The Venture Capital & Private Equity
Country Attractiveness Index
Alexander Groh, Heinrich Liechtenstein, Karsten Lieser and Markus Biesinger

Netherlands  
Rank: 11 · Score: 79.3  

Basic facts        
Population (millions) 17.7   IPOs and pulic issues (quartile) 3rd
GDP (US$ billions) 991.6   M&A volume (quartile) Top
GDP per capita (US$) 56,010.0   Venture capital investments (quartile) Top
GDP growth (per cent) 1.0   Private equity investments (quartile) Top
 
 
 
Performance Overview
Indicator   Rank / 125 Rank Trend Score
VC/PE Country Attractiveness Index 11 114, 111, 110, 113, 114 79.3
1 Economic Activity 16 111, 111, 111, 114, 109 85.5
2 Depth of Capital Market 18 109, 105, 99, 101, 107 73.4
3 Taxation 69 71, 70, 67, 63, 56 89.0
4 Investor Protection and Corporate Governance 24 104, 101, 100, 101, 101 88.3
5 Human and Social Environment 9 115, 116, 116, 116, 116 62.8
6 Entrepreneurial Opportunities 9 118, 118, 117, 117, 116 87.5


 
Historic performance, 2019-2023   Key driver performance, 2023
 

   
VC/PE Rank  
VC Rank  
PE Rank
Netherlands  
Western Europe
 
 
 
Peer Group Comparison
 
Regional Peers Economic Activity Depth of Capital Market Taxation Investor Protection and
Corporate Governance
Human and Social
Environment
Entrepreneurial
Opportunites
United Kingdom 89.6 87.6 91.6 99.4 72.3 91.0
Germany 90.8 81.2 71.6 89.3 74.1 92.2
France 85.1 77.6 91.0 86.1 70.3 87.1
Netherlands 85.5 73.4 89.0 88.3 62.8 87.5
Norway 84.0 78.2 101.9 101.1 50.9 81.3
Denmark 79.1 67.9 98.9 102.0 60.4 86.7
Switzerland 83.4 68.0 108.9 75.3 65.1 85.3
Last updated: 4 Nov 2023