Land use; all categories, municipalities
Regions | Periods | Woodland and nature Woodland and nature total (ha) | Woodland and nature Woodland (ha) | Woodland and nature Dry natural open area (ha) | Woodland and nature Wet natural open area (ha) |
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The Netherlands | 2017 | 501,461 | 340,646 | 93,780 | 67,035 |
Noord-Nederland (LD) | 2017 | 103,202 | 49,939 | 26,241 | 27,022 |
Oost-Nederland (LD) | 2017 | 184,768 | 144,268 | 26,948 | 13,551 |
West-Nederland (LD) | 2017 | 90,711 | 43,853 | 28,954 | 17,904 |
Zuid-Nederland (LD) | 2017 | 122,780 | 102,586 | 11,637 | 8,557 |
Groningen (PV) | 2017 | 13,974 | 6,223 | 2,686 | 5,064 |
Fryslân (PV) | 2017 | 42,256 | 11,344 | 14,583 | 16,328 |
Drenthe (PV) | 2017 | 46,973 | 32,371 | 8,972 | 5,629 |
Overijssel (PV) | 2017 | 46,384 | 34,316 | 4,275 | 7,793 |
Flevoland (PV) | 2017 | 22,302 | 16,487 | 2,226 | 3,588 |
Gelderland (PV) | 2017 | 116,082 | 93,465 | 20,447 | 2,170 |
Utrecht (PV) | 2017 | 21,161 | 18,293 | 1,858 | 1,009 |
Noord-Holland (PV) | 2017 | 31,213 | 12,840 | 14,759 | 3,614 |
Zuid-Holland (PV) | 2017 | 23,806 | 8,570 | 8,378 | 6,857 |
Zeeland (PV) | 2017 | 14,532 | 4,149 | 3,958 | 6,424 |
Noord-Brabant (PV) | 2017 | 86,216 | 70,528 | 8,656 | 7,032 |
Limburg (PV) | 2017 | 36,564 | 32,058 | 2,981 | 1,525 |
Oost-Groningen (CR) | 2017 | 4,684 | 3,232 | 80 | 1,372 |
Delfzijl en omgeving (CR) | 2017 | 842 | 365 | 13 | 464 |
Overig Groningen (CR) | 2017 | 8,448 | 2,627 | 2,593 | 3,228 |
Noord-Friesland (CR) | 2017 | 26,350 | 2,530 | 13,006 | 10,815 |
Zuidwest-Friesland (CR) | 2017 | 3,981 | 1,696 | 77 | 2,208 |
Zuidoost-Friesland (CR) | 2017 | 11,924 | 7,119 | 1,500 | 3,305 |
Noord-Drenthe (CR) | 2017 | 20,705 | 13,285 | 3,605 | 3,815 |
Zuidoost-Drenthe (CR) | 2017 | 11,505 | 8,707 | 2,116 | 682 |
Zuidwest-Drenthe (CR) | 2017 | 14,762 | 10,379 | 3,251 | 1,132 |
Noord-Overijssel (CR) | 2017 | 19,078 | 11,809 | 1,117 | 6,153 |
Zuidwest-Overijssel (CR) | 2017 | 3,889 | 3,673 | 62 | 155 |
Twente (CR) | 2017 | 23,417 | 18,834 | 3,097 | 1,486 |
Veluwe (CR) | 2017 | 78,093 | 60,532 | 17,066 | 494 |
Achterhoek (CR) | 2017 | 17,677 | 16,799 | 352 | 526 |
Arnhem/Nijmegen (CR) | 2017 | 17,339 | 13,865 | 2,921 | 554 |
Zuidwest-Gelderland (CR) | 2017 | 2,974 | 2,270 | 108 | 596 |
Utrecht (CR) | 2017 | 21,161 | 18,293 | 1,858 | 1,009 |
Kop van Noord-Holland (CR) | 2017 | 7,765 | 1,682 | 4,931 | 1,152 |
Alkmaar en omgeving (CR) | 2017 | 4,938 | 1,972 | 2,736 | 230 |
IJmond (CR) | 2017 | 4,318 | 1,924 | 2,252 | 142 |
Agglomeratie Haarlem (CR) | 2017 | 5,683 | 1,717 | 3,865 | 101 |
Zaanstreek (CR) | 2017 | 407 | 82 | 0 | 324 |
Groot-Amsterdam (CR) | 2017 | 2,595 | 1,544 | 21 | 1,031 |
Het Gooi en Vechtstreek (CR) | 2017 | 5,506 | 3,919 | 954 | 633 |
Agglomeratie Leiden en Bollenstreek (CR) | 2017 | 3,032 | 760 | 2,220 | 51 |
Agglomeratie 's-Gravenhage (CR) | 2017 | 4,297 | 1,850 | 2,372 | 75 |
Delft en Westland (CR) | 2017 | 815 | 221 | 426 | 168 |
Oost-Zuid-Holland (CR) | 2017 | 1,542 | 602 | 1 | 939 |
Groot-Rijnmond (CR) | 2017 | 11,415 | 3,711 | 3,354 | 4,350 |
Zuidoost-Zuid-Holland (CR) | 2017 | 2,704 | 1,426 | 4 | 1,273 |
Zeeuwsch-Vlaanderen (CR) | 2017 | 4,895 | 1,522 | 478 | 2,895 |
Overig Zeeland (CR) | 2017 | 9,637 | 2,627 | 3,480 | 3,529 |
West-Noord-Brabant (CR) | 2017 | 16,141 | 12,206 | 909 | 3,027 |
Midden-Noord-Brabant (CR) | 2017 | 15,827 | 13,075 | 1,091 | 1,662 |
Noordoost-Noord-Brabant (CR) | 2017 | 16,579 | 14,717 | 1,360 | 502 |
Zuidoost-Noord-Brabant (CR) | 2017 | 37,668 | 30,530 | 5,296 | 1,842 |
Noord-Limburg (CR) | 2017 | 17,691 | 15,366 | 1,653 | 672 |
Midden-Limburg (CR) | 2017 | 12,993 | 11,140 | 1,057 | 796 |
Zuid-Limburg (CR) | 2017 | 5,880 | 5,553 | 272 | 56 |
Flevoland (CR) | 2017 | 22,302 | 16,487 | 2,226 | 3,588 |
No urban region (SG) | 2017 | ||||
Groningen (SG) | 2017 | ||||
Leeuwarden (SG) | 2017 | ||||
Zwolle (SG) | 2017 | ||||
Enschede (SG) | 2017 | ||||
Apeldoorn (SG) | 2017 | ||||
Arnhem (SG) | 2017 | ||||
Nijmegen (SG) | 2017 | ||||
Amersfoort (SG) | 2017 | ||||
Utrecht (SG) | 2017 | ||||
Amsterdam (SG) | 2017 | ||||
Haarlem (SG) | 2017 | ||||
Leiden (SG) | 2017 | ||||
's-Gravenhage (SG) | 2017 | ||||
Rotterdam (SG) | 2017 | ||||
Dordrecht (SG) | 2017 | ||||
Breda (SG) | 2017 | ||||
Tilburg (SG) | 2017 | ||||
's-Hertogenbosch (SG) | 2017 | ||||
Eindhoven (SG) | 2017 | ||||
Geleen/Sittard (SG) | 2017 | ||||
Heerlen (SG) | 2017 | ||||
Maastricht (SG) | 2017 | ||||
No metropolitan agglomeration (GA) | 2017 | ||||
Groningen (GA) | 2017 | ||||
Leeuwarden (GA) | 2017 | ||||
Zwolle (GA) | 2017 | ||||
Enschede (GA) | 2017 | ||||
Apeldoorn (GA) | 2017 | ||||
Arnhem (GA) | 2017 | ||||
Nijmegen (GA) | 2017 | ||||
Amersfoort (GA) | 2017 | ||||
Utrecht (GA) | 2017 | ||||
Amsterdam (GA) | 2017 | ||||
Haarlem (GA) | 2017 | ||||
Leiden (GA) | 2017 | ||||
's-Gravenhage (GA) | 2017 | ||||
Rotterdam (GA) | 2017 | ||||
Dordrecht (GA) | 2017 | ||||
Breda (GA) | 2017 | ||||
Tilburg (GA) | 2017 | ||||
's-Hertogenbosch (GA) | 2017 | ||||
Eindhoven (GA) | 2017 | ||||
Source: CBS. |
Table explanation
This table provides information about the land use of the area of the Netherlands and the changes in land use.
Data available from: 1996.
Status of the figures:
The figures in this table are final.
Changes as of 26 April 2023:
Addition of 2017 figures.
This table is based on the Bestand Bodemgebruik (BBG), which literally translates as the ‘land use file’. For intervening base years without a BBG, this table just presents total area statistics for the presented regions.
Previously published base years in this table are never revised for corrections established when a newer BBG-edition is produced. Such corrections consist of corrections of earlier misinterpretations and of improved interpretations based on new sources. The corrections are recorded in the so-called Mutatiebestand (the mutations file) which is a digital map, being a part of each BBG publication. See Bestand Bodemgebruik for further information on correction of the land use statistics and for available publications.
As of reporting year 2016, Statistics Netherlands no longer publishes data on metropolitan agglomerations and urban regions. Various social developments have rendered the philosophy and methodology underlying the delineation outdated. It furthermore appears that other agencies are using a different classification of metropolitan agglomerations and urban regions depending on the area of application. This means there is no longer a consensus on which standard applies.
The metropolitan agglomerations and urban regions will not be published anymore from 2015 onwards as a default regional figure.
When will new figures be published?
After the addition of the 2017 land use figures all updates to this table will be stopped.
The methodology of the land use statistics, as it has been in use up to the 2017-edition, is being redesigned. See for further information on this redesign and the availability of land use statistics based on the new methodology the web page Bestand Bodemgebruik.
Description topics
- Woodland and nature
- Area with forest or natural open area.
- Woodland and nature total
- Total area of the main group ‘Woodland and nature’.
- Woodland
- Area with trees for wood production and nature conservation.
Including
- area with trees of which the crowns are a closed entity;
- cutting field;
- fire lane;
- forest path;
- nursery of forests;
- storage of wood;
- scattered houses, if placed inside the woodland;
- poplar fields.
Excluding
- wooded areas of parks;
- forest nurseries that are outside the woodland;
- residential areas (with a pattern of streets) and areas of recreational houses inside the woodland.
- Dry natural open area
- Open area with a dry surface, mainly nature.
Including
- dry heather;
- grasslike natural area (not for agricultural use);
- dunes;
- sand drift;
- sandbar;
- beach.
- Wet natural open area
- Open area with a wet surface, mainly nature.
Including
- wet heather;
- reed and rush (including cultivations);
- salt marsh (not innundated at normal high tides);
- tidal soil, if barren;
- bluegrass land.
Excluding
- osier bed;
- wet woodland.