Return to positive but below-trend growth

AA1

LOW RISK for enterprise

  • Economic risk

  • Business environment risk

  • Political risk

  • Commercial risk

  • Financing risk

  • Economic risk

  • Business environment risk

  • Political risk

  • Commercial risk

  • Financing risk

Updated in January 2025.

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Form of state Constitutional Monarchy
Head of government Dick Schoof
Next elections 2028, General
Strenghts
  • One of the most open economies in the world, benefiting from its strategic location
  • Labor market remains tight, with low unemployment rate and high vacancies
  • Open economy, characterized by high living standards
  • Well-developed infrastructure
Weaknesses
  • Political fragmentation
  • Housing crisis to be tackled: still-high demand and limited supply
  • Very urgent green transition, especially independence from fossil fuels
  • Strong dependency on exports in a context of weak growth for trading partners
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