Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Netherlands instead of Luxembourg, you would:
Economy
be 36.4% less likely to be unemployed
In Luxembourg, 5.4% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Netherlands, that number is 3.4% as of 2019.
be 22.3% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Luxembourg, 17.5% live below the poverty line as of 2018. In Netherlands, however, that number is 13.6% as of 2019.
make 50.9% less money
Luxembourg has a GDP per capita of $110,300 as of 2020, while in Netherlands, the GDP per capita is $54,200 as of 2020.
pay a 19.3% higher top tax rate
Luxembourg has a top tax rate of 43.6% as of 2016. In Netherlands, the top tax rate is 52.0% as of 2016.
Expenditures
spend 45.9% more on education
Luxembourg spends 3.7% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Netherlands spends 5.4% of total GDP on education as of 2018.
spend 87.0% more on healthcare
Luxembourg spends 5.4% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Netherlands, that number is 10.1% of GDP as of 2019.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: Administration des Contributions Directes, The World Factbook, Tax and Customs Administration - Belastingdienst.
Netherlands: At a glance
How big is Netherlands compared to Luxembourg? See an in-depth size comparison.