Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Netherlands instead of Germany, you would:
Economy
be 31.5% less likely to be unemployed
In Germany, 5.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Netherlands, that number is 3.4% as of 2019.
Life
be 28.6% less likely to die during childbirth
In Germany, approximately 7.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Netherlands, 5.0 women do as of 2017.
have 21.0% more children
In Germany, there are approximately 9.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Netherlands, there are 11.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 13.7% less on healthcare
Germany spends 11.7% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Netherlands, that number is 10.1% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 81.1% less coastline
Germany has a total of 2,389 km of coastline. In Netherlands, that number is 451 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Netherlands: At a glance
How big is Netherlands compared to Germany? See an in-depth size comparison.