Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Netherlands instead of Sweden, you would:
Economy
be 49.7% less likely to be unemployed
In Sweden, 6.8% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Netherlands, that number is 3.4% as of 2019.
be 20.5% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Sweden, 17.1% live below the poverty line as of 2018. In Netherlands, however, that number is 13.6% as of 2019.
Life
be 25.0% more likely to die during childbirth
In Sweden, approximately 4.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Netherlands, 5.0 women do as of 2017.
be 47.8% more likely to die during infancy
In Sweden, approximately 2.3 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Netherlands, on the other hand, 3.4 children do as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 28.9% less on education
Sweden spends 7.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Netherlands spends 5.4% of total GDP on education as of 2018.
Geography
see 86.0% less coastline
Sweden has a total of 3,218 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 Sweden? See an in-depth size comparison.