Economic Challenges in the Netherlands: A Deep Analysis of Labor, Housing, Productivity, and Environmental Crises

The Netherlands, long recognized as one of Europe’s most stable, productive, and globally integrated economies, is now facing a cluster of challenges that are deeply interconnected and increasingly difficult to resolve. For decades, Dutch economic success rested on a combination of world-class infrastructure, innovative industries like high-tech manufacturing and logistics, a skilled workforce, stable institutions, and an attractive business climate. However, several structural problems have begun to weaken these foundations.