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Europe > Netherlands > Agriculture

DUTCH AGRICULTURE STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Agricultural growth 99 [106th of 149]
Agricultural land > % of land area 56.7 % of land area Time series [17th of 198]
Agricultural land > sq. km 19,210 sq. km Time series [51st of 198]
Agricultural machinery > tractors 149,500 Time series [33rd of 190]
Arable and permanent cropland 944 thousand hectares [108th of 148]
Arable land > % of land area 26.8 % of land area Time series [22nd of 199]
Arable land > hectares 908,000 hectares Time series [51st of 199]
Cereal production 99 thousand metric tons [106th of 149]
Cereal yield > kg per hectare 8,153.5 kg/ha Time series [3rd of 171]
Cotton exports 0 thousand bales [70th of 109]
Cotton production 0 [75th of 109]
Fertilizer use 450.2 kg [2nd of 138]
Food production index 95.1 % Time series [167th of 182]
Labor share 3.3% [139th of 149]
Meat production 2,864 thousand metric tons [17th of 149]
Pesticide use 9.4 kg [4th of 45]
Products
grains, potatoes, sugar beets, fruits, vegetables; livestock
Tractor concentration 158.4 [8th of 147]
Tractors 149,500 [32nd of 147]
value added > annual % growth 1.08 % Time series [99th of 164]

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SOURCES: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2001; World Development Indicators database; World Resources Institute; United States Department of Agriculture; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands, Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, Nederland, the netherlands

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