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Second measurement of the Netherlands' progress towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals

What is well-being ‘here and now’? Well-being ‘here and now’ concerns people’s personal characteristics and the quality of the environment they live in. It relates to subjective well-being, material...

Traffic area, Built up area, Forest, Natural area, Water Netherlands and Provinces

The first three quarters produced a positive budget balance of 7 billion euros.

Since 1995, the volume of Dutch agricultural production has grown by 20 percent. Nevertheless, there was no increase in the agricultural consumption of environmentally harmful substances such as...

The size of the organic farming sector increased again in 2018.

Organic farming has grown in the past ten years.

Cultivation of protein crops such as alfalfa, field beans and soybeans has decreased this year.

Latest data contributing to worldwide monitoring of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 10 Reduced inequalities. SDG 10 addresses social cohesion, inclusiveness and equality.

Dairy sector turnover has risen by 30 percent on average over the past three quarters

In 2022, cultivation of protein-rich crops such as alfalfa, field beans and soybeans has increased slightly.

Farmers whose partner also works on the farm have larger farms than single farmers or farmers who run their farm without the help of their partner.

Nearly two thirds of the dairy farms headed by a farmer aged over 55 have a successor lined up. This means that succession in a dairy farm is twice as popular as succession in an average farm.

In 2007, there were more than 600 farms in the Netherlands where people in need of help and care can find a suitable way to spend the day or participate in farming activities. The number of care...

In 2008, more than 11 thousand farm successors were ready to take over an agricultural or horticultural holding; 8.5 percent of them were women, as against 6.8 percent in 2000.

On 1 April 2010, there were 72 thousand farms and horticultural enterprises in the Netherlands, a reduction by more than 1 percent relative to the same month last year. This reduction is the smallest...

The Netherlands in numbers (2021 edition) answers 36 questions about our country by means of images and text.

The number of agricultural and horticultural businesses was reduced further to 68.5 thousand between 1 April 2011 and 1 April 2012. Nearly 5 businesses are discontinued every day. There is a trend...

Last year, 2 percent of corn, bulbs and turnips in the Netherlands were grown on organic farms. Organic crop yields are (much) lower than traditionally grown crop yields.

In 2018, drinking water consumption by Dutch households increased by 7 percent relative to one year previously. The agricultural sector used considerably more water than in 2017 (150 percent).

SDGs are the new international benchmark for sustainable development in 193 countries.

Statistics Netherlands exploring indicators to monitor progress on the Sustainable Development Goals set for 2030