Private equity investments Benelux as percentage of GDP 2018, by destination country

This statistic shows the private equity investments in the Benelux region (Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands) as a percentage of GDP in 2018, by country of destination of investment. 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 0.24 percent of GDP. In the first half of 2017, private equity deals in the Netherlands reached a total value of 14.8 billion euros.