The record in plain text — overall score, categories, strengths and risks, momentum, resilience, strategic position, and diagnostics.
Strongest on Quality of Life (96/100) — sharpest risk, innovation weakness.
| Category | Score | Key driver |
|---|---|---|
| Economy | 78/100 | Labour Productivity |
| Governance | 86/100 | Regulatory Enforcement |
| Quality of Life | 96/100 | Tertiary Enrolment (Gross) |
| Innovation | 67/100 | Internet Penetration |
| Stability | 81/100 | Violence & Safety |
Derived — composites of sourced indicators. Full audit trail in Data Provenance below.
| Signal | Value | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| National Momentum | −3 | now 72, versus 75 three years ago, across 5 categories |
| Resilience | 64/100 | Pandemic 83 · Banking Crisis 72 · War / Conflict 52 · Natural Disaster 49 |
| Strategic Position | 59/100 | Demographics 62 · Resources 21 · Stability 81 · Education 92 · Technology 67 · Geopolitics 29 |
The Netherlands scores 82 (strong) overall on NationsHelm's index. Momentum: down 3 points versus three years ago (now 72). Its strongest area is Quality of Life (96/100). The risk drawing attention: Innovation weakness.
All 192 tracked indicators — 110 sourced, 82 derived — each with its exact source, series code, and refresh cadence. The complete source-by-source catalog is on the methodology page.
Full catalog →Per-indicator sources are always public on the methodology page — Analyst assembles the complete ledger in context.
The Netherlands scores 82 out of 100 overall on NationsHelm's index (strong) — the unweighted mean of its sourced category scores. Its strongest area is Quality of Life (96/100) and its weakest is Innovation (67/100).
The Netherlands' Stability score is 81 out of 100 (strong), blended from World Bank governance indicators, V-Dem and UCDP conflict data.
The Netherlands' Economy score is 78 out of 100 (strong), derived from World Bank, IMF and ILO indicators.
The Netherlands' Quality of Life score is 96 out of 100 (strong), covering safety, healthcare, education, basic living conditions, environment and living conditions context from sourced indicators.
The Netherlands' Governance score is 86 out of 100 (strong), from World Bank governance indicators and V-Dem democracy data.
The Netherlands' Innovation score is 67 out of 100 (moderate), from World Bank connectivity and business indicators, WIPO patent data and the Oxford Insights Government AI Readiness Index.
On NationsHelm's momentum read, the Netherlands is down 3 points versus three years ago — 72 now, from 75 — across the 5 categories with time-series coverage.
The Netherlands' defining asset is regulatory enforcement, while its sharpest risk is innovation weakness — patent Applications 115.6 per million — the category's weakest input (22/100).
The Netherlands' Strategic Position score is 59 out of 100 (moderate), weighing demographics, resources, stability, education, technology and geopolitics — each component sourced or derived, with unsourced components dropped rather than counted as zero.
On NationsHelm's Opportunity Index, the Netherlands scores 75 out of 100 for Invest In — one of its three vectors, alongside Start a Business and Emigrate To, with a Resilience score of 64/100. Every input is sourced, so treat it as a starting map, not advice.