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The Neederlands has some of the best universities in Europe, it is also home to Shell, ING, Philips among many other successful companies. Most important port in Europe, international politics( The Hague) and the world class city of Amsterdam
The Neederlands has some of the best universities in Europe, it is also home to Shell, ING, Philips among many other successful companies. Most important port in Europe, international politics( The Hague) and the world class city of Amsterdam
Netherlands : GDP = 770 billion USD in 2016, 17 M inhabitants
Paris metro : GDP = 697 billion USD in 2016 (28.3% of France GDP which is 2465 USD billion in 2016), 12 M inhabitants (parallel can be made for London ofc )
Netherlands is really impressive and wealthy, yet it's not "an outlier", well not that much. And for "power", which one ? hard or soft ? In both cases I'm not sure it weights more than its friend Belgium...
Netherlands : GDP = 770 billion USD in 2016, 17 M inhabitants
Paris metro : GDP = 697 billion USD in 2016 (28.3% of France GDP which is 2465 USD billion in 2016), 12 M inhabitants (parallel can be made for London ofc )
Netherlands is really impressive and wealthy, yet it's not "an outlier", well not that much. And for "power", which one ? hard or soft ? In both cases I'm not sure it weights more than its friend Belgium...
Among OECD countries, the Netherlands is only surpassed by a handfuld of countries in terms of GDP per capita. The Netherlands is very much an outlier. Good for them.
Among OECD countries, the Netherlands is only surpassed by a handfuld of countries in terms of GDP per capita. The Netherlands is very much an outlier. Good for them.
I'm talking about Ile-de-France, not France. GDP per Capita of Ile-de-France (roughly Paris and its suburbs, but a little by more) is closer to 70K$ , including Seine Saint Denis or Val de Marne (not rich at all). This region of France has 12M inhabitants. Netherlands 17.
As an image, if Ile-de-France leaves France with its 12M inhabitants, it'll have a comparable GDP as Netherlands with 5 M people less. London is the same or even more. That's all.
For the GDP of Paris & co, I just took 28% of french GDP given by Google (ie, World Bank I think), that's an estimation of the weight of Paris in the French economy (which varies too, sometimes 28% sometimes 31%..). There are hundreds of various estimations, nominal, ppp, usd... so I just choosed this one in USD as a percentage of the french GDP in 2016... It's extremely rustic but gives the tendancy. It also gives a gdp per capita = 60k$ for Ile-de-France
For more serious figures in french computed by the very serious INSEE in euros (no differences of exchange rates with USD) :
Ile-de-France = GDP of 642billion euros in 2013
per capita = 53 000 euros in 2013
Is it more clear ? Just read about Ile-de-France economy...not France.
- Creativity and innovation. People and enterprises are not against change and can adapt to new situations quickly.
- Service industries
- Trading including long history with former colonies
- Logistics (Rotterdam Port, Schiphol airport, etc.)
- Tax paradise for large enterprises
You can check the household accounts (usd ppp after taxes and redistributions) , it's not the same schema at all.... And there are curiosities too ('jokes' ?).
Anyway Neth. is rich af, impossible to deny it.
Powerfull ? Mouai... In the soft power category it is, really, yet I think Switzerland and Sweden beforel IMO.
In hard power category, it's all dust.
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