Netherlands

Economic Freedom Rating - Netherlands Compared to Continent

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Belarus	44.66
Russia	49.93
Ukraine	51.07
Bosnia & H.	53.72
Croatia	54.58
Moldova	58.38
Poland	59.49
Greece	60.07
Slovenia	60.58
Turkey	60.76
Macedonia	61.13
Romania	61.53
Italy	62.46
Bulgaria	62.92
Albania	63.33
Portugal	64.30
France	65.35
Malta	66.03
Hungary	67.25
Latvia	68.33
Czech Rep.	68.52
Slovak Rep.	68.74
Norway	68.99
Spain	69.71
Austria	69.98
Sweden	70.42
Lithuania	70.80
Germany	71.16
Cyprus	71.31
Belgium	71.48
Finland	74.79
Luxembourg	75.20
Iceland	76.51
Netherlands	76.82
Estonia	77.78
Denmark	79.23
UK	79.55
Switzerland	79.72
Ireland	82.35

Netherlands: Economic freedom rating

Scores are from 0 to 100, higher scores are more desirable i.e. more conducive to economic growth. The lower the score, the greater the level of government interference in the economy and the less economic freedom a country enjoys.

• Free— 80 - 100;
• Mostly Free— 70 - 79.9;
• Moderately Free— 60 - 69.9;
• Mostly Unfree— 50 to 59.9; and
• Repressed— 0 - 49.9.

Source: The Heritage Foundation and the Wall Street Journal

The Netherlands has good housing statistics. Die Nederlandsche Bank (Central Bank) publishes the prices of new and existing one-family houses and flats, based on land registry data, in quarterly format. General economics statistics are from Statistics Netherlands.