Netherlands: 65 Years of Food in One Chart 🇳🇱
Everything Netherlands produces on its farms, year by year since 1961: grain, potatoes and cassava, vegetables, fruit, milk and meat, in million tonnes.
Grain: 1.93 Mt (1961) → 1.11 Mt (2026)
Potatoes & cassava: 3.72 Mt (1961) → 6.56 Mt (2026)
Vegetables: 1.53 Mt (1961) → 5.19 Mt (2026)
Fruit: 512 kt (1961) → 692 kt (2026)
Milk: 6.95 Mt (1961) → 14.9 Mt (2026)
Meat: 720 kt (1961) → 2.69 Mt (2026)
Production = the weight harvested or produced in the country in one year, in million tonnes (1 tonne = 1,000 kg; 1 million tonnes = the load of about 40,000 big trucks). FAO collects the figures from each country's agriculture ministry and statistics office.
Data: FAO, FAOSTAT Crops and livestock products (production, 1961-2024); 2025-2026 = OECD-FAO Outlook forecast (grain, potatoes & cassava, milk, meat) or trend estimate (vegetables, fruit).
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