# Netherlands

- Link: https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/netherlands/
- Published: 2026-05-22T22:16:00-05:00
- Author: Preeti Sinha

National Blueprint · One of 195

# Netherlands

A nation of 18.1 million with farmland across half its land and a €5.4 billion recovery
and resilience plan, with public debt of 44.7% of GDP.

Perfect Nations values what Netherlands owns and raises capital against it, through**
innovative financing for development (FfD)** and **super intelligence (SI)**.

Netherlands at a glance

 * **18.1m**PeopleWorld Bank
 * _Furthest from reach · Livelihood_**14.5%**of people in the Netherlands live 
   below the national poverty line[World Bank, 2021](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.POV.NAHC?locations=NL)
 * **1**Instrument or investment on record[Capital already committed](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/netherlands/#bp-register)

[Work with us](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/netherlands/#bp-studio)[Read the Letter to Netherlands](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/netherlands/#bp-letter)

What we do for Netherlands

## Assets. Capital. Solutions.

Perfect Nations is a new-age sovereign advisory firm, and its clients are nations.

 1. [01AssetsThe cupFive sovereign assets, valued, from The Farmland to The Forest.](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/netherlands/#bp-assets)
 2. [02CapitalThe laurelsOne instrument on record, sourced.](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/netherlands/#bp-capital)
 3. [03SolutionsThe seven starsSeven basic standards of living, star by star. Livelihood is furthest from reach today.](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/netherlands/#bp-pc)

**The whole logo:** a Perfect Nation, where every citizen has all seven basic standards
of living, led by good governance.

[01](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/netherlands/#bp-do)**Assets** · The cup·
Sovereign Assets

## Five assets no balance sheet counts.

Each is owned today, earns today, and can carry Netherlands toward seven basic standards
of living for every citizen.

 * **53.5%**Of the land in agriculture, 2023
 * 
   ### The Farmland
   
 * Land that can feed the nation and earn abroad, valued and financed against its
   harvest.
 * **18.1m**Citizens, 2025
 * 
   ### The People
   
 * 14.9% are under fifteen: the workforce and the market of the next generation.
 * **621 m³**Renewable fresh water a person, 2022
 * 
   ### The Fresh Water
   
 * Rain and rivers renewed every year: power, irrigation and drinking water.
 * **33.1%**Of electricity from renewable sources, 2021
 * 
   ### The Clean Grid
   
 * Power from water, wind and sun already flows; every new connection can be clean.
 * **11%**Of the land under forest, 2024
 * 
   ### The Forest
   
 * Standing forest that stores carbon and water, and can earn as it stands.

[Every figure, with its source](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/netherlands/#bp-sources)
[The Sovereign Assets ledger](https://perfectnations.com/sovereign-assets/)

[02](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/netherlands/#bp-do)**Capital** · The 
laurels · Capital Architecture

## Engineered against the sea, and every income secured.

Bonds, guarantees, swaps and loans that raise capital against what Netherlands owns,
every line sourced.

[Capital Architecture](https://perfectnations.com/capital-architecture/)

The record in figures

 * **€5.4bn**Recovery and resilience plan (grants and loans), as approved by the
   Council of the EU on 13 May 2025[Council of the EU, 2025](https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/policies/eu-recovery-plan/timeline/)
 * **44.7%**General government gross debt, share of GDP, 2025[IMF, WEO Oct 2026](https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/GGXWDG_NGDP@WEO/NLD)
 * **1.5%**Real GDP growth projected for 2026[IMF, WEO Oct 2026](https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/NGDP_RPCH@WEO/NLD)

Capital already committed

 * RegionalApprovedRecovery and resilience plan€5.4bn
 * Council of the EU · Approved 13 May 2025 · EU Recovery and Resilience Facility
 * EU funding, in grants and loans, for agreed reforms and investments.
 * European Union
 * [Source](https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/policies/eu-recovery-plan/timeline/)

### The Netherlands Newswire

[The Solutions Wire](https://perfectnations.com/state-of-nations/#sn-wire)

![Sanne de Vries, Nation Steward of Netherlands](https://perfectnations.com/wp-content/
uploads/2026/11/Sanne-de-Vries-Nation-Steward-of-Netherlands-150x150.png)

**Sanne de Vries**Nation Steward of Netherlands · SI ResearcherLast updated 10 November
2026

 * **The first sourced news for Netherlands is in review.**

## Already working in the Netherlands.

Independent firms and social enterprises already at work in Netherlands, highlighted
by Perfect Nations. None is a partner of Perfect Nations.

[Suggest an enterprise](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/netherlands/contact@perfectnations.org?subject=An%20enterprise%20already%20at%20work%20in%20Netherlands)

 * 
   ### The first firms and social enterprises at work in Netherlands are being gathered.
   
 * Name one already at work there: it may be highlighted here, with its source.

[03](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/netherlands/#bp-do)**Solutions** · The
seven stars · Perfect Capita

## Perfect Netherlands, _star by star._

**Perfect Capita** is the yearly cost, per person, of lifting everyone above the
Living Line in all seven basic living standards, set with the Netherlands in its
own prices.

[How Perfect Capita works](https://perfectnations.com/perfect-capita/)

**85.5%**

Livelihood · furthest from reachAbove the national poverty line; 14.5% live below
it[World Bank, 2021](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.POV.NAHC?locations=NL)

Tap a star for its figure and source.

The price of Perfect Netherlands

To be set with Netherlands, from its own figures and in its own prices: Perfect 
Capita times the people of Netherlands, each year.

Read more

 * Food**92.5%**Not food insecure; 7.5% are moderately or severely food insecure
   [FAO, 2023](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SN.ITK.MSFI.ZS?locations=NL)
 * Water**100%**Safely managed drinking water[WHO/UNICEF, 2024](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.H2O.SMDW.ZS?locations=NL)
 * Shelter**97.5%**Safely managed sanitation; 0% of city dwellers live in slums[WHO/UNICEF, 2024](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.STA.SMSS.ZS?locations=NL)
 * Energy**100%**100% cook with clean fuels and technology; 100% have electricity
   [World Bank, 2024](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EG.CFT.ACCS.ZS?locations=NL)
 * Education**95.5**95.5% of children read a simple text by the end of primary school
   [World Bank, 2021](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.LPV.PRIM?locations=NL)
 * Health**85**WHO service coverage index[WHO, 2023](https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/universal-health-coverage-index?country=~NLD)
 * Livelihood**85.5%**Above the national poverty line; 14.5% live below it[World Bank, 2021](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.POV.NAHC?locations=NL)

Perfect Nations estimate, to be confirmed with the Netherlands. Figures marked dated
rest on surveys more than five years old; lenient measures are marked as such. [The strict measures](https://perfectnations.com/perfect-capita/#pq-measures)

Strict measures. Food: share not moderately or severely food insecure (FAO). Water:
safely managed drinking water where measured; where it is not, basic water, marked
as such. Shelter: the lower of safely managed sanitation and the share outside urban
slums. Energy: the lower of electricity per person against 1,000 kWh and clean cooking;
where electricity per person is not published, clean cooking. Education: the lower
of children reading by the end of primary school and lower-secondary completion.
Health: WHO service coverage index. Livelihood: share above the stricter of the 
national poverty line and the World Bank line for the nation’s income group (US$
8.30 a day for high-income nations). Each figure links to its source.

### Solutions for Perfect Netherlands

[All Solutions](https://perfectnations.com/state-of-nations/#sn-solutions)

 * **The Solution for Netherlands**Livelihood
 * 
   ### Let local banks lend to the enterprises that hire.
   
    - **01****The challenge**14.5% Of people in the Netherlands live below the national
      poverty line. [World Bank, 2021](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.POV.NAHC?locations=NL)
    - **02****The deal**
    - Small-business credit guarantee, proved in Barbados, 2025: $50M up to 80% 
      of each loan. [Inter-American Development Bank, July 2025](https://www.iadb.org/en/news/barbados-expands-msmes-access-financing-us50-million-idb-loan)
    - **03****What Perfect Nations advises**Nations where livelihoods are furthest
      from reach should set up a facility that guarantees most of each small-business
      loan, so that local banks lend to the firms they would otherwise turn away.
      With super intelligence, lenders can assess firms that have no credit history,
      and every job each loan creates can be counted.
 * Co-design it in**The ReDesign Studio**[The three mandates](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/netherlands/#bp-mandates)

Perfect Nations® · Letters to the NationsNetherlands

## Dear Netherlands,

Your farmland covers half your land, and the EU funds €5.4 billion of your reforms
and investments.

Read more

Water, sanitation, power and schooling reach almost every home. Yet 14.5% of you
live below the national poverty line. Let a nation that engineered its land against
the sea engineer a living income for every household.

“Engineer a living income for every household.”

Yours in design,**Preeti Sinha**President and CEO, Perfect Nations

Work with us · The ReDesign Studio

## The Perfect Netherlands _ReDesign Studio_

One mission, three depths: the same four moves for Netherlands, taken as far toward
market as you choose.

Read more

For the Government of the Netherlands, its development partners and investors. Scope
and fees are agreed in writing before any work begins.

 1. **01**Identify the assets
 2. **02**Estimate Perfect Capita
 3. **03**Co-design the capital architecture
 4. **04**Launch the instruments

 1.  Mandate 013 hours
 2.  
     ### The Nation Briefing
     
 3.  A private session for the people who decide.
 4.  You leave withThe gap, named and sized
 5.  Read more
 6.   a. **01**The five sovereign assets on this page, walked through.
      b. **02**Livelihood, the standard furthest from reach, and the Gap, explained.
      c. **03**The instruments that could close the Gap, shortlisted.
      d. **04**The path to market, outlined.
 7.  [Request a Nation Briefing](https://perfectnations.com/contact/?about=briefing&country=Netherlands)
 8.  Mandate 023 days
 9.  
     ### The Blueprint Lab
     
 10. Your team and ours, working the blueprint together.
 11. You leave withThe structure, drawn
 12. Read more
 13.  a. **01**The ledger tested against your ministries’ own data.
      b. **02**Each of the seven standards costed in local prices.
      c. **03**One financing structure, drawn with your team.
      d. **04**A term sheet and the partners to approach.
 14. [Plan a Blueprint Lab](https://perfectnations.com/contact/?about=lab&country=Netherlands)
 15. Mandate 03End to end
 16. 
     ### The Sovereign Mandate
     
 17. Led personally by the President and CEO.
 18. You leave withA structure ready for market
 19. Read more
 20.  a. **01**A full sovereign asset ledger, valued and verified.
      b. **02**Perfect Capita set and agreed with government, with a monitoring plan.
      c. **03**The full structure: legal form, credit enhancement, guarantees and pricing.
      d. **04**Taken to investors and development partners, through to close.
 21. [Discuss a Sovereign Mandate](https://perfectnations.com/contact/?about=commission&country=Netherlands)

### Co-design it with us

Where the Dutch and Co-designers design the nation they want to live in.

 * Writings
 * 
   #### Write Perfect Netherlands into being.
   
 * Up to 1,500 words on your vision of Perfect Netherlands, published with your 
   name.
 * [Submit your writing](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/netherlands/contact@perfectnations.org?subject=Writing%20for%20Perfect%20Netherlands&body=Your%20name%2C%20or%20a%20pen%20name%3A%0D%0AWhere%20you%20live%3A%0D%0ATitle%3A%0D%0A%0D%0AYour%20vision%20of%20Perfect%20Netherlands%2C%20and%20the%20economic%20solutions%20to%20achieve%20it%20%28up%20to%201%2C500%20words%29%3A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AI%20confirm%20that%20this%20is%20my%20own%20original%20writing%2C%20and%20I%20give%20Perfect%20Nations%20permission%20to%20publish%20it%20with%20credit%20to%20me.%0D%0A)
 * Voices of Perfect Nations Launching soon
 * 
   #### The local leaders already building Perfect Netherlands.
   
 * Great local leaders: honest, dedicated and committed to basic standards of living
   for all. Every guest answers one question: “What does Netherlands already own,
   and how could it pay for a decent life for every citizen?”
 * [Nominate yourself](https://perfectnations.com/contact/?nation=netherlands&topic=nominate-self)
   [Suggest a guest](https://perfectnations.com/contact/?nation=netherlands&topic=guest)
 * Co-designers
 * 
   #### Join the community.
   
 * Everyone who shares a vision, a voice or an enterprise here becomes a **Co-designer
   of Perfect Netherlands**.
 * [Become a Co-designer](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/netherlands/contact@perfectnations.org?subject=Becoming%20a%20Co-designer%20of%20Perfect%20Netherlands&body=Your%20name%3A%0D%0AWhere%20you%20live%3A%0D%0AHow%20you%20would%20like%20to%20contribute%20%28writing%2C%20a%20voice%20for%20the%20podcast%2C%20an%20enterprise%2C%20your%20expertise%29%3A%0D%0A)

The Netherlands ReDesign Studio is open

## Design Perfect Netherlands with us.

Share your vision, suggest a guest, or write to us: every message receives a personal
reply.

[Enter the ReDesign Studio](https://perfectnations.com/design-studio/)[Write to us](https://perfectnations.com/contact/?nation=netherlands)
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Sources

 1. World Bank, World Development Indicators (API), accessed 10 November 2026: population
    and ages 0 to 14, 2025; land area and agricultural and forest land; renewable fresh
    water per person, 2022; natural resource, oil, gas and mineral rents, 2021; renewable
    electricity output, 2021; tourism receipts; personal remittances; electricity access
    and clean cooking.
 2. The seven standards: FAO food insecurity, WHO/UNICEF JMP water and sanitation, 
    UN-Habitat urban slums, World Bank clean cooking, learning poverty and lower-secondary
    completion, and poverty headcounts (all via the World Bank); WHO UHC service coverage
    index, 2023.
 3. IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026 (DataMapper, accessed 10 November 2026):
    general government gross debt, 2025, and real GDP growth projected for 2026.
 4. Council of the European Union: recovery plan timeline (the Netherlands, 13 May 
    2025).