Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Netherlands instead of Germany, you would:
Economy
make 12.0% more money
Germany has a GDP per capita of $61,900 as of 2023, while in Netherlands, the GDP per capita is $69,300 as of 2023.
be 16.7% more likely to be unemployed
In Germany, 3.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Netherlands, that number is 3.6% as of 2023.
Life
have 19.1% more children
In Germany, there are approximately 8.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Netherlands, there are 10.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.
Expenditures
spend 13.3% less on healthcare
Germany spends 12.8% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Netherlands, that number is 11.1% of GDP as of 2020.
spend 12.8% more on education
Germany spends 4.7% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Netherlands spends 5.3% of total GDP on education as of 2020.
Geography
see 81.1% less coastline
Germany has a total of 2,389 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 Germany? See an in-depth size comparison.