The Netherlands GDP Data & Country Report

The Netherlands Country Report: GDP data and GDP forecasts; economic, financial and trade information; the best banks in The Netherlands; country and population overview

DATA ON GDP AND ECONOMIC INFORMATION

Central bank

Netherlands Bank
The Netherlands is part of the Eurosystem and the European Central Bank

International Reserves

US$ 54.680 billion (Source: IMF; Data updated: November 2011)

Gross Domestic Product - GDP

US$ 832.16 billion (2010 estimate)

GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)

694.574 billion of International dollars (2010 estimate)

Real GDP growth

2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
3.9%	1.9%	0.1%	0.3%	2.2%	2%	3.4%	3.9%
2008	2009	2010	2011*
1.9%	-3.9%	1.7%	1.5%

*Estimate

GDP per capita - current prices

US$ 49,950 (2010 estimate)

GDP per capita - PPP

$41,691 International Dollars (2010 estimate)

GDP (PPP) - share of world total

1980	1990	2000	2010	2015**
1.33%	1.22%	1.12%	0.91%	0.8%

**Forecast

GDP - composition by sector

agriculture: 2.7%
industry: 24.2%
services: 73% (2011 estimate)

(Data released on February 2012)

Gross domestic expenditure on R&D (% of GDP)

1.75% (2008)

(Data released on November 2010)

Inflation

2008	2009	2010	2011*
2.2%(2008)	1%	0.9%	2.3%

*Estimate

Unemployment rate

2008	2009	2010	2011*
2.8%	3.4%	4.5%(2009)	4.4%

*Estimate

Household saving rates

7.6% (Net saving; 2011 forecast)

(Data released on November 2010)

Public debt (General government gross debt as a % of GDP)

2007	2008	2009	2010	2011*
45.5%	58.2%	60.8%	63.7%	65.6%

*Estimate

Public deficit (General government net lending/borrowing as a % of GDP)

2007	2008	2009	2010*	2011**
0.3%	0.4%	-5%	-6%	-5.1%

*Estimate **Forecast

Government bond ratings

Standard & Poor's: AAA/Stable/A-1+

Moody's rating: Aaa

Moody's outlook: STA

(Foreign Currency Government Bond Ratings; Data last updated Nov 2010)

Market value of publicly traded shares

2007	2008	2009
US$956.469 billion	US$387.906 billion	US$542.533 billion

Largest companies in The Netherlands

Royal Dutch Shell (Oil & Gas Operations), ING Group (Diversified Insurance), Unilever (Food Processing), Schlumberger (Oil Services & Equipment), Aegon (Diversified Insurance), Philips (Conglomerates), EADS (Aerospace & Defense), KPN (Telecommunications services), Ahold (Food Retail)
(2011)

DATA ON TRADE AND COMPETITIVENESS

Current account balance

US$ 65.6 billion (2010 estimate)(After 2008)

Current account balance by percentage of GDP

7.9% of GDP (2010 estimate)(2009)

Exports as percent of GDP

(Exports of goods and services)

76.7% (2008)

(Data released on December 2010)

Shares in world total merchandising export

3.76%(2007)

(Data were released in Nov 2011 and refer to 2010)

Shares in world total commercial services export

3.07%(2007)

(Data were released in Nov 2011 and refer to 2010)

Total exports

US$451.3 billion f.o.b. (2010 estimate)

Export commodities

machinery and equipment, chemicals, fuels; foodstuffs

Total imports

US$485.3 billion f.o.b. (2008 estimate)

Import commodities

machinery and transport equipment, chemicals, fuels, foodstuffs, clothing

Exports - major partners

Germany 24.4%, Belgium 13.6%, UK 9.1%, France 8.5%, Italy 5.1%, US 4.3% (2007)

Imports - major partners

Germany 17.7%, China 10.5%, Belgium 9.3%, US 7.3%, UK 5.8%, Russia 5.1%, France 4.4% (2007)

FDI inflows

2008	2009	2010
US$3,577 million	US$34,514 million(2009)	US$-16,141 million(2009)

FDI outflows

2008	2009	2010
US$67,485 million	US$26,927 million	US$31,904 million

Value of cross-border M&A, by country of purchaser

2008	2009	2010	2011
US$53,668 million	US$-3,273 million(2009)	US$14,252 million(2009)	US$23,065 million

Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2008

(Acquiring company, Acquired company, Country of the acquired company, Value of the deal)

Netherlands, Fortis Bank Nederland(Holding) NV, Netherlands, $23.1 billion
Akzo Nobel NV, Imperial Chemical Industries PLC, United Kingdom, $16.3 billion
Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV, Respironics Inc, United States, $5.3 billion
Kelium Acquisition Holding, Hagemeyer NV, Netherlands, $4.1 billion

(for a monthly update on M&A click here )

Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2010

(Acquiring company, Acquired company, Country of the acquired company, Value of the deal)

Investor Group, Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de CV, Mexico, $7.3 billion
Royal Dutch Shell PLC, East Resources Inc, United States, $4.7 billion
(2008 estimate)

(for a monthly update on M&A click here )

Best countries for doing business

World Bank/IFC Doing Business Project

(Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business, from 1 – 183. A high ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.)

Overall ranking: 30 out of 183 countries(2009) (2010)

Subcategories:

Starting a business: 71 out of 183 countries(2009)

Registering property: 46 out of 183 countries

Paying Taxes: 27 out of 183 countries

Getting credit: 46 out of 183 countries

Protecting investors: 109 out of 183 countries

Trading across border: 13 out of 183 countries

Enforcing Contracts: 29 out of 183 countries

(2010)

Global competitiveness ranking
(ranking by country on a basis of 142, the first is the best)

(2011/2012)

Index of Economic Freedom

WSJ and Heritage Foundation

Ranking: 15 Score: 74.7 (Mostly Free) (2009)

(100=totally free 0=totally repressed )

COUNTRY AND POPULATION OVERVIEW

Time zone

UTC+1

Total area

41,543 km² (2006)

Capital

Amsterdam (2009)

Currency

euros (EUR) (2009)

Government type

constitutional monarchy (2009)

Languages

Dutch (official), Frisian (official)

Religions

Roman Catholic 30%, Dutch Reformed 11%, Calvinist 6%, other Protestant 3%, Muslim 5.8%, other 2.2%, none 42% (2006)

Total population

1980	1990	2000	2010*	2015**
14.15 million	14.95 million	15.93 million	16.6 million	16.63 million

*Estimate **Forecast

Urban population as % of total population

1960	1980	2000	2009
59.8%	64.7%	76.8%	82.4%

Population median age

39.0 years (2006)

Population growth rate

1.5% (2009)

Life expectancy

80 years (2007)

Adult literacy

N/A

% of population living on less than $2 a day

N/A

Inequality of wealth distribution (Gini index)

30.9 (1999)

(0=perfect equality, 100=absolute inequality)

Freedom House rating

Political Rights:1
Civil Liberties:1 (2010)

(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free)

Total telephone subscribers as % of population

159.39% (2010)

(sum of fixed telephone lines and mobile cellular subscribers)

Internet users as % of total population

90.72% (Data were released in 2011 and refer to 2010)

Cost of living index

(ranking by city on a basis of 214; the 1st is the most expensive and the 214th is the least expensive)

Amsterdam: 50th (2011)

CO2 emissions
(Metric tons of CO2 per capita)

10.5127 (2008)

GLOBAL FINANCE RANKINGS AND AWARDS

WORLD'S BEST TRADE FINANCE BANKS & PROVIDERS

2012:

COUNTRY WINNERS ING (National, 2012)

2011:

COUNTRY WINNERS ING (National, 2011)

2010:

COUNTRY WINNERS Royal Bank of Scotland (National, 2010)

2009:

COUNTRY WINNERS RBS Netherlands (National, 2009)

WORLD'S BEST DEVELOPED MARKET BANKS

2012:

Rabobank (National, 2012)

2011:

Rabobank (National, 2011)

2010:

Rabobank (National, 2010)

2009:

Rabobank (Europe, 2009)

WORLD'S BEST INTERNET BANKS

2010:

COUNTRY WINNERS / Best Corporate / Institutional Internet Banks Citi (National, 2010)

2009:

COUNTRY WINNERS / Best Corporate / Institutional Internet Banks Citi (2009)

WORLD'S SAFEST BANKS

2012:

REGIONAL WINNERS Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten (BNG) (Western Europe, 2012)
REGIONAL WINNERS Nederlandse Waterschapsbank (Western Europe, 2012)
REGIONAL WINNERS Rabobank Group (Western Europe, 2012)
OVERALL SAFEST Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten (BNG) (Global, 2012)
OVERALL SAFEST Nederlandse Waterschapsbank (Global, 2012)
OVERALL SAFEST Rabobank Group (Global, 2012)

2011:

OVERALL SAFEST Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten (BNG) (Global, 2011)
OVERALL SAFEST Rabobank Group (Global, 2011)
OVERALL SAFEST Nederlandse Waterschapsbank (Global, 2011)
REGIONAL WINNERS Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten (BNG) (Western Europe, 2011)
REGIONAL WINNERS Rabobank Group (Western Europe, 2011)
REGIONAL WINNERS Nederlandse Waterschapsbank (Western Europe, 2011)

2010:

OVERALL SAFEST Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten (Global, 2010)
OVERALL SAFEST Rabobank Group (Global, 2010)
OVERALL SAFEST Nederlandse Waterschapsbank (Global, 2010)
REGIONAL WINNERS Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten (Western Europe, 2010)
REGIONAL WINNERS Rabobank Group (Western Europe, 2010)
REGIONAL WINNERS Nederlandse Waterschapsbank (Western Europe, 2010)

2009:

OVERALL SAFEST Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten (BNG) (Global, 2009)
OVERALL SAFEST Rabobank Group (Global, 2009)

WORLD'S BEST SUB CUSTODIANS

2011:

COUNTRY WINNERS BNP Paribas (National, 2011)

2010:

COUNTRY WINNERS BNP Paribas (National, 2010)

2009:

COUNTRY WINNERS BNP Paribas (2009)

WORLD'S BEST INVESTMENT BANKS

2012:

COUNTRY WINNERS ING (National, 2012)

2011:

COUNTRY WINNERS ING (National, 2011)

2010:

COUNTRY WINNERS ING (National, 2010)

2009:

COUNTRY WINNERS Rabobank (National, 2009)

CENTRAL BANKER REPORT CARD

2010:

Grade: A (Jean-Claude Trichet, 2010)

WORLD'S BIGGEST BANKS

2011:

OVERALL BIGGEST ING Group (Global, 2011)
OVERALL BIGGEST Rabobank Group (Global, 2011)
OVERALL BIGGEST ABN Amro (Global, 2011)

2010:

OVERALL BIGGEST ING Group (Global, 2010)
OVERALL BIGGEST Rabobank Group (Global, 2010)

WORLD'S BEST FOREIGN EXCHANGE PROVIDERS

2012:

COUNTRY WINNERS ING (National, 2012)

2011:

COUNTRY WINNERS ING (National, 2011)

2010:

COUNTRY WINNERS Rabobank (National, 2010)

2009:

COUNTRY WINNERS Rabobank (National, 2009)

ARTICLES AND COUNTRIES REPORTS FROM GLOBAL FINANCE ARCHIVE

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CENTRAL BANKER REPORT CARD

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