Venture capital investments in Netherlands
Netherlands: Venture capital investments was 0.0998 Percentage of GDP in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Venture capital investments in Netherlands, 2007–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of GDP.
Analysis
Netherlands recorded 0.0998 Percentage of GDP for venture capital investments in 2025.
The figure is down 15.8% on the previous year and up 295.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, venture capital investments in Netherlands peaked at 0.145 Percentage of GDP in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.0213 Percentage of GDP, in 2010.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Venture capital investments in Netherlands, year by year
| Year | Percentage of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 0.041 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 2008 | 0.0397 Percentage of GDP | -3.2% |
| 2009 | 0.0256 Percentage of GDP | -35.4% |
| 2010 | 0.0213 Percentage of GDP | -16.8% |
| 2011 | 0.0224 Percentage of GDP | +5.2% |
| 2012 | 0.0239 Percentage of GDP | +6.5% |
| 2013 | 0.0311 Percentage of GDP | +30.1% |
| 2014 | 0.0259 Percentage of GDP | -16.7% |
| 2015 | 0.0253 Percentage of GDP | -2.6% |
| 2016 | 0.0317 Percentage of GDP | +25.5% |
| 2017 | 0.0459 Percentage of GDP | +44.7% |
| 2018 | 0.052 Percentage of GDP | +13.2% |
| 2019 | 0.0622 Percentage of GDP | +19.7% |
| 2020 | 0.0906 Percentage of GDP | +45.8% |
| 2021 | 0.145 Percentage of GDP | +59.9% |
| 2022 | 0.1022 Percentage of GDP | -29.5% |
| 2023 | 0.1129 Percentage of GDP | +10.4% |
| 2024 | 0.1186 Percentage of GDP | +5.1% |
| 2025 | 0.0998 Percentage of GDP | -15.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0355 Percentage of GDP | 0.0256 Percentage of GDP | 0.041 Percentage of GDP | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.0342 Percentage of GDP | 0.0213 Percentage of GDP | 0.0622 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1115 Percentage of GDP | 0.0906 Percentage of GDP | 0.145 Percentage of GDP | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is venture capital investments in Netherlands?
- Venture capital investments in Netherlands was 0.0998 Percentage of GDP in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest venture capital investments recorded in Netherlands?
- The highest recorded value was 0.145 Percentage of GDP in 2021.
- What is the lowest venture capital investments recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0213 Percentage of GDP in 2010.
- How does Netherlands rank for venture capital investments?
- Netherlands ranks 2nd out of 6 countries with data for 2025.
- Is venture capital investments rising or falling in Netherlands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 295.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Netherlands data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Venture capital investments (market statistics). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
In the OECD Entrepreneurship Financing Database, venture capital is made up of the sum of early stage (including pre-seed, seed, start-up and other early stage) and later stage venture capital. As there are no harmonised definitions of venture capital stages across venture capital associations and other data providers, original data have been re-aggregated to fit the OECD classification of venture capital by stages. Korea, New Zealand, the Russian Federation and South Africa do not provide breakdowns of venture capital by stage that would allow meaningful international comparisons. The attached table shows the correspondences between original data and OECD harmonised data for venture capital investments by stage. https://webfs-sdd.oecd.org/files/.Stat/VC_INV/VC_OECD_HarmonisedStages.xlsx Venture capital is a form of equity financing particularly relevant for young companies with innovation and growth potential but untested business models and no track record; it replaces or complements traditional bank finance. The development of the venture capital industry is considered an important framework condition to stimulate innovative entrepreneurship. Aggregate data on venture capital provide useful information on trends in the venture capital industry. These data are typically compiled by national or regional Private Equity and Venture Capital Associations, often with the support of commercial data providers. The quality and availability of aggregate data on venture capital have improved considerably in recent years; international comparisons, however, remain complicated because of two main problems. The first difficulty comes from the lack of a standard international definition of venture capital. While there is a general understanding, the definition of the types of investments included in venture capital varies across countries and regions. In some cases, differences are purely linguistic; in others, they are more substantive. The second problem relates to the diverse methodologies employed by data compilers. The completeness and representativeness of venture capital statistics with respect to the venture capital industry of a country will differ depending on how data were collected. The units used are : Millions of US Dollars and share of GDP. OECD statistics contact: stat.contact@oecd.org