Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Norway instead of Netherlands, you would:
Health
be 13.2% more likely to be obese
In Netherlands, 20.4% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Norway, that number is 23.1% of people as of 2016.
Economy
make 17.3% more money
Netherlands has a GDP per capita of $54,200 as of 2020, while in Norway, the GDP per capita is $63,600 as of 2020.
pay a 25.9% lower top tax rate
Netherlands has a top tax rate of 52.0% as of 2016. In Norway, the top tax rate is 38.5% as of 2017.
Life
be 60.0% less likely to die during childbirth
In Netherlands, approximately 5.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Norway, 2.0 women do as of 2017.
be 32.1% less likely to die during infancy
In Netherlands, approximately 3.4 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Norway, on the other hand, 2.3 children do as of 2022.
have 11.0% more children
In Netherlands, there are approximately 11.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Norway, there are 12.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2020.
Expenditures
spend 40.7% more on education
Netherlands spends 5.4% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Norway spends 7.6% of total GDP on education as of 2018.
Geography
see 55.8 times more coastline
Netherlands has a total of 451 km of coastline. In Norway, that number is 25,148 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Norwegian Tax Administration, Tax and Customs Administration - Belastingdienst.
Norway: At a glance
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