EU member state. Compliance scores reflect the regulatory advantages of EU single market membership and are not directly comparable to non-EU sourcing countries.
Europe
Netherlands
EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness · Intra-EU Risk
Why these scores
EU Compliance, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Geopolitical Risk, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Attractiveness, by dimension
9 = most attractive · methodology & sources
Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.
Data layers
Netherlands on the world stage
Total imports
$621.1bn
2024 annual
Total exports
$699.3bn
231 partners
#1 import source
Germany
16.8%
#1 export dest.
Germany
22.2%
2024 annual, UN Comtrade (HS TOTAL, all partners). Line colour: coverage (exports/imports per partner).
Intra-EU trade: Netherlands
EU imports from
€565.0bn
intra-EU flow
EU exports to
€333.5bn
intra-EU flow
Intra-EU rank
#3
by import value
EU trade balance
import-tilted
coverage 0.59
2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT.
Electricity & grid
National sources · carbon from Ember
Industrial
65
EUR/MWh
Consumer
233
EUR/MWh, all-in
Grid carbon
253
gCO₂e/kWh
Renewables
48%
of generation
Wholesale 78 EUR/MWh · market market
Power market
● Take-or-pay / single-buyer lock-inMarket model
Liberalised wholesale market (EPEX SPOT)
Direct PPA
Allowed
grid access: open
Reserve margin
–
Regulator
Independent
ACM (Authority for Consumers and Markets)
The Netherlands is transitioning from Europe's gas hub (Groningen field closed October 2024) to an offshore wind powerhouse, but legacy gas infrastructure and contracts create transition costs. Grid congestion is…
Tracked infrastructure
67 gas plants
14.0 GW
4 coal plants
3.5 GW
146 wind farms
8.1 GW · 14 building
64 solar farms
2.6 GW · 8 building
1 nuclear plants
515 MW
3 steel plants
7,500 ktpa
Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →
Metal mining
Tagged mines
1
none in the merged layer
Acid-drainage prone
1
high water-risk ore class
Main commodities
Copper
Mine-water verifiability
Independent ambient only
EU member: EEA Waterbase ambient (RWS/waterschappen); E-PRTR…
Water risk is inferred from the ore class, not site measurements. Global mines: full layer →
Intra-EU sourcing risk
EU · 1 = lowest riskMonitored ports (14)
Source: IMF PortWatch. Port count reflects monitoring coverage, not economic significance.
Demographics
UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant
Median age
41.4
→ 45.5 by 2050
Fertility
1.43
below replacement
Working-age
64.5%
aged 15–64
Old-age dep.
31.8
→ 43.8 by 2050
Median age 1990–2050
Population 18.2M · peaks 2041
By 2050: +4% (19M)