In 2013, the expenditure on sustainable food in the Netherlands was approximately six percent of the total expenditure on food. By 2021, this had increased to 19 percent of the total food spending.
Development of the market share of sustainable food in the Netherlands from 2013 to 2021
The source defines sustainable food as food produced with more attention towards the environment, animal welfare and/or social aspects than is obliged by law.
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 increase fom that year onwards.
The figures have been taken from several publications.
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Wageningen Economic Research . (August 16, 2022). Development of the market share of sustainable food in the Netherlands from 2013 to 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 06, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/638720/market-share-sustainable-food-expenditure-in-the-netherlands/
Wageningen Economic Research . "Development of the market share of sustainable food in the Netherlands from 2013 to 2021." Chart. August 16, 2022. Statista. Accessed October 06, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/638720/market-share-sustainable-food-expenditure-in-the-netherlands/
Wageningen Economic Research . (2022). Development of the market share of sustainable food in the Netherlands from 2013 to 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 06, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/638720/market-share-sustainable-food-expenditure-in-the-netherlands/
Wageningen Economic Research . "Development of The Market Share of Sustainable Food in The Netherlands from 2013 to 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Aug 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/638720/market-share-sustainable-food-expenditure-in-the-netherlands/
Wageningen Economic Research , Development of the market share of sustainable food in the Netherlands from 2013 to 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/638720/market-share-sustainable-food-expenditure-in-the-netherlands/ (last visited October 06, 2024)
Development of the market share of sustainable food in the Netherlands from 2013 to 2021 [Graph], Wageningen Economic Research , August 16, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/638720/market-share-sustainable-food-expenditure-in-the-netherlands/
