Dutch one euro coin
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| Country | the Netherlands |
| Width | 250 |
| Caption | Dutch one euro coin |
| Currency | Euro |
| Year | calendar year |
| Organs | EU, WTO and OECD |
| Gdp | $794.777 billion (2009 est.) |
| Growth | -4.3% (2009 est.) |
| Per Capita | $48,223 (2009 est.) |
| Sectors | agriculture: 1.9%; industry: 24.4%; services: 73.7% (2009 est.) |
| Inflation | 1.2% (2009 est.) |
| Poverty | 10.5% (2005 est.) |
| Gini | 30.9 (2007) |
| Edbr | 30th |
| Labor | 8.33 million (2009 est.) |
| Occupations | agriculture: 2%; industry: 18%; services: 80% (2005 est.) |
| Unemployment | 4.3% (Jan. 2011) |
| Average Gross Salary | 3,728 - / 5,035 $, monthly (2006) |
| Average Net Salary | 1,980 - / 2,673 $, monthly (2006) |
| Industries | agriculture-related industries, metal and engineering products, electronic machinery and equipment, chemicals, petroleum, construction, microelectronics, fishing |
| Exports | $397.6 billion (2009 est.) |
| Export-goods | machinery and equipment, chemicals, fuels; foodstuffs |
| Export-partners | Germany 25.4%, Belgium 13.7%, France 8.9%, United Kingdom 8.8%, Italy 5.2% (2008) |
| Imports | $358.9 billion (2009 est.) |
| Import-goods | machinery and transport equipment, chemicals, fuels, foodstuffs, clothing |
| Import-partners | Germany 16.6%, China 10.1%, Belgium 8.7%, United States 7.5%, United Kingdom 5.8%, Russia 5.4%, France 4.4% (2008) |
| FDI | $661 billion (31 December 2009 est.) |
| Gross External Debt | $3.733 trillion (31 December 2009) |
| Debt | 62.2% of GDP (2009 est.) |
| Revenue | $335.4 billion (2009 est.) |
| Expenses | $372.5 billion (2009 est.) |
| Aid | - 4 bn ( ) |
| Credit | *Standard & Poor's:
AAA (Domestic)
AAA (Foreign)
AAA (T&C Assessment)
Outlook: Stable
*Moody's:
Aaa
Outlook: Stable
*Fitch:
AAA
Outlook: Stable |
| Reserves | US$32.354 billion (April 2011) |
| Cianame | nl |
| Spelling | dutch |
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On the Index of Economic Freedom, the Netherlands is the 13th most laissez-faire capitalist economy out of 157 surveyed countries. At the time of writing the Netherlands is the 16th largest economy of the world. (see: List of countries by GDP (nominal)) Between 1998 and 2000 annual economic growth (GDP) averaged nearly 4%, well above the European average. Growth slowed considerably in 2001-05 as part of the global economic slowdown. 2006 however, showed a promising 2.9% growth. Yearly growth accelerated to 4.2% in the third quarter of 2007. Inflation is 1.3% and is expected to stay low at about 1.5% in the coming years.
The Netherlands is a founding member of the European Union, the OECD and the World Trade Organization
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