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 . . . . 54,705,835 3,283,278 24,414 18,489 1,542,242 2,734 4,592,921 483 115,439,907 95,587,137
Noord-Nederland (LD) . . . . 16,984,826 950,412 4,484 3,658 55,169 184 189,840 27 35,777,356 31,361,248
Oost-Nederland (LD) . . . . 11,010,394 624,101 7,414 5,427 392,154 629 506,002 72 37,623,833 30,385,869
West-Nederland (LD) . . . . 15,088,878 818,836 5,076 4,106 143,719 559 1,542,665 168 23,907,897 21,427,860
Zuid-Nederland (LD) . . . . 11,621,737 889,929 7,440 5,298 951,200 1,362 2,354,414 216 18,130,821 12,412,160
Flevoland (PV) . . . . 6,139,051 188,520 1,319 1,002 29,330 52 52,200 9 1,887,693 1,479,381
Gelderland (PV) . . . . 2,779,400 258,918 3,512 2,545 285,469 406 312,820 42 18,475,294 14,965,769
Noord-Holland (PV) . . . . 2,996,062 245,437 1,267 1,095 23,313 111 229,898 32 7,437,130 6,868,401
Zuid-Holland (PV) . . . . 3,500,100 199,759 1,102 899 89,403 316 1,243,238 122 6,973,370 6,412,708
Zeeland (PV) . . . . 8,403,496 323,609 2,191 1,697 14,986 76 16,829 7 2,805,015 2,060,514
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) . . . . 3,660,777 181,146 795 653 501 11 1,350 2 5,147,543 4,780,323
Westelijk Holland (LG) . . . . 1,790,097 193,840 1,032 838 100,760 363 1,423,671 142 6,131,276 5,650,502
Waterland en Droogmakerijen (LG) . . . . 250,872 18,726 165 143 227 10 3,950 3 2,711,546 2,596,404
Hollands/Utrechts Weidegebied (LG) . . . . 156,856 37,474 373 303 11,245 52 64,340 10 8,407,646 7,854,043
Oostelijk Hogeland (LB) . . . . 2,008,831 85,134 329 293 357 5 0 0 1,465,044 1,353,642
Noordelijk Friesland (LB) . . . . 1,651,946 96,012 466 360 144 6 1,350 2 3,682,499 3,426,681
Weidestreek in Friesland (LB) . . . . 340,105 34,824 472 393 2,890 13 1,000 1 7,852,660 7,268,454
Eilanden (LB) . . . . 2,719 2,580 18 17 27 1 0 0 453,001 446,342
Smilde en Centr. Zandgebied in Dr. (LB) . . . . 1,365,543 76,244 351 284 12,245 29 2,000 2 1,941,644 1,557,454
Zuidelijk Zandgebied in Drenthe (LB) . . . . 723,031 32,056 276 205 3,476 14 500 1 1,612,862 1,269,572
Salland (LB) . . . . 339,455 25,151 449 343 4,336 22 22,567 5 2,884,421 2,325,955
Zuidelijk Gelderland (LB) . . . . 464,075 37,592 393 298 8,598 32 26,144 6 1,904,191 1,558,656
Eemland (LB) . . . . 36,785 4,857 62 41 709 2 0 0 730,584 680,502
Zandgebied in Utrecht (LB) . . . . 26,005 5,888 107 82 1,016 10 3,900 1 677,101 577,164
Amstelland en Aalsmeer (LB) . . . . 33,051 3,319 19 17 2,712 13 61,432 9 113,127 99,017
Texel en Land van Zijpe (LB) . . . . 590,194 66,643 278 231 4,407 20 1,000 1 1,157,860 1,036,326
West-Friesland en omgeving (LB) . . . . 162,229 19,220 240 197 4,185 20 116,116 11 1,657,527 1,529,960
Waterland en NH.'se Droogmakerijen (LB) . . . . 250,872 18,726 165 143 227 10 3,950 3 2,711,546 2,596,404
'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) . . . . 138,058 10,570 109 81 5,717 32 74,673 15 1,110,878 1,027,943
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 6,500 1 2,489,939 2,283,743
Westland en ZH.'se Droogmakerijen (LB) . . . . 198,869 26,943 81 72 11,551 36 563,940 26 659,387 621,900
Noordelijk Zeeland (LB) . . . . 2,144,128 92,174 471 397 5,456 22 8,150 2 730,560 537,418
Walcheren en Zuid-Beveland (LB) . . . . 2,234,544 102,802 694 571 7,183 37 8,679 5 1,035,582 796,388
Zeeuwsch-Vlaanderen (LB) . . . . 4,024,824 128,633 1,026 729 2,347 17 0 0 1,038,873 726,708
Westelijke Zandgronden (LB) . . . . 829,188 62,564 488 389 91,133 136 113,797 16 1,099,376 783,025
Land van Breda (LB) . . . . 168,990 45,905 227 202 186,109 220 596,943 52 640,657 467,949
Specialist field crops Nederland . . . . 37,908,070 1,584,457 9,591 7,077 6,947 127 0 0 10,176,494 5,708,551
Noord-Nederland (LD) . . . . 13,235,917 609,488 2,003 1,688 2,634 36 0 0 2,255,225 1,462,480
Oost-Nederland (LD) . . . . 6,592,325 241,431 2,366 1,662 1,494 26 0 0 3,401,918 1,811,537
West-Nederland (LD) . . . . 11,654,273 473,694 2,513 2,013 1,097 26 0 0 1,891,556 1,270,529
Zuid-Nederland (LD) . . . . 6,425,555 259,844 2,709 1,714 1,722 39 0 0 2,627,795 1,164,005
Flevoland (PV) . . . . 4,116,754 107,440 753 576 629 7 0 0 242,186 133,134
Gelderland (PV) . . . . 1,473,445 85,018 937 634 184 8 0 0 1,784,400 970,428
Noord-Holland (PV) . . . . 2,045,506 107,610 438 375 19 2 0 0 369,516 280,113
Zuid-Holland (PV) . . . . 2,449,621 105,629 492 418 446 8 0 0 364,678 263,768
Zeeland (PV) . . . . 7,125,730 252,924 1,540 1,190 632 16 0 0 938,274 549,484
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) . . . . 3,129,211 134,900 441 378 115 6 0 0 372,462 306,898
Westelijk Holland (LG) . . . . 1,014,825 68,817 267 203 236 6 0 0 317,517 239,136
Waterland en Droogmakerijen (LG) . . . . 182,694 7,935 47 45 0 0 0 0 96,155 80,112
Hollands/Utrechts Weidegebied (LG) . . . . 26,374 6,431 26 20 0 0 0 0 191,666 162,164
Oostelijk Hogeland (LB) . . . . 1,778,591 72,276 223 204 66 3 0 0 127,811 104,163
Noordelijk Friesland (LB) . . . . 1,350,620 62,624 218 174 49 3 0 0 244,651 202,735
Weidestreek in Friesland (LB) . . . . 172,707 5,017 53 44 0 0 0 0 212,072 185,679
Eilanden (LB) . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27,143 27,143
Smilde en Centr. Zandgebied in Dr. (LB) . . . . 1,014,906 41,077 170 142 539 6 0 0 264,846 157,034
Zuidelijk Zandgebied in Drenthe (LB) . . . . 493,430 13,949 109 79 618 3 0 0 138,783 53,416
Salland (LB) . . . . 135,487 9,107 118 86 24 1 0 0 247,126 136,165
Zuidelijk Gelderland (LB) . . . . 291,322 17,045 135 101 0 0 0 0 276,136 172,460
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) . . . . 29,005 1,927 6 6 0 0 0 0 21,544 12,891
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) . . . . 182,694 7,935 47 45 0 0 0 0 96,155 80,112
'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) . . . . 82,245 4,318 25 18 117 2 0 0 42,862 35,816
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 55,593 45,346
Westland en ZH.'se Droogmakerijen (LB) . . . . 118,412 7,771 30 27 80 1 0 0 43,622 32,031
Noordelijk Zeeland (LB) . . . . 1,720,385 70,364 278 239 97 3 0 0 231,958 128,589
Walcheren en Zuid-Beveland (LB) . . . . 1,814,907 74,659 421 355 327 7 0 0 285,688 169,734
Zeeuwsch-Vlaanderen (LB) . . . . 3,590,438 107,901 841 596 208 6 0 0 420,628 251,161
Westelijke Zandgronden (LB) . . . . 506,363 20,644 166 131 126 2 0 0 140,700 63,688
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 2025 figures are provisional; the other figures are final.

Changes as of November 28, 2025: the provisional 2025 figures 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
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