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The sixth edition of the web publication The Netherlands in Numbers has been released today.

Recent data on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 15 Life on land. SDG 15 concerns protection, restoration and sustainable management of all forms of life on land. Nature, wildlife and healthy...

Production and capacity of renewable energy Hydro power, wind energy, solar energy, biomass

Electricity consumption attributable to domestic transport increased to 17 petajoules (PJ) in 2024

The agriculture sector used 3.9 million kilograms of crop protection products in 2024, a decrease of more than 22 percent since 2020

The purpose of this study is to analyse economic evolution in the tourism sector in relation to its impact on the environment for the 2015-2022 research period.

Well-being means quality of life in the here and now, but also the extent to which that quality of life comes at the expense of the well-being of future generations or people who live elsewhere in...

The Netherlands is a country where people are generally satisfied, trust one another and enjoy a high and increasing level of material well-being

The area used to grow the four primary greenhouse vegetables, tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers and aubergines, was a total of 4.1 thousand hectares in 2023.

What is well-being ‘here and now’? Subjective well-being reflects how satisfied people are with their life. It is an evaluative indicator that gives an indication of overall well-being at the...

Renewable energy; avoided use of fossil energy energy sources/techniques, energy application

The international trade in goods stalled in 2023 and the first half of 2024, but over the past 30 years it has grown significantly with the exception of sharp falls during the credit crisis and the...

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...

At the request of the Dutch House of Representatives, Statistics Netherlands (CBS) publishes the Monitor of Well-being and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) annually on Accountability Day in...

In 2021, most types of agricultural emissions were lower than in 1995, in spite of higher agricultural output. Reduction of greenhouse gas and nitrogen emissions has stagnated in recent years.

Recent data on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 9.3 Industry, innovation and infrastructure: knowledge and innovation. The third part of SDG 9 focuses on public and private sector investment in...

Recent data on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 9.1 Industry, innovation and infrastructure: Infrastructure and mobility. The first part of SDG 9 addresses the provisions in place to transport...

Area and yield per vegetable Area, yield, kind of vegetable

Recent data on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 10.1 Reduced inequalities: social cohesion and inequality. The first part of SDG 10 addresses social cohesion, inclusiveness and equality. These are...

25 September 2023 is SDG Action Day.

In 2024, 449 million kilograms of nitrogen compounds were emitted in livestock manure, a fall of 3 percent compared with the previous year.

The resources required to enable consumption in the Netherlands totalled 561 megatonnes in 2022, which corresponds to 87 kilograms per person per day.

Recent years have seen a succession of global crises, each of which has led to temporary disruptions to trade around the world: Brexit, the coronavirus pandemic, the energy crisis and the recent...

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.

The majority (79 percent) of businesses have implemented measures this year to make their operations more sustainable.