Yes on the British, no on the Dutch. However, your whole statement of Europe (generally) being a non-productive continent is ridiculous. I just compared the exchange rates of the Mexican, Chilean Peso, and Brazil Real to both the Euro and the US $, and I don't see the correlation that says they are worth more than either the $ or Euro. So other than a general statement as to the cause of the decline of British and Dutch Empires, the rest of your soliloquy is really not grounded in any type of reality.
top 12 GDP(in Millions of USD
1 United States 14,256,275
2 Japan 5,068,059
3 People's Republic of China 4,908,9822
4 Germany 3,352,742
5 France 2,675,951
6 United Kingdom 2,183,607
7 Italy 2,118,264
8 Brazil 1,574,039
9 Spain 1,464,040
10 Canada 1,336,427
11 India 1,235,975
12 Russia 1,229,227