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Netherlands

Europe & Central Asia · High income · capital Amsterdam

Reports 20 of 21 indicators tracked here.

Every figure below is the most recent year this country reported — the years differ, sometimes by a decade. Nothing is interpolated or carried forward.

Health

Life expectancy

2024 · 2 years old

82.0years

Ranks 37 of 217 in 2024

10% above world median · 3% above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Under-5 mortality

2024 · 2 years old

3.9per 1,000 live births

Ranks 30 of 196 in 2024

74% below world median · about the same Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 196 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Maternal mortality

2023 · 3 years old

4per 100,000 live births

Ranks 14 of 194 in 2023

91% below world median · 33% below Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 194 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Child stunting

2009 · 17 years old

1.5% of under-5s

Ranks 1 of 33 in 2009

94% below world median · 87% below Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 33 countries reporting in 2009 — not a published figure

Health spending

2024 · 2 years old

10.01% of GDP

Not ranked — no better end

4% above world median

Medians computed across 22 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Fertility rate

2024 · 2 years old

1.43births per woman

Not ranked — no better end

25% below world median · about the same Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Education

Primary enrolment

2023 · 3 years old

104.2% gross

Ranks 45 of 166 in 2023

4% above world median · 3% above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 166 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Education spending

2022 · 4 years old

5.18% of GDP

Ranks 46 of 164 in 2022

28% above world median · 15% above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 164 countries reporting in 2022 — not a published figure

Economy

GDP per capita

2025 · 1 year old

73,684current US$

Ranks 10 of 186 in 2025

8.3× above world median · 1.7× above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 186 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

GDP per capita (PPP)

2025 · 1 year old

87,320international $

Ranks 11 of 185 in 2025

3.3× above world median · 71% above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 185 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Extreme poverty

2021 · 5 years old

0.1% of population

Ranks 10 of 81 in 2021

89% below world median · 67% below Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 81 countries reporting in 2021 — not a published figure

Income inequality (Gini)

2021 · 5 years old

25.7index, 0–100

Ranks 3 of 81 in 2021

25% below world median · 19% below Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 81 countries reporting in 2021 — not a published figure

Unemployment

2025 · 1 year old

3.9% of labour force

Ranks 67 of 182 in 2025

24% below world median · 30% below Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Inflation

2025 · 1 year old

3.3% per year

Not ranked — no better end

7% above world median

Medians computed across 165 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Military spending

2024 · 2 years old

1.92% of GDP

Not ranked — no better end

21% above world median

Medians computed across 147 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Infrastructure

Electricity access

2024 · 2 years old

100.0% of population

Ranks 1 of 215 in 2024

about the same world median · about the same Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 215 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Safe drinking water

2024 · 2 years old

100.0% of population

Ranks 12 of 148 in 2024

24% above world median · 3% above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 148 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Internet use

2024 · 2 years old

97.0% of population

Ranks 17 of 182 in 2024

18% above world median · 5% above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Environment

CO₂ per person

2024 · 2 years old

6.60t CO₂e per person

Not ranked — no better end

1.6× above world median

Medians computed across 203 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Society

Population

2025 · 1 year old

18.1mpeople

Not ranked — no better end

1.8× above world median

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Never reported

Netherlands has no figure in this dataset for Adult literacy. That is an absence of measurement, not a value of zero.

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved into this site's own database; see methodology.