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IndicatorNLDNetherlandsEurope & Central Asia
Governance
Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0-10.91rank #20
Control of Corruption0-100 percentile86.5rank #9
Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.74rank #16
Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.74rank #12
Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0-10.91rank #21
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentile85.4rank #12
Human rights index (V-Dem)0-10.91rank #20
Military spending% GDP1.9%rank #63
Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.55rank #25
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentile73.2rank #78
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentile82rank #10
Rule of Law0-100 percentile86.3rank #8
Rule of law index (V-Dem)0-10.97rank #13
V-Dem electoral democracy0-10.83rank #15
V-Dem liberal democracy0-10.77rank #17
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentile85.8rank #7
Women in parliament% seats43.3%rank #19
Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0-10.9rank #21
Economy
Agricultural employment% employment1.7%rank #160
Agriculture value added% GDP1.7%rank #130
Annual working hours per workerhours1,438.7rank #123
Capital stock per worker2017 US$ per worker465,665.9rank #25
Current account balance% GDP9.1%rank #15
Employment-to-population ratio%64%rank #40
FDI net inflows% GDP-1.4%rank #181
GDPcurrent US$1.33Trank #18
GDP growth%1.8%rank #141
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$73,683.9rank #10
GDP per capita, PPP2021 intl $71,378.5rank #12
GNI per capita (PPP)2021 intl $68,344.3rank #14
Government expenditure% GDP40%rank #12
Gross capital formation% GDP19.8%rank #94
Gross savings% GDP28.8%rank #40
High-technology exports% manuf. exports23.5%rank #22
Human capital indexindex3.4rank #29
Industry value added% GDP17.7%rank #127
Inflation%3.3%rank #88
Labour force participation rate%66.7%rank #45
Personal remittances received% GDP0.39%rank #124
R&D expenditure% GDP2.3%rank #16
Researchers in R&Dper million6,563.3rank #8
Tax revenue% GDP25.3%rank #14
Total factor productivity (current PPPs, USA=1)index (USA=1)0.94rank #10
Trade openness% GDP150.1%rank #16
Unemployment% labor force3.9%rank #66
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)%4%rank #68
Vulnerable employment% employment13.4%rank #52
Youth unemployment% ages 15-248.8%rank #58
Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)% ages 15-248.8%rank #60
Health
Basic drinking water access% pop100%rank #1
Basic sanitation access% pop97.7%rank #61
Child mortalityper 1000.39rank #16
Daily caloric supply per capitakcal3,467rank #26
DTP3 immunization coverage%91%rank #9
Health spending% GDP10%rank #10
Infant mortalityper 1k births3.4rank #17
Life expectancyyears82rank #37
Maternal mortalityper 100k4rank #4
Measles immunization% children89%rank #11
Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage%89%rank #11
Physiciansper 1k3.9rank #27
PM2.5 air pollution exposureug/m38.6rank #36
Road traffic deathsper 100k4rank #14
Smoking prevalence% adults20.5%rank #70
Suicide mortality rateper 100k11.5rank #129
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100k4.7rank #25
Under-5 mortality rateper 1k births3.9rank #32
Undernourishment% pop2.5%rank #1
Education
Education spending% GDP5.2%rank #46
Expected years of schoolingyears18.6rank #14
Mean years of schoolingyears12.7rank #29
Primary enrollment% gross104.2%rank #45
Secondary enrollment% gross137.5%rank #3
Tertiary enrollment% gross86.6%rank #16
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,0009.2rank #162
Fertility ratebirths/woman1.4rank #162
Median age of populationyears41.4rank #37
Net migration rateper 1,0008rank #27
Populationpeople18.09Mrank #71
Population growth%0.52%rank #135
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)years85.9rank #31
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousands18,958.5rank #77
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-age54.6rank #108
Urban population%95.9%rank #4
Climate
CO₂ emissionst114.78Mrank #40
CO₂ per capitat6.3rank #44
Electricity access% pop100%rank #1
Electricity from coal% generation7.1%rank #26
Electricity from hydro% generation0.04%rank #83
Electricity from solar% generation21.1%rank #7
Electricity from wind% generation25%rank #10
Electric power consumptionkWh per capita6,386.4rank #18
Forest area% land11.1%rank #160
GHG emissions per capitatCO2e per capita8.2rank #142
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWh253.6rank #35
Renewable electricity%51.2%rank #32
Renewable energy share%12.2%rank #121
Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCFMtCO2e145.8rank #145
Society
Asylum seekerspeople179rank #37
Extreme poverty% pop0.1%rank #2
Female labor participation%62.7%rank #30
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 10043rank #17
Gender Development Indexratio0.97rank #49
Gender Inequality Index0-10.01rank #5
Gini indexindex25.7rank #3
Homicide rateper 100k0.69rank #14
Human Development Index0-10.96rank #6
Inequality-adjusted HDI0-10.89rank #4
Internet users% pop97%rank #15
Life satisfaction0-107.2rank #7
Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI0-10.74rank #28
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0rank #37
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0rank #9
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)0rank #16
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)0rank #17
Refugees hosted (by country of asylum)people283,935rank #29
Refugees originating (by country of origin)people159rank #36
Youth NEET rate%3.6%rank #3
Risk
Battle-related deaths (state-based)deaths/year0rank #1
Deaths in armed conflictsdeaths0rank #1
Hazard & exposure0-103rank #25
Human hazard & exposure0-100.2rank #3
INFORM risk score0-102.5rank #14
Lack of coping capacity0-101.9rank #11
Lack of infrastructure coping capacity0-100.7rank #4
Lack of institutional coping capacity0-102.9rank #13
Natural hazard & exposure0-105.1rank #38
Organized-violence deaths (total)deaths/year0rank #1
Socio-economic vulnerability0-100.1rank #2
Vulnerability0-102.8rank #17
Vulnerable groups0-104.8rank #43
marks the leader in each row across the selected set · ranks are world ranks in the comparison spine