NETHERLANDS

ECONOMIC GROWTH AND

DEVELOPMENT
Jacobo Arango Botero
Sebastian Uribe Ramírez
 INTRODUCTION

• Geography:
• Location: Western Europe • 33,893 km of land
(and caribbean) (23rd in Europe)
• Borders: Germany (East), • 7,650 km of water
Belgium (West) and North
Sea (north)

• Very flat country

• Half of the country
is under the sea
level
• Highest point: 321
meters,
Vaalserberg
 • Demography:
• Total population:
17,231,017 66 in world by population
• 404.8 hab/km2
• Very poblated
country
14 in world by density of

population ( 1 in European
Union)

11 in world by medium age

• Medium age: 42,1

• Urban population: 91,1%
• Very adult country
Source: Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
• Religion:
• 50% of the country show no
precipitation to any religión
• 23% Roman catholic

• Ethnic:
• Almost 80% of the country is
Dutch, 9% from the EU, and
the rest for countries like Source: Central Intelligence Agency (Cia)

Morocco, Indonesia, etc.

• Language:
• Principal idiom is ”Dutch”(very
similar to German)
• English is a regional language
in the caribbean islands
• Frisian is a lenguaje in a few
regions
 POLITICAL SYSTEM

• Parliamentary constitutional
monarchy
• Capital: Amsterdam, but the center
of the government operations are in
The Hague

• Chief of state: King Willem-

Alexander (left)
• Prime Minister: Mark Rutte (Right)
• Very flexible and Liberal politics
 ECONOMY
• Netherlands is the

5th largest exporter

of goods in the world
• The 2nd in
Agriculture goods

• The Port of Rotterdam is the most active and

important in Europe
• Very connected and solid open economy

• Industrialiced agricultura (only 2% of the

population work in the sector)

• % of skilled labor force population: 77.4%

BIGGEST DUTCH COMPANIES
 MACROECONOMIC INDICATORS (GDP)
GDP 2008-1018 (CURRENT $US) GDP GROWTH RATE
1,000,000,000,000 5
4
800,000,000,000
3
2
600,000,000,000
1
400,000,000,000 0
-1 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
200,000,000,000 -2
-3
-
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 -4
-5
Source: WorldBank NETHERLANDS WORLD EUROPE

GDP PER CAPITA (CURRENT $US) Source: WorldBank

70,000

60,000 • 17th biggest GDP in the world

50,000
• 5th in Europe
40,000
• Very consistent (except in the
2008 world crisis and 2012
30,000

20,000

10,000 European recesión)

-
NETHERLANDS EUROPEAN LATIN AMERICA CHINA USA • 11th in the world by Gdp per
Source: WorldBank
UNION AND CARIBBEAN
capita.
 CONSUMPTION IN NETHERLANDS (CURRENT $US)
• Consumption have been 700,000,000,000

consistent but with low points 600,000,000,000

beetwen 2014-2015 because of 500,000,000,000

the cuts from European 400,000,000,000

countries and some high 300,000,000,000

unemployment rates 200,000,000,000

100,000,000,000

-
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
CONSUMPTION NETHERLANDS VS COLOMBIA
700,000,000,000 Source: WorldBank

600,000,000,000

500,000,000,000
• Curious case with Colombia, even
having almost 3 times his
400,000,000,000

poblation, the consumption in

300,000,000,000

200,000,000,000

100,000,000,000 Colombia has been around half

-
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
the Netherlands consumption
CONSUMPTION (NET) CONSUMPTION (COL)

Source: WorldBank
 EXPORTS AND IMPORTS
NETHERLANDS VS COLOMBIA (BOT)
• Always in surplus EXPORTS (NET) IMPORTS (NET) EXPORTS (COL) IMPORTS (COL)

• 5th largest exporter of goods in 1,200,000,000,000

the world 1,000,000,000,000

• 2nd in agriculture goods 800,000,000,000

600,000,000,000

400,000,000,000

200,000,000,000

NETHERLANDS BALANCE OF TRADE (BOT) -

1,200,000,000,000 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

1,000,000,000,000
Source: WorldBank
800,000,000,000

600,000,000,000 • We can see how productive and

400,000,000,000 competitive the country is under
200,000,000,000 an undeveloped country like
-
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Colombia
EXPORTS (NET) IMPORTS (NET)

Source: WorldBank
 UNEMPLOYMENT
NETHERLANDS UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
• It has been a relative low rate 8

• Highest point in 2014 (7.4%) 6

• Very low since then 4

1
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES 0
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
NETHERLANDS LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN EU WORLD

12 Source: WorldBank
10

6 • Always under the average of any

4 region
2

0
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Source: WorldBank
 INFLATION

• Very low leves and well

controlled (0.5% to 3%)

• Tendency to be dependent
to the EU

Source: WorldBank
 DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
• Inequality: • Human security:
• Homicide rate (per 100,000
• Gini coefficient: 0.29 people): o.6
• 132 in world (one of • Prison population (per
the lowest)
100,000 people): 69
• Mobility and
• Gender: comunication:
• Female share of seats in the • Internet users (% of
parlament: 35.6% population): 90.4%
• Total female unemployment • Net migration rate (per
rate: 1.18% 1,000 people): 0.7
 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX (HDI)
Evolution of HDI (2005-2015)
0.94

0.92

0.90

0.88

0.86

0.84
%

0.82

0.80

0.78

0.76

0.74
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Year

Netherlands European Union (Members) Bulgaria (Lowest) Germany (Highest)

Source: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

 HEALTH
LIFE EXPENTACY IN YEARS HEALTH EXPENDITURE (% OF GDP)
18

LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN 17

16

14

AFRICA
12

10 10.4 10.4
EUROPA
8

6
WORLD 5.9

NETHERLANDS 2

0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 NETHERLANDS USA BELGIUM COLOMBIA

Source: WorldBank
 EDUCATION

Expected Years of Schooling ( Years ) Mean years of schooling ( Years)

14
23

13

21
12

19 11
YEARS

Years
10
17

15
8

13 7
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Australia (Highest) Colombia Netherlands United States Colombia Netherlands Germany (Highest)

Source: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

 NETHERLANDS Government expenditure on Education and Grants (Millions)
30,000.00 €

25,000.00 €

20,000.00 €
Eur
15,000.00 €

10,000.00 €

5,000.00 €

0.00 €
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017*
Government expenditure on education Expenditure on Student grants, loans and allowance

Source: Centraal Boureau Voor de Statistiek ( Cbs )

Government Expenditure on Education (% GDP )

6.0

5.5

5.0

4.5

4.0

3.5
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Netherlands European Union - 28 countries Colombia Latin America & Caribbean

Source: WorldBank
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
Early levers from Education and Training
( As % of population aged 18-24)
18.

16.

14.
% population 18-24

12.

10.

8.

6.
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Netherlands European Union - 28 countries

Source: Eurostat
 Gross Domestic expenditure on R&D
(As % of GDP)
2.1

2.

1.9

% of GDP
1.8

1.7

1.6

1.5
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

European Union - 28 countries Netherlands

Source: Eurostat
 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX
( SCALE OF 0 (HIGHLY CORRUPT) TO 100
(VERY CLEAN) )
84.5

84

83.5

SCALE 0-100
83

82.5

82

81.5
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Netherlands

Source: Eurostat
DEATH RATE DUE TO HOMICIDE (PER 100,000
PERSONS)
1.3

1.2

PER 100,000 PERSONS

1.1

0.9

0.8

0.7

0.6
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Netherlands

Source: Eurostat
THANK YOU VERY MUCH!