Netherlands's agriculture share fell from 2.9 % in 1996 to 1.7 % in 2025.
Netherlands · Agriculture & natural resources
Land, production, employment and resource rents.
20 indicators · 20 with data
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment)
% of employment
160th of 182 · 43rd in Europe & C. Asia
Netherlands's employment in agriculture (% of total employment) fell from 3.8 % in 1996 to 1.7 % in 2025.
Netherlands's resource rents rose from 0.2 % in 1992 to 0.3 % in 2021.
Netherlands's agricultural land (% of land area) fell from 57.8 % in 1994 to 53.5 % in 2023.
Netherlands's arable land (% of land area) rose from 26.8 % in 1994 to 30.0 % in 2023.
Netherlands's arable land (hectares per person) fell from 0 ha in 1994 to 0 ha in 2023.
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- Cereal yielddown −15.8 %6th of 79
- Food production indexdown −2.9 pts129th of 195
- Crop production indexdown −3.6 pts126th of 195
- Livestock production indexdown −2.7 pts131st of 194
- Oil productiondown −33.5 %65th of 204*
- Gas productiondown −18.1 %43rd of 49
- Coal productionunchanged +0.066th of 204*
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- Fertilizer consumptiondown −0.9 %29th of 191
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- Oil rents (% of GDP)up +0.0 pts90th of 190
- Mineral rents (% of GDP)unchanged +0.0 pts90th of 197
- Forest rents (% of GDP)up +0.0 pts157th of 197
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- Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports)up +0.1 pts29th of 130
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- Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurityup +2.0 pts25th of 134
- Prevalence of undernourishmentunchanged +0.0 pts1st of 165