Area used to grow greenhouse vegetables has increased in ten years

In 2023, these four primary greenhouse vegetables together occupied about the same area as the municipality of Amstelveen. Most of this area (over 43 percent) was used for tomatoes and nearly 38 percent for peppers, followed by cucumbers and aubergines.

Fewer farms growing greenhouse vegetables

Greenhouse vegetable production has fallen in recent years

In 2023, the gross yield of greenhouse vegetables was 1.63 million tonnes, almost the same as a decade earlier. After rising steadily until 2020, yields then began to fall. In 2023, yields decreased by 2 percent compared to the previous year, to around the same leel as a decade earlier.

This decline in production is mainly due to high energy prices. Some tomato growers have switched to cucumbers, partly because these require less energy. The cucumber yield was up by 7 percent on the previous year. Aubergine, tomato and pepper yields all fell last year.