Agricultural production in Netherlands
According to FAOSTAT, the Netherlands produced 1.0 million t of cereals, 5.1 million t of vegetables, 640,910 t of fruit, 2.7 million t of meat and 14.8 million t of milk (14th in the world) in 2024. Its largest crops by volume were potatoes (6.4 million t), sugar beet (6.4 million t) and dry onions (1.8 million t).
- Products recorded
- 76
- World #1
- 1
- products
- World top 10
- 19
- products
- Year
- 2024
The Netherlands is the world’s largest producer of condensed whole milk, and ranks second or third for 2 other products.
Among its twelve largest crops, the biggest ten-year change was in wheat (−49%), followed by mushrooms (−36%).
Livestock numbers: 3.6 million cattle, 10.2 million pigs, 607,000 sheep and 552,000 goats.
Totals by group
| Group | Tonnes | World rank | Share | 10-year change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All milk | 14,815,680 | 14 | 1.5% | +17% |
| All roots and tubers | 6,366,750 | 31 | 0.67% | −10% |
| All sugar crops | 6,353,710 | 34 | 0.28% | −6.9% |
| All vegetables | 5,109,040 | 25 | 0.43% | +3.4% |
| All meat | 2,687,883 | 28 | 0.72% | −3.5% |
| All cereals | 1,044,680 | 109 | 0.03% | −39% |
| All fruit | 640,910 | 100 | 0.07% | −19% |
| All pulses | 3,720 | 141 | 0% | −67% |
All products by volume, 2024
| Product | Tonnes | World rank | Share | 10-year change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cow milk | 14,348,210 | 13 | 1.8% | +15% |
| Potatoes | 6,366,750 | 14 | 1.63% | −10% |
| Sugar beet | 6,353,710 | 11 | 2.16% | −6.9% |
| Skim milk of cows | 4,754,300 | 9 | 3.33% | +67% |
| Beer | 2,235,800 | 15 | 1.21% | −5.4% |
| Onions, dry | 1,803,300 | 12 | 1.67% | +31% |
| Pork (pig meat) | 1,386,780 | 14 | 1.11% | +1.2% |
| Raw sugar | 1,319,642 | 24 | 0.7% | +28% |
| Cheese from whole cow milk | 989,810 | 5 | 4.31% | +25% |
| Chicken meat | 840,530 | 31 | 0.66% | −12% |
| Tomatoes | 828,480 | 29 | 0.44% | −7.9% |
| Wheat | 668,170 | 59 | 0.08% | −49% |
| Carrots and turnips | 539,190 | 15 | 1.19% | −1.6% |
| Soya bean oil | 532,200 | 11 | 0.89% | +13% |
| Goat milk | 463,880 | 9 | 2.27% | +122% |
| Beef (cattle meat) | 433,330 | 28 | 0.62% | +15% |
| Cucumbers | 416,000 | 14 | 0.47% | −5.5% |
| Chillies and peppers, green | 406,630 | 12 | 0.91% | +20% |
| Whole milk, evaporated | 371,460 | 3 | 12.94% | +3.1% |
| Whole milk, condensed | 362,770 | 1 | 18.48% | +0.7% |
| Pears | 323,000 | 7 | 1.17% | −7.4% |
| Rapeseed or canola oil, crude | 291,100 | 19 | 0.93% | −18% |
| Cabbages | 272,370 | 29 | 0.36% | −0.8% |
| Molasses | 239,216 | 32 | 0.33% | +20% |
| Barley | 235,710 | 50 | 0.17% | +20% |
| Sunflower-seed oil, crude | 223,700 | 15 | 0.99% | −2.5% |
| Butter of cow milk | 206,700 | 8 | 3.45% | +3.8% |
| Mushrooms | 200,000 | 6 | 0.39% | −36% |
| Apples | 194,000 | 43 | 0.2% | −45% |
| Lettuce and chicory | 163,930 | 14 | 0.58% | +84% |
| Whey, dry | 158,519 | 7 | 4.8% | +6.2% |
| Margarine and shortening | 156,184 | 17 | 1.19% | −32% |
| Leeks | 128,450 | 6 | 6.02% | +42% |
| Maize | 122,710 | 100 | 0.01% | −29% |
| Yoghurt | 119,980 | 14 | 2.41% | −17% |
| Skim milk and whey powder | 115,200 | 11 | 2.44% | +113% |
| Whey, condensed | 107,000 | 6 | 4.15% | — |
| Cream, fresh | 103,000 | 10 | 2.77% | +1,018% |
| Tallow | 101,800 | 13 | 1.24% | −1.4% |
| Cauliflower and broccoli | 86,490 | 22 | 0.32% | +66% |
| Strawberries | 86,400 | 17 | 0.81% | +50% |
| Whole milk powder | 85,172 | 9 | 1.7% | −34% |
| Other beans, green | 68,980 | 16 | 0.27% | +140% |
| Pig fat, rendered | 67,917 | 15 | 1.1% | −21% |
| Ghee from cow milk | 60,000 | 2 | 9.16% | — |
| Eggplants | 59,040 | 32 | 0.1% | +16% |
| Groundnut oil | 52,639 | 13 | 0.82% | −15% |
| Pumpkins and squash | 39,650 | 58 | 0.11% | +127% |
| Spinach | 38,380 | 18 | 0.12% | +9.7% |
| Cheese from milk of goats, fresh or processed | 28,740 | 6 | 6.29% | +36% |
| Peas, green | 28,490 | 25 | 0.13% | +52% |
| True hemp, raw or retted | 24,570 | 4 | 6.67% | +88% |
| Buttermilk, dry | 22,779 | 10 | 3.48% | — |
| Flax, raw or retted | 19,470 | 6 | 1.51% | +89% |
| Sheep meat | 14,480 | 67 | 0.13% | +14% |
| Asparagus | 13,320 | 13 | 0.15% | −16% |
| Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. | 11,350 | 128 | 0% | −96% |
| Cherries | 8,290 | 32 | 0.27% | +2,583% |
| Currants | 7,530 | 7 | 1.07% | +5.7% |
| Blueberries | 6,910 | 14 | 0.5% | +8.0% |
| Plums | 6,360 | 58 | 0.05% | +22% |
| Oats | 6,040 | 55 | 0.03% | −39% |
| Rapeseed | 4,440 | 54 | 0.01% | −57% |
| Rye | 3,920 | 44 | 0.03% | −45% |
| Broad beans and horse beans, dry | 3,720 | 45 | 0.06% | +60% |
| Buffalo milk | 3,590 | 21 | 0% | — |
| Sour cherries | 3,050 | 21 | 0.21% | — |
| Raspberries | 3,040 | 21 | 0.33% | −32% |
| Triticale | 2,930 | 40 | 0.02% | −69% |
| Goat meat | 2,740 | 85 | 0.04% | +69% |
| Green garlic | 2,720 | 68 | 0.01% | — |
| Grapes | 2,330 | 81 | 0% | +661% |
| Broad beans and horse beans, green | 2,270 | 36 | 0.16% | −35% |
| Oil of sesame seed | 2,189 | 36 | 0.18% | −22% |
| Cheese from milk of buffalo, fresh or processed | 690 | 12 | 0.11% | — |
| Oil of palm kernel | 27 | 42 | 0% | — |
Live animals, 2024
Source: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Crops and livestock products. Accessed on 4 November 2026. fao.org/faostat. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Charts, rankings and changes calculated by Husfarm.