Wheat — Area harvested in Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
Netherlands (Kingdom of the): Wheat — Area harvested was 95,850 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Wheat — Area harvested in Netherlands (Kingdom of the), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, wheat — area harvested in Netherlands (Kingdom of the) stood at 95,850 ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 26.0% on the previous year and down 32.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested in Netherlands (Kingdom of the) peaked at 158,454 ha in 1965 and was at its lowest, 95,850 ha, in 2024.
That places Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 70th out of 124 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.
Wheat — Area harvested in Netherlands (Kingdom of the), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 122,831 ha | — |
| 1962 | 132,613 ha | +8.0% |
| 1963 | 126,380 ha | -4.7% |
| 1964 | 151,297 ha | +19.7% |
| 1965 | 158,454 ha | +4.7% |
| 1966 | 147,849 ha | -6.7% |
| 1967 | 154,174 ha | +4.3% |
| 1968 | 153,496 ha | -0.4% |
| 1969 | 155,394 ha | +1.2% |
| 1970 | 141,502 ha | -8.9% |
| 1971 | 142,048 ha | +0.4% |
| 1972 | 156,221 ha | +10.0% |
| 1973 | 137,879 ha | -11.7% |
| 1974 | 130,095 ha | -5.6% |
| 1975 | 106,932 ha | -17.8% |
| 1976 | 130,501 ha | +22.0% |
| 1977 | 126,409 ha | -3.1% |
| 1978 | 120,650 ha | -4.6% |
| 1979 | 140,716 ha | +16.6% |
| 1980 | 142,239 ha | +1.1% |
| 1981 | 131,635 ha | -7.5% |
| 1982 | 130,900 ha | -0.6% |
| 1983 | 148,208 ha | +13.2% |
| 1984 | 143,471 ha | -3.2% |
| 1985 | 128,069 ha | -10.7% |
| 1986 | 117,546 ha | -8.2% |
| 1987 | 110,851 ha | -5.7% |
| 1988 | 114,447 ha | +3.2% |
| 1989 | 137,774 ha | +20.4% |
| 1990 | 140,603 ha | +2.1% |
| 1991 | 123,243 ha | -12.3% |
| 1992 | 126,854 ha | +2.9% |
| 1993 | 118,000 ha | -7.0% |
| 1994 | 121,600 ha | +3.1% |
| 1995 | 135,400 ha | +11.3% |
| 1996 | 141,600 ha | +4.6% |
| 1997 | 137,500 ha | -2.9% |
| 1998 | 139,300 ha | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 102,195 ha | -26.6% |
| 2000 | 136,700 ha | +33.8% |
| 2001 | 124,700 ha | -8.8% |
| 2002 | 135,215 ha | +8.4% |
| 2003 | 129,245 ha | -4.4% |
| 2004 | 137,287 ha | +6.2% |
| 2005 | 136,700 ha | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 141,100 ha | +3.2% |
| 2007 | 140,000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 156,500 ha | +11.8% |
| 2009 | 150,888 ha | -3.6% |
| 2010 | 153,723 ha | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 151,041 ha | -1.7% |
| 2012 | 151,625 ha | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 152,737 ha | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 142,212 ha | -6.9% |
| 2015 | 142,468 ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 127,328 ha | -10.6% |
| 2017 | 115,923 ha | -9.0% |
| 2018 | 111,660 ha | -3.7% |
| 2019 | 120,550 ha | +8.0% |
| 2020 | 108,910 ha | -9.7% |
| 2021 | 118,140 ha | +8.5% |
| 2022 | 123,800 ha | +4.8% |
| 2023 | 129,540 ha | +4.6% |
| 2024 | 95,850 ha | -26.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 144,721 ha | 122,831 ha | 158,454 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 133,295 ha | 106,932 ha | 156,221 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 130,514 ha | 110,851 ha | 148,208 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 128,630 ha | 102,195 ha | 141,600 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 138,834 ha | 124,700 ha | 156,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 136,927 ha | 111,660 ha | 153,723 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 115,248 ha | 95,850 ha | 129,540 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — area harvested in Netherlands (Kingdom of the)?
- Wheat — area harvested in Netherlands (Kingdom of the) was 95,850 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested recorded in Netherlands (Kingdom of the)?
- The highest recorded value was 158,454 ha in 1965.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested recorded in Netherlands (Kingdom of the)?
- The lowest recorded value was 95,850 ha in 2024.
- How does Netherlands (Kingdom of the) rank for wheat — area harvested?
- Netherlands (Kingdom of the) ranks 70th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested rising or falling in Netherlands (Kingdom of the)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 32.6%. 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 Wheat — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.