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CBS focuses on the challenges that we face as a society in 2026
One of the tasks of Statistics Netherlands (CBS) is to look at the major challenges that we face as a society.
Ecosystem extent; ecosystem types; region
Ecosystemtypes Region
Economic value of nature has increased by 50 percent in one decade
The total value of ecosystem services in 2022 was over 15 billion euros, 50 percent more than it was in 2013.
Dutch agricultural exports worth nearly 124 billion euros in 2023
The Netherlands exported agricultural goods with a total value of 123.8 billion euros in 2023.
Consumer prices; HICP 2025=100, Netherlands and Europe
European harmonised consumer price index 2025=100 Index, annual rate of change, the Netherlands, euro area, European Union
Livestock manure; production, transport and use, key figures
Manure production, nitrogen and phosphate in manure, nitrogen losses Manure processing, manure exports and manure use
How do we keep the earth inhabitable for humans and other species?
Climate change, chemical pollution, acidification of the oceans - these are all examples of what happens when we go beyond the limits of what our planet can support: planetary boundaries.
Municipal budgets; income and expenditures by region and size class
Budgeted expenditures and revenues per task (policy area) in millions of and in euros per inhabitant by region and size class
Civil engineering works; input price index 2000 = 100, from 1979
Price indices on the basis of 2000=100 and changes compared to 1 year earlier regarding several areas of work.
Civil engineering works; Input price index 2020=100
Price indices on the basis of 2020 = 100 and changes compared to 1 year earlier regarding several areas of work.
Goat population has increased nearly fivefold since 2000
In 2025, there were 592 thousand goats kept on goat farms in the Netherlands.
Agricultural income increased further in 2023
In 2023, the Dutch agricultural sector generated 6.7 percent more income relative to the previous year. Animal output decreased slightly (-0.7 percent), while crop production saw a relatively sharp...
SDG 6 Clean water and sanitation
Recent data on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 Clean water and sanitation. SDG 6 is about access to drinking water and sanitation, and sustainable water management. In the Netherlands, the main...
SDG 2 Zero hunger
Recent data on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2 Zero hunger. Under the terms of SDG 2, nobody in the world should have to go hungry in 2030, and everyone should have access to safe and nutritious...
Proximity to facilities; distances by car, regional
Distances to and number of facilities: healthcare, retail, leisure, schools and culture per municipality and other regional classifications
More freshwater biodiversity, less on land
Since 1990, the Living Planet Index for the Netherlands has increased by an average of 13 percent.
3.1 percent increase in organic farmland
The amount of farmland certified as organic farmland increased by 3.1 percent in 2025, to reach 86,900 hectares
Use of biological control agents in greenhouse horticulture
biological control agents/farms with use/area treated/number of agents crops
Well-being 'here and now': environment
What is well-being ‘here and now’? Environment concerns the quality of the area in which people live. A healthy living environment is characterised by clean air, clean water, a healthy natural...
Civil engineering works; Input price index 2015=100 2012-2024
Price indices on the basis of 2015 = 100 and changes compared to 1 year earlier regarding several areas of work.
SDG 15 Life on land
Recent data on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 15 Life on land. SDG 15 concerns the protection, restoration and sustainable management of all forms of life on land. Nature, wildlife and healthy...
Provincial budgets; revenues and expenditures by province
Budgeted expenditures and revenues per task (policy area) in millions of and in euros per inhabitant by province
Agricultural nitrogen surplus higher after summer drought of 2022
In 2022, the agricultural nitrogen surplus, i.e., that part of excess nitrogen which is not fixed in animal and plant products, increased by 6.5 percent year on year to a total of 312 million kg.
Zuid-Holland is the Netherlands most built-up province
The province with the highest percentage of built-up land in 2022 was Zuid-Holland, at 23 percent.
Well-being ‘later’: Natural capital
Natural capital concerns the natural resources that are used by people, society and the economy. They include soil, water and air, as well as the associated ecosystems and the flora and fauna that...