What do Dutch people think about capitalism?
Economic axis · 🇳🇱 Netherlands · measured continuously, published only above 100 responses.
45% of Dutch respondents take the position “State help has done more to end poverty than free trade and business have.”, against 24% for “Free trade and business have done more to end poverty than state help has.”, with 31% choosing neither. n = 115, margin of error ±9.4, weighted to Netherlands's adult population.
Where Netherlands sits on economic
What is measured about Netherlands on this axis. These are facts about the country, not what its people think about them — that is the part of this page waiting on a sample.
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Income per person
World Bank / ICP · 2025
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$71,378 |
among the highest in the world
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Income inequality (Gini)
World Bank PovcalNet/PIP · 2021
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25.7 0–100 |
among the lowest in the world
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Tax revenue
IMF Government Finance Statistics · 2024
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25.3% |
among the highest in the world
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Trade openness
World Bank national accounts · 2025
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150.1% |
higher than most countries
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Ranked against every country with a published figure for the same series. Sources: World Bank World Development Indicators, which republish UN, ILO, UNESCO, WHO, SIPRI, IISS and UNODC data.
The questions that bear on capitalism
Asked as a forced choice between two written positions, in randomised order, with the sides flipped for half of respondents.
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A · Free trade and business have done more to end poverty than state help has.
B · State help has done more to end poverty than free trade and business have.
World, unweighted: 22% A ·
20% neither ·
58% B · n = 4766
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45% B 🇳🇱 n=115 |
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A · Rules on business usually do more harm than good.
B · Rules on business are needed to keep people safe.
World, unweighted: 22% A ·
20% neither ·
58% B · n = 4736
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48% B 🇳🇱 n=114 |
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A · Big private fortunes are earned, and should not be capped.
B · When a few people hold so much wealth, taxes should bring it back down.
World, unweighted: 23% A ·
20% neither ·
57% B · n = 4739
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54% B 🇳🇱 n=111 |
A national figure appears only once that nation clears 100 responses on the question. The world column is a raw count of every answer received and is not post-stratified — it is shown because withholding it would say less, not more.
Asked another way
The same question, as people put it.
- Netherlands public opinion on capitalism
- Capitalism poll netherlands
- What do dutch people think about capitalism
- What percentage of dutch people support capitalism
Each has one answer on this page, and it is the same answer.