How dependent is Sweden on the Netherlands?

A product has a dominant supplier when a single country sells more than 50% of what is bought of it; we flag it separately above 75%.

• The Netherlands sells 3.2% of what the world exports of computers; next come China (38.7%), Taiwan (14.2%) and Mexico (12.6%). The rest of the world exported 139.1 times what Sweden buys from the Netherlands.
• The Netherlands sells 3% of what the world exports of video game consoles and games; next come China (58.5%), Japan (6.7%) and United States (5.3%). The rest of the world exported 163.3 times what Sweden buys from the Netherlands.
• The Netherlands sells 7.5% of what the world exports of industrial fatty acids; next come Indonesia (44.2%), Malaysia (18.8%) and Germany (4.9%). The rest of the world exported 78.7 times what Sweden buys from the Netherlands.
• The Netherlands sells 10.6% of what the world exports of molybdenum ore; next come Chile (23.7%), Peru (20%) and United States (15.4%). The rest of the world exported 41.3 times what Sweden buys from the Netherlands.
• The Netherlands sells 5.2% of what the world exports of armored vehicles; next come United States (21.9%), Canada (18.8%) and South Korea (18.6%). The rest of the world exported 62.4 times what Sweden buys from the Netherlands.
• The Netherlands sells 20% of what the world exports of frozen vegetables; next come Belgium (28.8%), Canada (13.7%) and United States (10.5%). The rest of the world exported 115.8 times what Sweden buys from the Netherlands.
• The Netherlands sells 40.4% of what the world exports of cut flowers; next come Colombia (22.8%), Kenya (8.7%) and Ecuador (8.6%). The rest of the world exported 70 times what Sweden buys from the Netherlands.
• The Netherlands sells 28.6% of what the world exports of cocoa butter; next come Indonesia (10.6%), Germany (10.2%) and Malaysia (9.1%). The rest of the world exported 122.2 times what Sweden buys from the Netherlands.
• The Netherlands sells 6.4% of what the world exports of cyclic hydrocarbons; next come South Korea (22.5%), Japan (8.5%) and Saudi Arabia (6.7%). The rest of the world exported 785.2 times what Sweden buys from the Netherlands.
• The Netherlands sells 15.4% of what the world exports of electric shavers and hair clippers; next come China (38.6%), Germany (11.2%) and Indonesia (10.2%). The rest of the world exported 102.4 times what Sweden buys from the Netherlands.

Exports from the rest of the world already have buyers; the figure shows scale, not availability.

Sweden is the Netherlands’ 9th-largest customer, with 3.1% of its exports.

• Trade between Sweden and the Netherlands
• Who does Sweden rely on?
• Who does the Netherlands rely on?
• Dependence of Sweden on Norway
• Dependence of Sweden on China
• Dependence of Sweden on Germany
• Dependence of Sweden on the United States
• Dependence of Sweden on Finland
• Trade profile of Sweden
• Trade profile of the Netherlands
• All countries

Sources and licenses

• CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
• Natural Earth · Public domain

Methodology

The data come from CEPII BACI (Etalab 2.0 licence), which reconciles what the exporting and the importing country report, in current USD, FOB. Data up to 2024.

Dependence is the share of a country’s imports (or exports) that each partner accounts for. It does not measure whether a product has a substitute or how much it would cost to change supplier.

The concentration index (HHI) adds up the square of each partner’s share, in percent: it runs from 0 to 10,000. Its equivalent is 10,000 ÷ HHI, the number of partners of the same size that would give that value.

Products are HS4 headings of the 1992 nomenclature (some combine different goods), with a floor of $1 million per product and country.

The EU is the 27 current members in every year; the United Kingdom is outside the EU throughout the series.

Re-exports: countries that act as redistribution hubs carry their notice and the figures are not corrected.