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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.

Recent data on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 8.1 Decent work and economic growth: Economy and factors of production. SDG 8.1 focuses on making economic growth more sustainable and efficient. In...

Relationship between the Netherlands and the United States: economy, innovation, digitisation, sustainability, trade, export revenues, tariffs, trade duties, multinationals.

Manufacturers in the industrial sector expect to invest around 30 percent more in tangible fixed assets (such as buildings, machinery, transportation equipment or computers) in 2024 than they did in...

Tap water use, groundwater, surface water, industries, private household. Water use or abstraction by industry and type of water

Summary of the Monitor of Well-being and the SDGs 2023 with an overview of trends, the position of the Netherlands in the EU27 and the most recent developments in well-being ‘here and now’, ‘later’...

Recent data on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 Clean water and sanitation. Access to safe drinking water and sanitary facilities and sustainable water management are at the centre of SDG 6.

Recent data on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 17 Partnerships for the goals. SDG 17 differs from the other SDGs. Countries, governments, business and civil society organisations must work...

Recent data on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 11.2 Sustainable cities and communities: living environment. The second part of SDG 11 concerns the surroundings in which people live. How can we...

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

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

Natural capital relates to services that the natural environment provides to the economy, such as raw materials and recreation.

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.

People under the age of 35 experience lower levels of well-being than older people in the Netherlands.

The Netherlands remains a prosperous country and a relatively cohesive society.

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

Manure production, nitrogen and phosphate in manure, nitrogen losses Manure processing, manure exports and manure use

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

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

The Netherlands remains a prosperous country and a relatively cohesive society.

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

In 2024, flower bulbs were cultivated over an area of arable land of more than 27 thousand hectares.

The number of dairy cows in the Netherlands fell by 1.9 percent to 1.54 million in 2024, compared to 2023.

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...