Private equity investments towards the Benelux region as percentage of GDP 2020

This statistic shows the private equity investments going towards portfolio companies in the Benelux region (Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands) as a percentage of the country's GDP in 2020. Private equity is a form of equity, shares representing ownership or an interest in an entity, that is not publicly traded. Typically, the investors are high net worth individuals and large institutional investors. It can take different shapes, such as a management buyout, management buying (MBI), a divisional buyout or venture capital for starting companies through an angel investor. In Luxembourg, private equity investments reached a percentage of approximately 1.2 percent of GDP. In the first half of 2019, private equity deals in the Netherlands reached a total value of 16 billion euros.