Land use; all categories, municipalities
Regions | Periods | Recreation Recreation total (ha) | Recreation Park and public garden (ha) | Recreation Sport grounds (ha) | Recreation Allotment garden (ha) | Recreation Area for daytrips (ha) | Recreation Holiday recreation (ha) | Inland water Water with recreational usage (ha) |
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The Netherlands | 2017 | 108,335 | 32,863 | 36,288 | 3,608 | 11,526 | 24,051 | 11,104 |
Noord-Nederland (LD) | 2017 | 15,475 | 3,675 | 5,190 | 342 | 1,598 | 4,670 | 1,461 |
Oost-Nederland (LD) | 2017 | 26,681 | 7,103 | 8,565 | 602 | 2,791 | 7,620 | 2,825 |
West-Nederland (LD) | 2017 | 43,637 | 15,693 | 13,619 | 2,243 | 4,951 | 7,131 | 4,028 |
Zuid-Nederland (LD) | 2017 | 22,542 | 6,391 | 8,914 | 420 | 2,186 | 4,630 | 2,790 |
Groningen (PV) | 2017 | 4,123 | 1,492 | 1,455 | 130 | 518 | 527 | 410 |
Fryslân (PV) | 2017 | 5,556 | 1,118 | 1,843 | 118 | 663 | 1,813 | 606 |
Drenthe (PV) | 2017 | 5,797 | 1,064 | 1,892 | 94 | 417 | 2,329 | 445 |
Overijssel (PV) | 2017 | 7,518 | 1,991 | 2,609 | 196 | 396 | 2,326 | 366 |
Flevoland (PV) | 2017 | 4,852 | 1,773 | 1,384 | 154 | 916 | 626 | 504 |
Gelderland (PV) | 2017 | 14,311 | 3,340 | 4,572 | 253 | 1,478 | 4,668 | 1,956 |
Utrecht (PV) | 2017 | 6,036 | 2,262 | 2,231 | 224 | 492 | 827 | 582 |
Noord-Holland (PV) | 2017 | 15,302 | 5,498 | 4,955 | 887 | 1,936 | 2,027 | 1,594 |
Zuid-Holland (PV) | 2017 | 17,314 | 7,162 | 5,335 | 1,019 | 2,237 | 1,560 | 1,607 |
Zeeland (PV) | 2017 | 4,985 | 771 | 1,099 | 113 | 286 | 2,717 | 245 |
Noord-Brabant (PV) | 2017 | 14,988 | 4,260 | 6,070 | 319 | 1,404 | 2,935 | 1,660 |
Limburg (PV) | 2017 | 7,553 | 2,132 | 2,844 | 101 | 782 | 1,695 | 1,130 |
Oost-Groningen (CR) | 2017 | 1,482 | 510 | 542 | 37 | 190 | 203 | 213 |
Delfzijl en omgeving (CR) | 2017 | 370 | 194 | 137 | 10 | 11 | 18 | 19 |
Overig Groningen (CR) | 2017 | 2,270 | 788 | 776 | 83 | 317 | 307 | 177 |
Noord-Friesland (CR) | 2017 | 2,540 | 469 | 867 | 48 | 316 | 840 | 267 |
Zuidwest-Friesland (CR) | 2017 | 1,583 | 267 | 420 | 25 | 216 | 654 | 259 |
Zuidoost-Friesland (CR) | 2017 | 1,433 | 382 | 557 | 45 | 131 | 319 | 79 |
Noord-Drenthe (CR) | 2017 | 2,435 | 365 | 824 | 31 | 145 | 1,071 | 145 |
Zuidoost-Drenthe (CR) | 2017 | 2,033 | 474 | 652 | 35 | 229 | 643 | 262 |
Zuidwest-Drenthe (CR) | 2017 | 1,329 | 226 | 415 | 29 | 43 | 616 | 38 |
Noord-Overijssel (CR) | 2017 | 3,010 | 704 | 805 | 85 | 171 | 1,245 | 173 |
Zuidwest-Overijssel (CR) | 2017 | 794 | 252 | 311 | 30 | 6 | 195 | 20 |
Twente (CR) | 2017 | 3,714 | 1,035 | 1,493 | 81 | 219 | 886 | 173 |
Veluwe (CR) | 2017 | 5,434 | 799 | 1,373 | 79 | 472 | 2,709 | 297 |
Achterhoek (CR) | 2017 | 3,087 | 638 | 1,126 | 59 | 191 | 1,072 | 253 |
Arnhem/Nijmegen (CR) | 2017 | 4,206 | 1,591 | 1,477 | 86 | 515 | 537 | 852 |
Zuidwest-Gelderland (CR) | 2017 | 1,585 | 312 | 596 | 28 | 300 | 349 | 553 |
Utrecht (CR) | 2017 | 6,036 | 2,262 | 2,231 | 224 | 492 | 827 | 582 |
Kop van Noord-Holland (CR) | 2017 | 3,449 | 708 | 1,080 | 115 | 278 | 1,269 | 149 |
Alkmaar en omgeving (CR) | 2017 | 1,294 | 468 | 414 | 98 | 125 | 189 | 118 |
IJmond (CR) | 2017 | 1,474 | 513 | 440 | 67 | 312 | 142 | 98 |
Agglomeratie Haarlem (CR) | 2017 | 1,141 | 377 | 486 | 57 | 89 | 132 | 90 |
Zaanstreek (CR) | 2017 | 598 | 224 | 278 | 47 | 39 | 9 | 89 |
Groot-Amsterdam (CR) | 2017 | 6,226 | 2,908 | 1,822 | 465 | 934 | 97 | 869 |
Het Gooi en Vechtstreek (CR) | 2017 | 1,120 | 300 | 434 | 38 | 159 | 190 | 181 |
Agglomeratie Leiden en Bollenstreek (CR) | 2017 | 1,842 | 610 | 625 | 120 | 251 | 236 | 191 |
Agglomeratie 's-Gravenhage (CR) | 2017 | 3,296 | 1,608 | 1,081 | 200 | 303 | 104 | 440 |
Delft en Westland (CR) | 2017 | 881 | 300 | 407 | 31 | 87 | 56 | 107 |
Oost-Zuid-Holland (CR) | 2017 | 1,611 | 498 | 678 | 82 | 181 | 172 | 139 |
Groot-Rijnmond (CR) | 2017 | 7,853 | 3,411 | 1,947 | 492 | 1,111 | 891 | 635 |
Zuidoost-Zuid-Holland (CR) | 2017 | 1,830 | 735 | 596 | 93 | 304 | 102 | 95 |
Zeeuwsch-Vlaanderen (CR) | 2017 | 1,222 | 241 | 366 | 20 | 24 | 571 | 49 |
Overig Zeeland (CR) | 2017 | 3,763 | 530 | 733 | 93 | 261 | 2,146 | 197 |
West-Noord-Brabant (CR) | 2017 | 3,153 | 1,042 | 1,277 | 67 | 223 | 544 | 212 |
Midden-Noord-Brabant (CR) | 2017 | 3,120 | 685 | 1,229 | 75 | 410 | 721 | 281 |
Noordoost-Noord-Brabant (CR) | 2017 | 3,886 | 1,166 | 1,526 | 82 | 501 | 611 | 775 |
Zuidoost-Noord-Brabant (CR) | 2017 | 4,829 | 1,367 | 2,038 | 96 | 269 | 1,059 | 393 |
Noord-Limburg (CR) | 2017 | 2,322 | 368 | 883 | 14 | 197 | 860 | 233 |
Midden-Limburg (CR) | 2017 | 1,781 | 299 | 629 | 28 | 323 | 501 | 696 |
Zuid-Limburg (CR) | 2017 | 3,451 | 1,465 | 1,332 | 59 | 262 | 334 | 201 |
Flevoland (CR) | 2017 | 4,852 | 1,773 | 1,384 | 154 | 916 | 626 | 504 |
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
- Recreation
- Area in use for recreation.
- Recreation total
- Total area of the main group ‘Recreation’.
- Park and public garden
- Green area in use for relaxation.
Including
- area within a built-up environment for the public with lawns, playing fields, sunbathing areas, paths, shrubs, flowerbeds and waterponds;
- greenbelts.
Parts of the parks that can be assigned to woodland (also larger than 1 hectare) will be assigned to park and public garden.
- Sport grounds
- Area in use for sport activities.
Including
- area for fieldsport, including trotting and racing, golf area;
- swimming pool, ice skating place;
- sports hall and horse riding school;
- permanent motorcross area (including basic ones);
- associated stands;
- woodland if included in the sport area;
- associated parking areas and forest- or shrublines.
Minimum size of 0,5 hectare.
- Allotment garden
- Area for non-commercial vegetable and flower cultivation.
Including
- allotment gardens ordered in complexes;
- elongated complexes next to railways;
- schoolgardens;
- associated parking areas and forest- or shrublines.
Minimum size of 0,1 hectare.
- Area for daytrips
- Area in use for daytrips like zoos, open air musea and attraction parks.
Including
- camping for only day use;
- zoo and safaripark;
- fairypark;
- amusement park;
- open air museum;
- yacht-basin excluding the water, but including the area of associated industry with a minimum size of 0,1 hectare;
- associated parking areas and forest- or shrublines.
- natural area with grass or shrubs (not for agriculture and not dry natural open area), designed with footpaths or bikelanes and recreational objects like seats.
Including the categories if they do not belong to park or public garden:
- playing grounds;
- picknick areas;
- deerpark;
- children’s farm;
- miniature golf;
- playing field.
Minimum size for yacht-basins (the land part) of 0,1 hectare.
- Holiday recreation
- Area in use for a recreational residence of several days, like campings, holiday parks and youth hostels.
Including
- camping and caravan area, farmyard campsite;
- area with recreational houses;
- holiday park and holiday houses;
- youth hostel;
- associated parking areas and forest- or shrublines.
Holiday recreation areas are mainly limited on the map by a fence. As the limit of the object, the location of the fence is used.
- Inland water
- Inland water in use as waterway, recreational water, mining area, sewage or sludge farm, water reservoir, including IJsselmeer.
- Water with recreational usage
- Inland water for recreation, like water in parks and golf area’s, rowing tracks and recreational ponds.
Including
- water in parks;
- beachwater, swimming pond;
- recreation pond (surfing, swimming etc);
- water in golf area;
- water in yacht basins;
- rowing course, water ski.
The shores of these areas are at least three quarter a sport ground, an area of holiday recreation, an area for day trips, or park. An exception on this are the rowing courses and water ski.
Minimum size of yacht basins of 0,5 hectare of the water part.