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13/07/2022 by

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Netherlands

Country context

  • GDP per capita: 63 786 USD (2021)
  • Government debt: 87.7% of GDP (2021)
  • Population: 17.4 million (2020)
  • General Governance Investment: 16.8% of GFCF (2020)
  • Subnational direct investment: 47.76% of general government (2019)
  • Infrastructure quality: 94.3/100 (2019)
  • Internet access: 98.6% of all households (2021)
  • Air and GHG emissions: 7.7t CO2 emissions/capita (2020)
  • Energy Transition Index: 71/100 (2021)

Source: OECD and World Economic Forum

Netherlands Country File

Strengthen critical infrastructure resilience

Consistency of country performance in each pillar

Good infrastructure governance requires improvements across different dimensions. Preferably, countries should make progress in all dimensions involved in each of the pillars. Consistency is measured using the coefficient of variation; pay particular attention to pillars with low consistency as they may require more nuanced analysis.

  • Low
  • High

Case studies

  • Adaptive water management
  • Methodology for green public procurement
  • Biodiversity points

Related publications

  • Fostering Effective Energy Transition, World Economic Forum (2021)
  • ITF Transport Outlook 2021
  • The National Growth Fund (2021)
  • Circular Dutch economy by 2050
  • Updated Circular Economy Implementation Programme (2021)
  • Budgeting Governance in Practice: The Netherlands (2019)

Links to useful data

  • 2018 OECD Governance of Capital Budgeting and Infrastructure Dataset
  • Netherlands – Country Overview, InfraCompass, Global Infrastructure Hub
  • Country Profile of Netherlands, OECD
  • World Observatory on Subnational Government Finance and Investment, Netherlands

Relevant public institutions

  • Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management
  • Rijkswaterstaat
  • Council for the Environment and Infrastructure
  • Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy

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