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USD 38.5 billion (2018)
International Monetary Fund (IMF), data retrieved October 2019
Intl$ 969.2 billion (2018, estimate)
2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
3.8% | 2.2% | -3.7% | 1.3% | 1.6% | -1% | -0.1% |
2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | ||
1.4% | 2% | 2.2% | 2.9% | 2.5% |
*Estimate
1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2019* |
1.29% | 1.19% | 1.08% | 0.85% | 0.71% |
*Estimate
(2018 estimate)
2% (2017)
OECD, data retrieved October 2019
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
0.2% | 0.1% | 1.3% | 1.6% | 2.5% |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
6.9% | 6% | 4.9% | 3.8% | 3.3% |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
64.6% | 61.9% | 56.9% | 52.4% | 49.2% |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
-2% | 0% | 1.3% | 1.5% | 1.2% |
*Estimate
Standard & Poor's: AAA
Moody's: Aaa
Standard & Poor's / Moody's
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
USD 805.7 billion | USD 1,100.1 billion | N/A |
Altice Europe, Wolters Kluwer, X5 Retail Group, Yandex NV, KPN, Adyen, VEON, Royal Dutch Shell, ING Group, AIRBUS, Unilever, EXOR, Royal Ahold Delhaize N.V., Heineken, NN Group, ASML Holding, Philips, Aegon, NXP Semiconductors, Unibail-Rodamco, Akzo Nobel, DSM, Steinhoff International, Randstad Holding, Asr Nederland
82.5% (2015)
3.4% (2015)
3.7% (2015)
Machinery and equipment, chemicals, fuels; foodstuffs
Machinery and transport equipment, chemicals, fuels, foodstuffs, clothing
Germany 24.5%, Belgium 11.1%, UK 9.3%, France 8.4%, Italy 4.2% (2015)
Germany 14.7%, China 14.5%, Belgium 8.2%, US 8.1%, UK 5.1% (2015)
2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
USD 51,375 million | USD 52,198 million | USD 72,649 million |
2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
USD 69,974 million | USD 55,966 million | USD 113,429 million |
2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
USD -1091.8 million | USD -3142.1 million | USD -1340.0 million | USD 20274.8 million |
AerCap Holdings NV, International Lease Finance Corp, United States, USD 5.4 billion / Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Repsol SA-Liquefied Natural Gas Business, Peru, USD 4.6 billion / PPF Group NV, Telefonica Czech Republic as, Czech Republic, USD 3.3 billion
Genesis International Holdings NV, Steinhoff International Holdings Ltd, South Africa, USD 20.4 billion / DE Master Blenders 1753 BV-Coffee Business, Mondelez International Inc-Coffee Business, Netherlands, USD 4.2 billion
Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.
Overall ranking: 28 out of 190 countries (2017)
Subcategories:
Starting a business: 22 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 71 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 29 out of 190 countries
Getting Credit: 82 out of 190 countries
Protecting Minority Investors: 70 out of 190 countries
Trading Across Borders: 1 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 20 out of 190 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 87 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 45 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 11 out of 190 countries
4 out of 138 countries
(2016-2017)
Ranking: 16 / Score: 74.55 (Mostly free) (2016)
(100=totally free 0=totally repressed)
Parliamentary constitutional monarchy; part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Roman Catholic 23.6%, Protestant 14.9% (includes Dutch Reformed 6.4%, Protestant Church of The Netherlands 5.6%, Calvinist 2.9%), Muslim 5.1%, other 5.6% (includes Hindu, Buddhist, Jewish), none 50.7% (2017 est.)
1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020* |
14.89 million | 15.86 million | 16.58 million | 16.9 million | 17.28 million |
*Estimate
1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2018 |
59.8% | 64.7% | 76.8% | 91.5% |
0.2% (last available estimate, 2015)
28.2 (last available estimate, 2015)
(0=perfect equality, 100=absolute inequality)
Free
Political Rights: 1
Civil Liberties: 1 (2019)
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)
Fixed: 34.6%
Mobile: 0%
(2018)
(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)