Netherlands is the 4 most competitive nation in the world out of 140 countries ranked in the 2019 edition of the Global Competitiveness Report published by the World Economic Forum. Competitiveness Rank in Netherlands averaged 7.31 from 2007 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 11.00 in 2007 and a record low of 4.00 in 2019. source: World Economic Forum



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Bankruptcies 409.00 317.00 Companies Sep 2026
Business Confidence 2.30 4.20 points Oct 2026
Capacity Utilization 78.20 78.60 percent Sep 2026
Car Registrations 36259.00 26455.00 Units Sep 2026
Changes in Inventories -589.00 -726.00 EUR Million Jun 2026
Corruption Index 78.00 78.00 Points Dec 2025
Corruption Rank 8.00 9.00 Dec 2025
Electricity Production 11350.26 11149.52 Gigawatt-hour Jul 2026
Industrial Production 9.70 8.60 percent Aug 2026
Industrial Production Mom 2.50 2.30 percent Aug 2026
Manufacturing Production YoY 12.00 9.30 percent Aug 2026
Manufacturing Production MoM 3.30 2.10 percent Aug 2026
Mining Production -11.30 -1.40 percent Aug 2026
Natural Gas Stocks Capacity 144.04 144.04 TWh Oct 2026
Natural Gas Stocks Injection 154.45 159.32 GWh/d Oct 2026
Natural Gas Stocks Inventory 94.54 94.50 TWh Oct 2026
Natural Gas Stocks Withdrawal 71.40 50.90 GWh/d Oct 2026
New Car Registrations YoY 12.60 -0.20 percent Sep 2026


Netherlands Competitiveness Rank
The most recent 2018 edition of Global Competitiveness Report assesses 140 economies. In 2018, the World Economic Forum introduced a new methodology emphasizing the role of human capital, innovation, resilience and agility, as not only drivers but also defining features of economic success in the 4th Industrial Revolution. As a result, the GCI scale changed to 1 to 100 from 1 to 7, with higher average score meaning higher degree of competitiveness. The report is made up of 98 variables organized into twelve pillars with the most important including: institutions; infrastructure; ICT adoption; macroeconomic stability; health; skills; product market; labour market; financial system; market size; business dynamism; and innovation capability.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
4.00 6.00 11.00 4.00 2007 - 2019 Yearly