Netherlands - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Netherlands was 1,021,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,127,500 in 2004 and a minimum value of 759,000 in 1975.

Definition: Arable land (in hectares) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 992,000
1962 966,000
1963 949,000
1964 937,000
1965 928,000
1966 897,000
1967 873,000
1968 864,000
1969 845,000
1970 824,000
1971 770,000
1972 765,000
1973 761,000
1974 762,000
1975 759,000
1976 769,000
1977 775,000
1978 780,000
1979 785,000
1980 790,000
1981 788,000
1982 790,000
1983 801,000
1984 817,000
1985 826,000
1986 844,000
1987 861,000
1988 869,000
1989 876,000
1990 879,000
1991 881,000
1992 887,000
1993 887,000
1994 885,000
1995 882,000
1996 895,000
1997 901,000
1998 906,000
1999 914,000
2000 910,000
2001 905,000
2002 916,000
2003 906,000
2004 1,127,500
2005 1,111,000
2006 1,069,800
2007 1,059,800
2008 1,066,600
2009 1,054,700
2010 1,022,600
2011 1,006,000
2012 1,011,000
2013 1,038,400
2014 1,045,000
2015 1,042,000
2016 1,028,000
2017 1,037,000
2018 1,021,000

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Netherlands was 0.059 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.085 in 1961 and a minimum value of 0.055 in 1982.

Definition: Arable land (hectares per person) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 0.085
1962 0.082
1963 0.079
1964 0.077
1965 0.075
1966 0.072
1967 0.069
1968 0.068
1969 0.066
1970 0.063
1971 0.058
1972 0.057
1973 0.057
1974 0.056
1975 0.056
1976 0.056
1977 0.056
1978 0.056
1979 0.056
1980 0.056
1981 0.055
1982 0.055
1983 0.056
1984 0.057
1985 0.057
1986 0.058
1987 0.059
1988 0.059
1989 0.059
1990 0.059
1991 0.058
1992 0.058
1993 0.058
1994 0.058
1995 0.057
1996 0.058
1997 0.058
1998 0.058
1999 0.058
2000 0.057
2001 0.056
2002 0.057
2003 0.056
2004 0.069
2005 0.068
2006 0.065
2007 0.065
2008 0.065
2009 0.064
2010 0.062
2011 0.060
2012 0.060
2013 0.062
2014 0.062
2015 0.062
2016 0.060
2017 0.061
2018 0.059

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Netherlands was 30.32 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 33.40 in 2004, while its lowest value was 22.48 in 1975.

Definition: Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 29.38
1962 28.61
1963 28.11
1964 27.75
1965 27.49
1966 26.57
1967 25.86
1968 25.59
1969 25.03
1970 24.41
1971 22.81
1972 22.66
1973 22.54
1974 22.57
1975 22.48
1976 22.78
1977 22.96
1978 23.10
1979 23.25
1980 23.40
1981 23.34
1982 23.40
1983 23.73
1984 24.20
1985 24.47
1986 25.00
1987 25.50
1988 25.74
1989 25.95
1990 26.04
1991 26.10
1992 26.27
1993 26.27
1994 26.21
1995 26.13
1996 26.51
1997 26.69
1998 26.84
1999 27.07
2000 26.95
2001 26.81
2002 27.13
2003 26.84
2004 33.40
2005 32.91
2006 31.69
2007 31.39
2008 31.59
2009 31.27
2010 30.32
2011 29.83
2012 29.98
2013 30.82
2014 31.02
2015 30.95
2016 30.53
2017 30.80
2018 30.32

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use