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In 2023, the total utilised agricultural area (UAA) under organic farming increased by 6.6 thousand hectares relative to the previous year. This is an area equivalent to over 9 thousand football...

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

This edition highlights the sustainability aspects of Dutch trade by means of environmentally friendly and polluting goods. Interconnectedness in global value chains and the import foodprint are...

A large part (82 percent) of businesses have implemented measures this year to make their operations more sustainable.

To ensure that everyone can share in the combination that the earth offers and the prosperity it can generate, and to ensure that the quality of life is improved for as many people as possible, the...

Relative to 2021, the total area under organic farming in the Netherlands this year has increased by 3.6 percent to slightly over 80 thousand hectares. This is 59.0 percent more than in 2015.

Across the world, there is an increasing need for information on climate change and energy transition, environmental quality and circularity, and nature and biodiversity.

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

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.

The results of a study into the SDGs and the circular economy, about how these different perspectives can influence each other positively or negativelyare

Milk supply by dairy farms, production of butter, cheese, milk powder, concentrated milk and whey powder

How is well-being in the Netherlands developing? The Monitor of Well-being & the SDG’s 2022 examines the economic, ecological and social aspects of well-being in the Netherlands and the results for...

Quality of life in the Netherlands today, well-being ‘here and now’, is high. However it not just as high for everybody in the country; well-being of young adults is lower than for the rest of the...

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

Relationship between the Netherlands and Belgium: economy, innovation, digitalisation, sustainability, trade, export earnings, labour market and cross-border commuters .

25 September 2023 is SDG Action Day.

Although material well-being levels are relatively low, most inhabitants of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba are satisfied with their lives.

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...

Renewable energy; final consumption energy sources/techniques, energy application

Dutch 25 to 34 year-olds experience lower levels of well-being than people in other age groups.

Bonaire, Saba and St Eustatius are on the right track in terms of poverty reduction, one of the internationally agreed Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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

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

In 2022, renewable energy accounted for 15 percent of gross national energy consumption. This was still 13 percent in the previous year.