Dutch Fun Facts: Economy & Finance
Here are Dutch fun facts: economy and finance – Netherlands GDP rank, foreign investments inbound and outbound, wealthiest Holland communities and more…
DUTCH FUN FACTS: ECONOMY & FINANCES
The Netherlands has the 18th largest economy (2023 GDP $1068 billion) in the world, far exceeding its global population rank (#66) and country size rank (#134). [Source]
The Netherlands has the 5th biggest economy in the EU (behind Germany, France, Italy and Spain) [Source]
The Netherlands has the 3rd highest GDP per capita in EU (behind Luxembourg and Ireland). [Source]
The Netherlands has the 10th highest GDP per capita in world (behind Luxembourg, Switzerland, Ireland, Norway, Singapore, USA, Iceland, Qatar and Denmark). [Source]
The Netherlands is Canada‘s 6th largest foreign investor (behind USA, Luxembourg, UK, Australia and France) [Source]
The Netherlands is the 2nd largest EU importer of Canadian goods (behind Germany) [Source]
The United States is largest foreign investor in Netherlands, followed by the UK, Luxembourg and Germany [Source]
The Netherlands is the 3rd largest foreign investor in USA accounting for 11.7% of FDI stocks, behind only Japan (13.5%) and UK (12.6%). [Source]
The Netherlands ranked #2 in American foreign investments in 2022, behind the UK. [Source]
Foreign-owned multinational companies account for 1% of all registered businesses in Netherlands but generate 18% (€113 billion) of Dutch GDP. Dutch-owned multinational companies contribute 12% (€78 billion) to the Dutch GDP. [Source]
The United States has the most foreign-owned businesses in Netherlands (2,799 in 2020), followed by Germany (2,192), UK (1,540) and Belgium (1,528). [Source]
The Netherlands wealthiest community (based on 2022 home sale prices) was Bloemendaal (North Holland) with an average price of €1,118,000. It is followed by #2 Blaricum (North Holland) – €1,099,000, #3 Laren (North Holland) – €1,030,000, #4 Wassenaar (South Holland) – €971,000 and #5 Heemstede (North Holland) – €805,000.
Inbound Netherlands travel and tourism (from foreign visitors) grew to €35.5 billion in 2023, accounting for 3.8% of Dutch GDP. [Source]
German nationals spent the most in Netherlands (42.9% of total), followed by Belgians (12.0%) and British (8.6%). [Source]
Americans (#5 at 4.6%) and Chinese (#10 at 1.1%) spending by non-EU nationals in Netherlands made the top 10. [Source]
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