According to publisher estimates, financial intermediation, real estate and business activities contributed 28.3% towards GVA, followed by wholesale, retail and hotels activities (16.7%), and mining, manufacturing and utilities (14.9%) in 2022. The three sectors are forecast to grow by 3.6%, 5.3%, and 4.0%, respectively, in 2023.
Provinces of North Holland, South Holland and East contributed 60.0% of the country's GDP in 2021 and comprised 58.9% of the country's population in 2022, according to Eurostat
Provinces of North Holland, South Holland and East contributed 60.0% of the country's GDP in 2021 and comprised 58.9% of the country's population in 2022, according to Eurostat
Key Highlights
The AEX Index exhibited a volatile trend over past year. As of April 26, 2023, the Index stood at 748.4, compared to 695.6 on April 26, 2022.Scope
- According to the Government of the Netherlands, the Dutch government plans to address the growing strain on transportation infrastructure by investing an additional EUR25 billion ($29.6 billion) by 2028
Reasons to Buy
- Macroeconomic Outlook Report identifies the potentials of the country as an investment destination by analyzing the political, economic, social, technological, legal and environmental (PESTLE) structure
- PESTLE Insights provides 360 degree view of the economy which can be used as a strategic tool to understand the market dynamics, business potentials and direction of operations
- Along with providing the country's snapshot, the report captures the risk factors pertaining to the macroeconomic risks, political environment, legal environment, demographic and social structure effectiveness, technology & infrastructure and natural and geographic aspects that might impact business
- This report also highlights key clusters/cities which contribute significantly to the country GDP and population along with major companies' presence in these areas.
Table of Contents
- Did You Know?
- Country Highlights
- Key Economic Updates
- Country Snapshot
- Political Landscape
- Economic Landscape
- Social Landscape
- Technological Landscape
- Legal Landscape
- Environmental Landscape
- Outlook
- Exhibit 1: Netherlands's performance in country risk analysis in comparison to West Europe and World average
- Exhibit 2: Performance overview (score: 1-100)
- Exhibit 3: Broad categories and weights behind the index
- Exhibit 4: Netherlands’s Stock Exchange Index - AEX Index (April 2022 - April 2023)
- Exhibit 5: Netherlands exchange rate (April 2022 - April 2023)
- Exhibit 6: Key sectors’ contribution to the economy
- Exhibit 7: FDI flows and stock (Q1 2022-Q4 2022)
- Exhibit 8: FDI inflows by region and country (Q1 2022-Q4 2022)
- Exhibit 9: Key infrastructure indicators
- Exhibit 10: Real GDP and household consumption growth rate (2018-25f)
- Exhibit 11: Real GDP growth rate comparison (2022e)
- Exhibit 12: Exports and imports growth (2018-25f)
- Exhibit 13: Current account balance (2018-25f)
- Exhibit 14: Top three commodity exports, % of total exports (2019-22)
- Exhibit 15: Mineral fuels, oil and products, % share of the world’s total (2021)
- Exhibit 16: Interest rates (May 2018 - May 2023)
- Exhibit 17: Exchange rate and inflation (2018-25f)
- Exhibit 18: General government net lending/borrowing (2018-25f)
- Exhibit 19: General government debt (2018-25f)
- Exhibit 20: Employed population and unemployment rate (2018-25f)
- Exhibit 21: Average annual wages (2018-25f)
- Exhibit 22: Labor index cost (2018-25f)
- Exhibit 23: Rural-urban share of total population (2005, 2015, 2025)
- Exhibit 24: Age-group share of total population (1995, 2005, 2015, 2025)
- Exhibit 25: Gender split (2005, 2015, 2025)
- Exhibit 26: Internet users as a percentage of total population, mobile penetration rate and broadband penetration rate (2022)
- Exhibit 27: Number of patents granted per million population (2021)
- Exhibit 28: High technology exports, % of manufactured exports (2021)
- Exhibit 29: Rule of law (rankings), 2022
- Exhibit 30: Corruption perceptions index (rankings) (2022)
- Exhibit 31: Renewable energy capacity (2017-21)
- Exhibit 32: CO2 emissions (2017-21)
Companies Mentioned (Partial List)
A selection of companies mentioned in this report includes, but is not limited to:
- ASN Bank
- ING
- Shell
