Indicators

The indicators in the Environmental Data Compendium are updated regularly. Below is the list of the last updated indicators. Using this page, you can easily see which indicators were updated since your last visit.

Agri-environmental management, 1981–2023

Since 1981 the Dutch government has provided subsidies for agri-environmental management to conserve nature and landscape values in agricultural areas. On 1 January 2023 the area of farmland under…

Realisation of the national ecological network – land acquisition and conversion, 1990–2022

On 1 January 2023 the area of land acquired for realising the national ecological network had increased to more than 123,000 hectares. Following acquisition, this land is converted to new nature…

Number of threatened and extinct species in The Netherlands, by 2024

Officially assembled Red Lists show that many Dutch plant and animal species are threatened with extinction.

Nature types in the Netherlands, 2023

Nature in the Netherlands can be divided into different ‘types’ of natural and semi-natural areas. Since 2008 the standard classification for this has been the Nature and Landscape Index (Index NL)…

Protected areas in the Netherlands, 2022

Terrestrial protected areas cover 20% of the land surface of the Netherlands. Almost all of this area lies within the national ecological network. Almost half (9%) consists of statutory protected…

Environmental quality of terrestrial ecosystems: nitrogen deposition 1994–2022

Nitrogen deposition has declined since the 1990s, leading to an improvement in the environmental quality of terrestrial ecosystems. This improvement in environmental quality stalled in 2010, but…

Membership of Dutch private nature conservation organisations, 1989-2023

The combined membership of the four biggest nature conservation organisations in 2023 was 1,744,716 members/donors. Natuurmonumenten had the most members/donors (851,441), followed by the World Wide…

Trend fauna - all species monitored - Living Planet Index Netherlands, 1990-2022

The Living Planet Index of the Netherlands has increased with 14% since 1990. Species of aquatic and marshland habitats have increased considerably, whereas terrestrial species decreased in the past…

Farmland bird indicator, 1915-2023

Changes in agricultural practices have caused a significant decline in breeding birds typical of agricultural areas in the Netherlands, starting from the early 20 th century.

Renewable energy use, 1990-2022

The share of renewable energy in total energy consumption increased from 13.0 percent in 2021 to 15.0 percent in 2022.

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