Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Netherlands instead of Greece, you would:
Health
be 18.1% less likely to be obese
In Greece, 24.9% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Netherlands, that number is 20.4% of people as of 2016.
Economy
make 98.5% more money
Greece has a GDP per capita of $27,300 as of 2020, while in Netherlands, the GDP per capita is $54,200 as of 2020.
be 80.3% less likely to be unemployed
In Greece, 17.3% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Netherlands, that number is 3.4% as of 2019.
be 24.0% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Greece, 17.9% live below the poverty line as of 2018. In Netherlands, however, that number is 13.6% as of 2019.
Life
have 44.4% more children
In Greece, there are approximately 7.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Netherlands, there are 11.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
be 66.7% more likely to die during childbirth
In Greece, approximately 3.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Netherlands, 5.0 women do as of 2017.
Basic Needs
be 16.7% more likely to have internet access
In Greece, approximately 78.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Netherlands, about 91.0% do as of 2020.
Expenditures
spend 50.0% more on education
Greece spends 3.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Netherlands spends 5.4% of total GDP on education as of 2018.
spend 29.5% more on healthcare
Greece spends 7.8% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Netherlands, that number is 10.1% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 96.7% less coastline
Greece has a total of 13,676 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 Greece? See an in-depth size comparison.