598 31 7,413,299 6,846,013
Zuid-Holland (PV) . . . . 3,485,012 199,296 1,097 896 89,045 314 1,236,738 121 6,943,387 6,385,657
Zeeland (PV) . . . . 8,370,420 322,471 2,178 1,687 14,674 75 16,829 7 2,798,094 2,055,483
Noord-Friesland (CR) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Zuidwest-Friesland (CR) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Zuidoost-Friesland (CR) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Zuidwest-Gelderland (CR) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kop van Noord-Holland (CR) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Delft en Westland (CR) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oost-Zuid-Holland (CR) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Zuidoost-Zuid-Holland (CR) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Zeeuwsch-Vlaanderen (CR) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Overig Zeeland (CR) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Flevoland (CR) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bouwhoek en Hogeland (LG) . . . . 3,645,880 180,276 794 651 501 11 1,350 2 5,130,237 4,764,065
Westelijk Holland (LG) . . . . 1,782,169 193,830 1,026 835 100,402 361 1,423,371 141 6,103,606 5,626,335
Waterland en Droogmakerijen (LG) . . . . 249,700 18,607 164 142 227 10 3,950 3 2,698,330 2,583,631
Hollands/Utrechts Weidegebied (LG) . . . . 154,662 36,821 369 301 11,245 52 57,840 9 8,346,626 7,798,722
Oostelijk Hogeland (LB) . . . . 2,008,861 85,164 330 294 357 5 0 0 1,465,580 1,354,178
Noordelijk Friesland (LB) . . . . 1,637,019 95,112 464 357 144 6 1,350 2 3,664,657 3,409,887
Weidestreek in Friesland (LB) . . . . 340,008 34,727 469 390 2,890 13 1,000 1 7,804,980 7,224,470
Eilanden (LB) . . . . 2,719 2,580 18 17 27 1 0 0 437,155 430,496
Smilde en Centr. Zandgebied in Dr. (LB) . . . . 1,342,073 75,235 343 277 10,481 27 2,000 2 1,863,102 1,485,010
Zuidelijk Zandgebied in Drenthe (LB) . . . . 723,450 32,144 277 206 3,476 14 500 1 1,620,409 1,276,219
Salland (LB) . . . . 334,388 25,151 448 343 4,336 22 22,567 5 2,882,550 2,324,084
Zuidelijk Gelderland (LB) . . . . 461,140 35,360 389 294 8,598 32 26,144 6 1,858,679 1,518,303
Eemland (LB) . . . . 35,288 4,222 60 40 709 2 0 0 719,843 670,931
Zandgebied in Utrecht (LB) . . . . 26,005 5,888 107 82 1,016 10 3,900 1 674,360 574,542
Amstelland en Aalsmeer (LB) . . . . 33,012 3,280 18 16 2,712 13 61,132 8 104,588 91,478
Texel en Land van Zijpe (LB) . . . . 590,120 66,569 277 230 4,407 20 1,000 1 1,155,336 1,033,802
West-Friesland en omgeving (LB) . . . . 161,728 18,926 239 196 4,185 20 116,116 11 1,657,661 1,530,094
Waterland en NH.'se Droogmakerijen (LB) . . . . 249,700 18,607 164 142 227 10 3,950 3 2,698,330 2,583,631
't Gein en Gooiland (LB) . . . . 8,304 2,842 23 20 1,098 3 0 0 410,937 398,070
Kennemerland (LB) . . . . 5,219 1,446 23 19 2,501 15 26,400 6 324,434 309,441
Westelijk Rijnland (LB) . . . . 137,704 10,311 107 79 5,696 31 74,673 15 1,099,591 1,016,656
Krimpenerwaard en Oostel. Rijnland (LB) . . . . 13,168 4,763 44 40 2,498 17 22,840 5 1,469,960 1,419,805
Alblasserwaard en Vijfherenlanden (LB) . . . . 42,917 8,648 115 89 4,703 11 0 0 2,486,064 2,279,868
Westland en ZH.'se Droogmakerijen (LB) . . . . 198,869 26,943 81 72 11,551 36 563,940 26 659,452 621,965
Noordelijk Zeeland (LB) . . . . 2,155,977 92,496 472 398 5,456 22 8,150 2 731,714 537,418
Walcheren en Zuid-Beveland (LB) . . . . 2,203,859 101,654 687 564 7,183 37 8,679 5 1,030,048 792,740
Zeeuwsch-Vlaanderen (LB) . . . . 4,010,584 128,321 1,019 725 2,035 16 0 0 1,036,332 725,325
Westelijke Zandgronden (LB) . . . . 825,209 62,460 486 387 90,603 135 113,797 16 1,096,800 782,064
Land van Breda (LB) . . . . 167,493 45,224 226 201 185,612 217 579,043 50 640,556 468,738
Specialist field crops Nederland . . . . 37,744,152 1,573,609 9,503 7,008 6,947 127 0 0 9,684,166 5,293,516
Noord-Nederland (LD) . . . . 13,179,068 605,909 1,983 1,670 2,634 36 0 0 2,015,012 1,242,795
Oost-Nederland (LD) . . . . 6,556,632 237,468 2,339 1,639 1,494 26 0 0 3,283,420 1,717,515
West-Nederland (LD) . . . . 11,601,512 471,665 2,493 1,998 1,097 26 0 0 1,809,487 1,199,916
Zuid-Nederland (LD) . . . . 6,406,940 258,567 2,688 1,701 1,722 39 0 0 2,576,247 1,133,290
Flevoland (PV) . . . . 4,098,024 106,874 748 571 629 7 0 0 242,154 133,102
Gelderland (PV) . . . . 1,464,211 81,821 924 621 184 8 0 0 1,702,618 903,566
Noord-Holland (PV) . . . . 2,038,443 107,452 435 373 19 2 0 0 354,168 266,208
Zuid-Holland (PV) . . . . 2,432,773 104,850 488 415 446 8 0 0 348,185 249,911
Zeeland (PV) . . . . 7,096,944 251,896 1,529 1,182 632 16 0 0 931,353 544,453
Noord-Friesland (CR) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Zuidwest-Friesland (CR) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Zuidoost-Friesland (CR) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Zuidwest-Gelderland (CR) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kop van Noord-Holland (CR) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Delft en Westland (CR) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oost-Zuid-Holland (CR) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Zuidoost-Zuid-Holland (CR) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Zeeuwsch-Vlaanderen (CR) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Overig Zeeland (CR) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Flevoland (CR) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bouwhoek en Hogeland (LG) . . . . 3,114,605 134,321 442 378 115 6 0 0 372,724 307,160
Westelijk Holland (LG) . . . . 1,005,422 68,776 263 201 236 6 0 0 297,534 222,656
Waterland en Droogmakerijen (LG) . . . . 181,522 7,816 46 44 0 0 0 0 89,310 73,710
Hollands/Utrechts Weidegebied (LG) . . . . 26,356 6,413 25 19 0 0 0 0 160,774 134,732
Oostelijk Hogeland (LB) . . . . 1,778,621 72,306 224 205 66 3 0 0 128,386 104,738
Noordelijk Friesland (LB) . . . . 1,335,984 62,015 218 173 49 3 0 0 244,338 202,422
Weidestreek in Friesland (LB) . . . . 172,610 4,920 50 41 0 0 0 0 158,107 136,650
Eilanden (LB) . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11,297 11,297
Smilde en Centr. Zandgebied in Dr. (LB) . . . . 996,491 40,295 165 138 539 6 0 0 195,446 92,153
Zuidelijk Zandgebied in Drenthe (LB) . . . . 493,430 13,949 109 79 618 3 0 0 139,844 54,625
Salland (LB) . . . . 130,420 9,107 117 86 24 1 0 0 245,255 134,294
Zuidelijk Gelderland (LB) . . . . 288,387 14,813 131 97 0 0 0 0 230,748 132,231
Eemland (LB) . . . . 4,863 338 5 4 0 0 0 0 18,014 13,410
Zandgebied in Utrecht (LB) . . . . 3,341 140 10 5 0 0 0 0 16,402 12,934
Amstelland en Aalsmeer (LB) . . . . 28,966 1,888 5 5 0 0 0 0 13,041 5,388
Texel en Land van Zijpe (LB) . . . . 266,154 21,101 62 46 14 1 0 0 50,663 38,069
West-Friesland en omgeving (LB) . . . . 77,431 2,969 40 25 0 0 0 0 25,735 17,050
Waterland en NH.'se Droogmakerijen (LB) . . . . 181,522 7,816 46 44 0 0 0 0 89,310 73,710
't Gein en Gooiland (LB) . . . . 1,822 130 2 1 0 0 0 0 4,491 3,988
Kennemerland (LB) . . . . 1,800 210 1 1 0 0 0 0 2,240 2,240
Westelijk Rijnland (LB) . . . . 82,243 4,316 24 17 117 2 0 0 37,727 30,681
Krimpenerwaard en Oostel. Rijnland (LB) . . . . 617 234 1 1 0 0 0 0 10,607 10,607
Alblasserwaard en Vijfherenlanden (LB) . . . . 2,326 792 9 6 0 0 0 0 54,618 44,371
Westland en ZH.'se Droogmakerijen (LB) . . . . 118,412 7,771 30 27 80 1 0 0 43,622 32,031
Noordelijk Zeeland (LB) . . . . 1,732,234 70,686 279 240 97 3 0 0 233,112 128,589
Walcheren en Zuid-Beveland (LB) . . . . 1,788,512 73,621 416 350 327 7 0 0 280,154 166,086
Zeeuwsch-Vlaanderen (LB) . . . . 3,576,198 107,589 834 592 208 6 0 0 418,087 249,778
Westelijke Zandgronden (LB) . . . . 502,384 20,540 164 129 126 2 0 0 138,357 62,960
Land van Breda (LB) . . . . 73,390 1,935 30 19 166 1 0 0 75,602 35,616
Source: CBS.
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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.

Data available from: 2000

Status of the figures: The figures are final.

Changes as of March 30, 2026: The 2025 figures have been updated and are now final.

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
Land use, total
Other land
Includes unutilised agricultural land, wooded area, and other land (e.g. buildings, farmyard, ponds, nature reserves).
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).
Land use, total
Other land
Includes unutilised agricultural land, wooded area, and other land (e.g. buildings, farmyard, ponds, nature reserves).
Arable land
Refers to the growing of crops in the open, usually for industrial processing.
Area
Arable land, total
Fallow land
Land with no intention to produce a harvest for the duration of the current crop year.
_
Includes set aside area, cover crops and fauna margins.
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).
Arable land, total
Fallow land
Land with no intention to produce a harvest for the duration of the current crop year.
_
Includes set aside area, cover crops and fauna margins.
Horticulture, in the open
Refers to the growing of crops in the open, usually directly for
the market.
Area
Nurseries and perennial plants
Includes wood and hedge plantation, buxus, lane and park trees, rose bush, ornamental conifers, ornamental shrubs, climbers, fruit trees and perennial plants.
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).
Nurseries and perennial plants
Includes wood and hedge plantation, buxus, lane and park trees, rose bush, ornamental conifers, ornamental shrubs, climbers, fruit trees and perennial plants.
Horticulture, under glass
Refers to the growing of crops under glass or other (accessible) protective cover.
Area
Nurseries and perennial plants
Excluding crops kept under glass just for hibernation.
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).
Nurseries and perennial plants
Excluding crops kept under glass just for hibernation.
Grassland and forage plants
Grassland and green fodder usually serves as fresh forage.
Area
Grassland and forage plants, total
Grassland
Grassland, total