Quality of life comparison
If you lived in South Korea instead of Netherlands, you would:
Health
be 77.0% less likely to be obese
In Netherlands, 20.4% of adults are obese as of 2016. In South Korea, that number is 4.7% of people as of 2016.
Economy
pay a 26.9% lower top tax rate
Netherlands has a top tax rate of 52.0% as of 2016. In South Korea, the top tax rate is 38.0% as of 2016.
make 22.0% less money
Netherlands has a GDP per capita of $54,200 as of 2020, while in South Korea, the GDP per capita is $42,300 as of 2020.
be 10.3% more likely to be unemployed
In Netherlands, 3.4% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In South Korea, that number is 3.8% as of 2019.
Life
be 15.6% 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 South Korea, on the other hand, 2.9 children do as of 2022.
be 2.2 times more likely to die during childbirth
In Netherlands, approximately 5.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In South Korea, 11.0 women do as of 2017.
have 37.0% fewer children
In Netherlands, there are approximately 11.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In South Korea, there are 6.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 16.7% less on education
Netherlands spends 5.4% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. South Korea spends 4.5% of total GDP on education as of 2018.
spend 18.8% less on healthcare
Netherlands spends 10.1% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In South Korea, that number is 8.2% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 5.4 times more coastline
Netherlands has a total of 451 km of coastline. In South Korea, that number is 2,413 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, National Tax Service, South Korea, Tax and Customs Administration - Belastingdienst.
South Korea: At a glance
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