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Once every ten years, there is a special day within CBS: the day when, after a long and concerted effort, the most recent census is finalised.

Agricultural census; number of persons, annual work units and corresponding number of holdings by region

Agricultural census; crops, livestock, land use and corresponding number of holdings by general farm type and region

Censuses are the oldest official statistic produced by Statistics Netherlands (CBS).

(Subtitled in English ) A history of the oldest official statistics of Statistics Netherlands: the Population Census. How we once went from door to door with pink and blue sheets of paper to know how...

Livestock on agricultural holdings with a Standard Ouptut >= 3000 euro, grazing livestock and housed animals at 1 April and 1 December

The Netherlands exported agricultural goods with a total value of 123.8 billion euros 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...

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.

This publication describes developments in the Netherlands’ agricultural goods with the rest of the world, including both imports and exports and providing initial estimates for.

In 2023, the area of agricultural land used for bulb cultivation increased by 21 percent to over 28 thousand hectares compared with 10 years previously.

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.

As of 2023, the agricultural area devoted to arable crop farming has increased by 14.4 thousand to 549 thousand hectares.

In 2022, the Netherlands exported 122.3 billion euros worth of agricultural goods. This is over 17 percent more than in 2021. The increase in the value of agricultural exports comes from higher...

In 2022, the Dutch agricultural sector generated 1.9 percent more income than in 2021. At the same time, animal output dropped slightly (-0.7 percent) while crop output fell relatively sharply by...

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...

Without warning, the census of 28 February 1971 turned out to be the last. It was a success – generating 4,500 pages of tables, explanatory notes and analyses in 38 volumes, including 18 census...

Census tables were published in 2004 (for the 2001 census). Census taking had become desk work, thanks to the use of registers (e.g. the Municipal Records Database). No more enumerators going out...

One of the most fascinating and longstanding CBS statistics is the population census of the Netherlands.

At 1.57 million, the national dairy cattle herd remained virtually unchanged in 2022. This is 7 percent less than five years earlier.

Data protection legislation came into effect in 1988, with the Personal Data Protection Act. Legislation had already been adjusted prior to this to prevent census data being used for purposes other...

Statistics Netherlands (CBS) celebrates its 125th anniversary this month.

In 2021, the Netherlands was the EU’s largest direct importer of agricultural goods from Brazil.

In 2022, the size of the Dutch cattle population has remained virtually unchanged relative to last year, standing at 3.8 million head.

In 2021, the Netherlands was the largest importer of agricultural goods from Brazil within the EU.