Cropland — Area per capita in Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
Netherlands (Kingdom of the): Cropland — Area per capita was 0.06 ha/cap in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cropland — Area per capita in Netherlands (Kingdom of the), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha/cap.
Analysis
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) recorded 0.06 ha/cap for cropland — area per capita in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, cropland — area per capita in Netherlands (Kingdom of the) peaked at 0.09 ha/cap in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.06 ha/cap, in 1971.
That places Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 160th out of 216 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cropland — Area per capita in Netherlands (Kingdom of the), year by year
| Year | ha/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.09 ha/cap | — |
| 1962 | 0.08 ha/cap | -11.1% |
| 1963 | 0.08 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.08 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.08 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 0.08 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.07 ha/cap | -12.5% |
| 1968 | 0.07 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.07 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.07 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 0.06 ha/cap | -14.3% |
| 1972 | 0.06 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.06 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.06 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.06 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.06 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.06 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.06 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.06 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.06 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.06 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.06 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.06 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.06 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.06 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.06 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.06 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.06 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.06 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.06 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 0.06 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.06 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.06 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.06 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.06 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.06 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.06 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.06 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.07 ha/cap | +16.7% |
| 2000 | 0.07 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.06 ha/cap | -14.3% |
| 2002 | 0.06 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.07 ha/cap | +16.7% |
| 2004 | 0.07 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.07 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.07 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.07 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.07 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.07 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.06 ha/cap | -14.3% |
| 2011 | 0.06 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.06 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.06 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.06 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.06 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.06 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.06 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.06 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.06 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.06 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.06 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.06 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.06 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.06 ha/cap | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0778 ha/cap | 0.07 ha/cap | 0.09 ha/cap | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.061 ha/cap | 0.06 ha/cap | 0.07 ha/cap | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.06 ha/cap | 0.06 ha/cap | 0.06 ha/cap | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.061 ha/cap | 0.06 ha/cap | 0.07 ha/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.068 ha/cap | 0.06 ha/cap | 0.07 ha/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.06 ha/cap | 0.06 ha/cap | 0.06 ha/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.06 ha/cap | 0.06 ha/cap | 0.06 ha/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
- 158 Jamaica 0.07 ha/cap compare
- 158 Nepal 0.07 ha/cap compare
- 160 American Samoa 0.06 ha/cap compare
- 160 Antigua and Barbuda 0.06 ha/cap compare
- 160 French Guiana 0.06 ha/cap compare
- 160 Grenada 0.06 ha/cap compare
- 160 Guadeloupe 0.06 ha/cap compare
- 160 Mauritius 0.06 ha/cap compare
- 160 Mayotte 0.06 ha/cap compare
- 160 Somalia 0.06 ha/cap compare
More environment data for Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.617 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.16 °C (2025)
- Graphic papers — Import quantity, annual growth rate 5.4 % change on previous year (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import value, annual growth rate -6.48 % change on previous year (2024)
- Newsprint — Import quantity, gaps filled 274,031 t (2024)
- Newsprint — Import quantity, annual growth rate 10.72 % change on previous year (2024)
- Newsprint — Import value, gaps filled 173,647 1000 USD (2024)
- Newsprint — Import value, annual growth rate -13.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Printing and writing papers — Import quantity, annual growth rate 2.75 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cropland — area per capita in Netherlands (Kingdom of the)?
- Cropland — area per capita in Netherlands (Kingdom of the) was 0.06 ha/cap in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cropland — area per capita recorded in Netherlands (Kingdom of the)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.09 ha/cap in 1961.
- What is the lowest cropland — area per capita recorded in Netherlands (Kingdom of the)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.06 ha/cap in 1971.
- How does Netherlands (Kingdom of the) rank for cropland — area per capita?
- Netherlands (Kingdom of the) ranks 160th out of 216 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cropland — area per capita rising or falling in Netherlands (Kingdom of the)?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Netherlands (Kingdom of the) data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cropland — Area per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.