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    Netherlands

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    Europe · #12 of 117 global markets · IEPA 2024 (final) · 2026 current estimate available
    72.5▲ +0.2 YoY
    ●●○0.77IEPA COMPOSITE
    SIX FACTORS · CLICK ANY SCORE FOR ITS EVIDENCE
    IEPA TRAJECTORY · 2010–2026
    2010201220142016201820202022202420264856647280
    CAPITAL FLOWS · FDI NET INFLOWS % OF GDP
    20102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222024-50-2502550
    IE FDI intelligence · synced weekly
    PRODUCTIVE CAPABILITY
    IE COMPLEXITY LAYER · VINTAGE 2024
    #26of 145 ranked economies▼ 2 places since 2010
    How much productive know-how this market has demonstrated, read from the range and rarity of what it makes competitively.
    20102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202423252729
    CAPABILITY RANK · HIGHER IS BETTER
    1.87% / yr
    Implied growth
    Annual growth the current capability base points to.
    438
    Diversity
    Distinct products made at competitive scale.
    +0.95
    Capability score
    Standardized: 0 is the world average.
    +1.89
    Outlook
    Value of the new products within reach of what it already does.
    READ ALONGSIDE THE INDEX
    This market sits in the top 5% on the IEPA composite but the top 21% on productive capability. The wider system is converting more than the productive base alone would predict, which puts the question on how durable that is. Both figures rank the same 115 markets that carry each measure.
    INDUSTRY STRENGTHS · REVEALED FROM TRADE EVIDENCE
    VINTAGE 2022-2024
    TRADE-HUB PROFILE · RE-EXPORT INTENSITY CAN LIFT GOODS FIGURES; READ ALONGSIDE THE FULL PROFILE
    POSITION IN THE PRODUCT SPACE
    IE COMPLEXITY LAYER · VINTAGE 2024
    Industrial Chemicals and Metals77 of 157 made · 84% of the rest within reach
    Electronic and Electrical Goods26 of 73 made · 70% of the rest within reach
    Construction, Building, and Home Supplies36 of 104 made · 69% of the rest within reach
    Agriculture68 of 200 made · 60% of the rest within reach
    Minerals13 of 48 made · 60% of the rest within reach
    Metalworking and Electrical Machinery and Parts36 of 155 made · 68% of the rest within reach
    Textile Apparel and Accessories10 of 50 made · 63% of the rest within reach
    Textile and Home Goods9 of 78 made · 45% of the rest within reach
    MADE COMPETITIVELYONE STEP AWAY
    Widest opening is Metalworking and Electrical Machinery and Parts. This market makes 23% of that cluster today, and 68% of what it does not make sits one step from something it already does.
    READ ON THE 275 OF 438 COMPETITIVE PRODUCTS THAT CARRY A POSITION IN THE CAPABILITY MAP
    POSITIONED TO BUILD NEXT
    IE COMPLEXITY LAYER · VINTAGE 2024
    Serums and vaccines$325B world market
    Healthcare & Life SciencesOPENS 0.30 · COMPLEXITY +1.21
    Catalytic preparations$20B world market
    Chemicals & PlasticsOPENS 0.25 · COMPLEXITY +0.91
    Compounded rubber$6B world market
    Chemicals & PlasticsOPENS 0.21 · COMPLEXITY +1.03
    Other articles of vulcanized rubber$30B world market
    Chemicals & PlasticsOPENS 0.18 · COMPLEXITY +0.66
    Hormones$31B world market
    Chemicals & PlasticsOPENS 0.16 · COMPLEXITY +1.49
    Glass fibersENERGY TRANSITION$12B world market
    Mining, Metals & MaterialsOPENS 0.15 · COMPLEXITY +0.51
    THE NEAREST OPTIONS AMONG 286 PRODUCTS ASSESSED · RANKED BY HOW MUCH EACH OPENS UP NEXT
    LIVE SIGNALS
    Report but do not approach: Police seek 2-metre-tall man in Baarn after a conflict
    NL Times · Aug 16 · Economic Policy
    Adoptees discover they are sisters 30 years after childhood friendship
    NL Times · Aug 14 · Economic Policy
    PEERS · EXTENDED
    🇨🇿Czech Republic69.6→🇧🇪Belgium69.4→🇱🇺Luxembourg71.7→🇸🇮Slovenia68.0→
    ECOSYSTEM DENSITY
    IE Ecosystem Registry · 2026-07-17
    1,967organizations indexed across 8 types · 1,932 mapped
    Research organizations
    692
    Corporate R&D
    598
    Universities & research bodies
    272
    Health research
    250
    Government bodies
    79
    Fab labs & makerspaces
    41
    Incubators
    31
    Science & tech parks
    4
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    ORGANIZATIONS
    a sample of 1,967 indexed
    42workspace
    Incubators
    Antler
    Incubators
    High Tech Campus Eindhoven
    Science & tech parks · Eindhoven
    Kennispark Twente
    Science & tech parks · Enschede
    Leiden University
    Universities & research bodies · Leiden · 1575
    University of Groningen
    Universities & research bodies · Groningen · 1614
    Merck B.V. (Netherlands)
    Corporate R&D · Schiphol-Rijk · 1668
    TenCate (Netherlands)
    Corporate R&D · Almelo · 1704
    Stichting Roomsch Catholyk Oude Armen kantoor
    Research organizations · Amsterdam · 1578
    Stichting Weeshuis der Doopsgezinden
    Research organizations · Bloemendaal · 1634
    Reinier van Arkel
    Health research · 's-Hertogenbosch · 1442
    Apotheek Haagse Ziekenhuizen
    Health research · The Hague · 1749
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