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Land use; all categories, municipalities

Dataset

Description

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 Various social developments have rendered the philosophy and methodology underlying the delineation outdated.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The metropolitan agglomerations and urban regions will not be published anymore from 2015 onwards as a default regional figure.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.

Status

Disclosure level
Public
Available since
10/06/2025
Updated
26/04/2023

Features

Theme
Space and infrastructure
Change frequency
Biennial
High value
Basic register

Ownership

Creator
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek http://standaarden.overheid.nl/owms/terms/Centraal_Bureau_voor_de_Statistiek
Publisher
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek http://standaarden.overheid.nl/owms/terms/Centraal_Bureau_voor_de_Statistiek
Source catalog
Dexes marktplaats https://open.dexspace.nl

Contact

Name
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek
Email
infoservice@cbs.nl

Metadata

Identifier
https://opendata.cbs.nl/ODataApi/OData/70262ENG
Metadata language
English

Distributions (2)

Api

Traffic area, Built up area, Forest, Natural area, Water
Netherlands, Municipalities

License
CC-BY (4.0) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.nl CC-BY (4.0) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.nl
Format
JSON

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Traffic area, Built up area, Forest, Natural area, Water
Netherlands, Municipalities

License
CC-BY (4.0) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.nl CC-BY (4.0) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.nl
Format
ATOM

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