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Netherlands locates mainly in North-West Europe and with some islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders with Belgium. The predominant wind direction in the Netherlands is southwest, which causes a moderate maritime climate. It covers 33.7 thousand of square kilometers and has a population of 16.69 million. Its GDP reaches $836.07 billion in 2011. Through the index system and evaluation model, the environment competitiveness index of Netherlands ranks at 37 in 133 countries.

Score: 52.78

Rank: 37

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Contribution of sub-index of GEC

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Rank of sub-index of GEC

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Score and rank of the pillars of GEC

Table 101.1 Score and rank of all indicators of GEC
Table 101.2 Rank distribution of the individual indicators of GEC