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 287.00 341.00 Companies Jan 2026
Business Confidence 0.80 -1.10 points Jan 2026
Capacity Utilization 77.10 77.40 percent Dec 2025
Car Registrations 48585.00 35601.00 Units Dec 2025
Changes in Inventories -1131.00 -93.00 EUR Million Dec 2025
Corruption Index 78.00 78.00 Points Dec 2025
Corruption Rank 8.00 9.00 Dec 2025
Electricity Production 11713.08 10575.26 Gigawatt-hour Nov 2025
Industrial Production 3.00 1.70 percent Dec 2025
Industrial Production Mom 0.60 -0.80 percent Dec 2025
Manufacturing Production YoY 1.30 0.40 percent Dec 2025
Manufacturing Production MoM 0.50 -1.00 percent Dec 2025
Mining Production 18.60 12.90 percent Dec 2025
Natural Gas Stocks Capacity 144.30 144.30 TWh Feb 2026
Natural Gas Stocks Injection 73.04 22.39 GWh/d Feb 2026
Natural Gas Stocks Inventory 17.45 18.13 TWh Feb 2026
Natural Gas Stocks Withdrawal 743.40 851.30 GWh/d Feb 2026
New Car Registrations YoY 31.90 3.30 percent Dec 2025


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