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Mark Rutte

Mark Rutte

🇳🇱Netherlands

Rank #52
Score: 71
About Mark Rutte

Mark Rutte (b. 1967) served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 2010 to 2024 and is known for his pragmatic, consensus-building leadership in multiple coalition governments. His tenure saw economic resilience, European integration, and political stability, though also controversy in the childcare benefits scandal.

Scoring Breakdown
Detailed analysis of the politician's score.

HDI
Netherlands HDI ≈ 0.9469/10
Source: CountryEconomy.com – Netherlands HDI (2022 )
GDP per capita
Moderate growth forecast (OECD)8/10
Source: OECD Economic Surveys: Netherlands 2025 (2024 )
Gini coefficient
Netherlands Gini ≈ 26.43/10
Source: CountryEconomy.com – Netherlands Gini (2023 )
Employment rate
Very low unemployment ~ 3.8%5/5
Source: OECD Economic Surveys: Netherlands 2025 – basic statistics (2025 )
Freedom index
Economic freedom score 78.0 (Index of Economic Freedom)10/10
Source: Index of Economic Freedom – Netherlands (2023) (2023 )
Corruption index
Netherlands CPI = 78/1004/5
Source: Transparency International – Netherlands (2024 )

Derived Criminal Score
No known convictions20/20
Source: Public record / media (2025 )