The greenest neighbourhoods in Amsterdam (2025)
How much public green is there for each resident? Square metres of green space in the public realm (parks, public gardens, verges and other planted areas, excluding farmland) per registered resident, for 334 buurten (2025), greenest first. A big park counts only for the buurt it lies in, so a buurt right next to a large park can still score low.
Amsterdam average: 57 m²
What is the greenest neighbourhood in Amsterdam?
By public green space per resident, Rembrandtpark-Noord (Overtoomse Veld) leads in 2025 with 174 m², followed by G-buurt-Oost (161 m²) and L-buurt (150 m²). Amsterdam as a whole has 57 m² per resident.
By stadsdeel (borough)
Public green per resident per stadsdeel in 2025, against the Amsterdam average of 57 m².
| Borough | Public green per resident | vs Amsterdam |
|---|---|---|
| Westpoort | 2,241 m² † | 39.3× the average |
| Weesp | 191 m² | 3.4× the average |
| Noord | 118 m² | 2.1× the average |
| Zuidoost | 87 m² | 53% above |
| Nieuw-West | 78 m² | 37% above |
| Oost | 35 m² | 39% below |
| Zuid | 24 m² | 58% below |
| West | 9 m² | 84% below |
| Centrum | 3 m² | 95% below |
| Amsterdam | 57 m² |
† Fewer than 10,000 residents: a rate per resident is hard to compare with larger areas.
Only buurten with at least 1,000 residents are ranked. Without that floor, Amerikahaven, with 4 residents, would top this list at 670,392 of public green per resident: a handful of cases divided by a handful of residents. Lists that rank every area regardless of size make exactly that mistake.
How this list is made
- Source: public green space per resident in m² (BBGA indicator ORPUBGROEN_INWONER, based on the city's large-scale map BGT and the population register), most recent published year (2025).
- Counted: living green in public space of at least 1 m². Not counted: farmland, private gardens and street trees in paved areas.
- Buurten with fewer than 1,000 residents are left out: a park with a handful of residents would post thousands of square metres each.
- This table refreshes automatically when the municipality publishes a new year.
Frequently asked questions
Which stadsdeel is the greenest?
Weesp has the most public green per resident of the stadsdelen (191 m² in 2025), Centrum the least (3 m²).
Which neighbourhood has the least public green?
Zuiderkerkbuurt (Nieuwmarkt/Lastage) has the least public green per resident in 2025: 0 m².
Does this include private gardens?
No. Only green in public space counts: parks, public gardens, verges and other planted areas. Private gardens, farmland and street trees in paved streets are not included.