In the decade between 2013 and 2023, total expenditure on sustainable food in the Netherlands grew considerably. While in the first year it accounted to approximately 2.2 billion euros, by 2023 it reached a value of about 12.6 billion euros - the highest figure to date.
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Total expenditure on sustainable food in the Netherlands from 2013 to 2023
(in million euros)
Sales in supermarkets, food service, and specialized organic food stores. The following are excluded: grocery stores for foreign food products, street vendors, purely online retailers, and specialized stores such as bakeries and butcheries.
Supplementary notes
The source defines sustainable food as food produced according to higher standards than those prescribed by law with respect to the environment, animal welfare and/or social questions.
Not all expenditure in all supermarkets was measured. The 2013 figure covers approximately 68 percent of the market, the figures for 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017 cover approximately 70 percent of the total food market. Starting in 2018, the source used a research method, which partly explains the sharp increase fom that year onwards.
For more information on methodology, please check the source.Â
Figures prior to 2022 were previously published by the source.
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Wageningen Economic Research . (September 12, 2024). Total expenditure on sustainable food in the Netherlands from 2013 to 2023 (in million euros) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 19, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/638696/total-expenditure-on-sustainable-food-in-the-netherlands/
Wageningen Economic Research . "Total expenditure on sustainable food in the Netherlands from 2013 to 2023 (in million euros)." Chart. September 12, 2024. Statista. Accessed June 19, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/638696/total-expenditure-on-sustainable-food-in-the-netherlands/
Wageningen Economic Research . (2024). Total expenditure on sustainable food in the Netherlands from 2013 to 2023 (in million euros). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 19, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/638696/total-expenditure-on-sustainable-food-in-the-netherlands/
Wageningen Economic Research . "Total Expenditure on Sustainable Food in The Netherlands from 2013 to 2023 (in Million Euros)." Statista, Statista Inc., 12 Sep 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/638696/total-expenditure-on-sustainable-food-in-the-netherlands/
Wageningen Economic Research , Total expenditure on sustainable food in the Netherlands from 2013 to 2023 (in million euros) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/638696/total-expenditure-on-sustainable-food-in-the-netherlands/ (last visited June 19, 2025)
Total expenditure on sustainable food in the Netherlands from 2013 to 2023 (in million euros) [Graph], Wageningen Economic Research , September 12, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/638696/total-expenditure-on-sustainable-food-in-the-netherlands/
