Arable land — all countries

Arable land — Netherlands

Arable land in the Netherlands in 2023 — 1,009,000 ha. Ranked 107 in the world out of 206. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 1.7%.

2023 1.01M ha +0.5% vs 2022
World rank 107of 206
Period maximum 1.13M ha2004
Period minimum 803,400 ha1973

Trend over time

1961–2023 · hectares

Arable land — Netherlands, 1961–2023800,000900,0001M1.1M1.2M19611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 992,000 ha1963: 949,000 ha1965: 928,000 ha1967: 881,700 ha1969: 853,000 ha1971: 815,900 ha1973: 803,400 ha1975: 809,500 ha1977: 834,400 ha1979: 831,100 ha1981: 845,800 ha1983: 833,900 ha1985: 861,300 ha1987: 893,500 ha1989: 906,500 ha1991: 892,300 ha1993: 902,300 ha1995: 919,000 ha1997: 971,200 ha1999: 1,011,400 ha2001: 1,008,800 ha2003: 1,091,100 ha2005: 1,111,000 ha2007: 1,059,800 ha2009: 1,054,700 ha2011: 1,006,000 ha2013: 1,038,400 ha2015: 1,042,000 ha2017: 1,037,000 ha2019: 1,011,100 ha2021: 1,003,000 ha2023: 1,009,000 ha
Change over the period: +17,000 (+1.71%) Average annual rate: 0.03 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Netherlands

Netherlands 1.01M ha
World computed 1.38B ha
Europe & Central Asia computed 331M ha
Western Europe computed 32.23M ha
High-income countries computed 458M ha
Arable land — Netherlands, by year Netherlands All countries CSV XLSX
Year ha Change Change, %
2023 1.01M +5,000 +0.5%
2022 1M +1,000 +0.1%
2021 1M −1,830 −0.18%
2020 1M −6,270 −0.62%
2019 1.01M −9,900 −0.97%
2018 1.02M −16,000 −1.54%
2017 1.04M +9,000 +0.88%
2016 1.03M −14,000 −1.34%
2015 1.04M −3,000 −0.29%
2014 1.05M +6,600 +0.64%
2013 1.04M +27,400 +2.71%
2012 1.01M +5,000 +0.5%
2011 1.01M −16,600 −1.62%
2010 1.02M −32,100 −3.04%
2009 1.05M −11,900 −1.12%
2008 1.07M +6,800 +0.64%
2007 1.06M −10,000 −0.93%
2006 1.07M −41,200 −3.71%
2005 1.11M −16,500 −1.46%
2004 1.13M +36,400 +3.34%
2003 1.09M +75,900 +7.48%
2002 1.02M +6,400 +0.63%
2001 1.01M −13,900 −1.36%
2000 1.02M +11,300 +1.12%
1999 1.01M +81,500 +8.76%
1998 929,900 −41,300 −4.25%
1997 971,200 +44,100 +4.76%
1996 927,100 +8,100 +0.88%
1995 919,000 +15,700 +1.74%
1994 903,300 +1,000 +0.11%
1993 902,300 +2,100 +0.23%
1992 900,200 +7,900 +0.89%
1991 892,300 −32,100 −3.47%
1990 924,400 +17,900 +1.97%
1989 906,500 +2,700 +0.3%
1988 903,800 +10,300 +1.15%
1987 893,500 +15,500 +1.77%
1986 878,000 +16,700 +1.94%
1985 861,300 +19,500 +2.32%
1984 841,800 +7,900 +0.95%
1983 833,900 −18,400 −2.16%
1982 852,300 +6,500 +0.77%
1981 845,800 +400 +0.05%
1980 845,400 +14,300 +1.72%
1979 831,100 +3,400 +0.41%
1978 827,700 −6,700 −0.8%
1977 834,400 +20,500 +2.52%
1976 813,900 +4,400 +0.54%
1975 809,500 +3,100 +0.38%
1974 806,400 +3,000 +0.37%
1973 803,400 −6,700 −0.83%
1972 810,100 −5,800 −0.71%
1971 815,900 −16,300 −1.96%
1970 832,200 −20,800 −2.44%
1969 853,000 −18,900 −2.17%
1968 871,900 −9,800 −1.11%
1967 881,700 −25,100 −2.77%
1966 906,800 −21,200 −2.28%
1965 928,000 −9,000 −0.96%
1964 937,000 −12,000 −1.26%
1963 949,000 −17,000 −1.76%
1962 966,000 −26,000 −2.62%
1961 992,000

Western Europe, 2023

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About the indicator

The area of arable land: land under annual crops, temporary meadows, kitchen gardens and land lying fallow for up to five years. It differs from agricultural land in excluding pasture and permanent crops — and since pasture makes up most of agricultural land, arable land is usually about a third the size. The world area of arable land has barely grown since the 1990s: the added output of recent decades came from yields, not from an expansion of fields.

Important: Land lying fallow for up to five years is included, abandoned land is not. Permanent crops — orchards, vineyards, plantations — do not count as arable land.

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO), license CC BY 4.0.