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126 III. Country Profiles<br />

NETHERLANDS<br />

Key Scores and Trends<br />

Rank<br />

Score<br />

2013 2011 Change 2013 2011 Change<br />

Overall 1/140 1/140 0 89/100 90/100 -1<br />

Depth 6/140 5/140 -1 44/50 44/50 0<br />

Breadth 3/140 3/140 0 46/50 46/50 0<br />

Trade Pillar 2/140 1/140 -1 88/100 89/100 -1<br />

NLD<br />

Capital Pillar 3/60 3/60 0 87/100 87/100 0<br />

Information Pillar 2/102 2/102 0 91/100 92/100 -1<br />

People Pillar 9/109 10/109 1 81/100 80/100 1<br />

<strong>Connectedness</strong> Score Trend<br />

95<br />

90<br />

85<br />

80<br />

2005<br />

Depth<br />

2006<br />

2007<br />

2008<br />

2009<br />

Rank<br />

2010<br />

2011<br />

2012<br />

Level<br />

2013<br />

Outward Inward Outward Inward<br />

Trade 4/140 –<br />

Merchandise Trade (% of GDP) 6/140 11/140 83% 74%<br />

Services Trade (% of GDP) 22/140 26/140 18% 15%<br />

Capital 7/94 –<br />

FDI Stock (% of GDP) 7/131 24/140 134% 84%<br />

FDI Flows (% of GFCF) 14/133 67/140 18% 13%<br />

Portfolio Equity Stock (% of Mkt Cap) 10/84 4/86 130% 94%<br />

Portfolio Equity Flows (% of Mkt Cap) 33/91 23/90 2% 1%<br />

Information 10/140 –<br />

Internet Bandwidth<br />

10/140 234,975<br />

(Bits per Second per Internet User)<br />

International Phone Calls<br />

(Minutes per Capita)<br />

Printed Publications Trade<br />

(USD per Capita)<br />

24/140 26/140 328 281<br />

7/136 12/136 $97 $71<br />

People 43/118 –<br />

Migrants (% of Population) 66/139 34/140 6% 12%<br />

Tourists (Dep./Arr. per Capita) 10/92 38/131 1.1 0.7<br />

International Students (% of Tertiary<br />

Education Enrollment)<br />

96/128 49/112 2% 4%<br />

HOW TO READ THE COUNTRY PROFILES<br />

Rooted Key Scores Map and Trends<br />

The upper left corner of each profile summarizes the profiled country’s<br />

overall global connectedness score as well as its scores by dimension<br />

(depth vs. breadth) and its pillar scores (trade, capital, information, and<br />

people). 2011 and 2013 scores and ranks are shown along with changes in<br />

each of the scores and ranks from 2011 to 2013. Changes in scores indicate<br />

shifts in absolute levels of connectedness. Changes in ranks provide<br />

comparisons of a country’s relative standing among the countries covered<br />

in the index.<br />

<strong>Connectedness</strong> Score Trend<br />

Below the scores summary, each profile contains a line chart showing the<br />

country’s overall scores for each year from 2005 to 2013. Please note that<br />

the vertical axis in the connectedness score trend graph is calibrated in accordance<br />

with each country’s individual level of connectedness in order to<br />

allow for maximum granularity. The progression of the graph thus needs to<br />

be understood in relation to the individual scaling of the axis.<br />

Breadth Depth<br />

The depth section provides each country’s outward and inward depth<br />

scores and ranks at the pillar and component levels.<br />

Outward/Inward: Results are reported separately by direction. Outward<br />

trade flows refer to exports, inward trade flows refer to imports, and so on.<br />

Ranks: Each of the ranks is followed by a slash (/) and the number of<br />

countries for which data are available for that metric. For example, the<br />

Netherlands’ rank of 7/131 for Outward FDI Stock (% of GDP) means that<br />

the Netherlands has the 7th highest score on that component, out of 131<br />

countries for which data are available. For details on the minimum data<br />

requirements for displaying pillar level results, please refer to Chapter 5.<br />

Levels: Depth levels are reported using measures that compare international<br />

flows and stocks to relevant indicators of the size of a country’s<br />

domestic economy, as described in Chapter 5. The units depend on the domestic<br />

comparison employed, and are described in parentheses after each<br />

component’s name. Thus, for example, Merchandise Trade is displayed as<br />

a percent, because the domestic comparison is “(% of GDP).”<br />

For a list of data sources, please refer to Appendix B.<br />

Directionality<br />

Overall<br />

Depth<br />

Breadth<br />

-100 -80 -60 -40 -20 0 20 40 60 80 100<br />

Balance Inward Outward<br />

Structural and Policy Drivers of Depth of <strong>Connectedness</strong><br />

Structural Factors<br />

Rank<br />

Level<br />

GDP per Capita (+) 13/140 $47,617<br />

Linguistic Commonality (+) 86/140 1%<br />

Remoteness (-) 138/140 1.4<br />

Population (-) 57/140 16.8<br />

Landlocked (-) – No<br />

Structural and Policy Drivers of Depth of <strong>Connectedness</strong><br />

General Policies / EnvironmentThis section provides the country’s <strong>Global</strong>ization ranks and Policies levels on indicators that<br />

can impact Rank global Level connectedness depth scores. Policy factors Rank ranks Level are<br />

Operating Environment (+) derived from external data Enabling sources – Trade for instance, <strong>Index</strong> (+) Press Freedom is based <br />

on an index from Reporters without Borders. For a list of data sources and<br />

Infrastructure (+) Tariffs (Wtd. Mean Applied) (-) <br />

calculation methods, please refer to Appendix B.<br />

Press Freedom (+) Capital Account Openness (+) <br />

The (+) and (-) symbols display the expected impact of each structural<br />

Labor Freedom (+) Visa-Free Travel Outward (+) <br />

and policy factor on the depth of countries’ global connectedness. For<br />

Financial Freedom (+) Visa-Free Travel Inward (+) <br />

example, higher GDP per Capita tends to increase depth while higher<br />

remoteness tends to reduce depth.<br />

– Not Applicable · Data Not Available Ranks (+) Positive correspond Impact to ranks among the (-) countries Negative covered Impact in this index (and<br />

thus may differ from the original data sources). Levels report levels or<br />

scores on the relevant metrics, as described in Appendix B.

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