International Rankings of Netherlands 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Netherlands, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Netherlands, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	10	43.34	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	26	7.459 million	0
Internet users - percent of population	18	94.71 %	2018
Internet users - total	42	16.244 million	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	51	32.31	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	26	5.560 million	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	64	126.45	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	56	21.762 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	13	352.400 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	13	361.400 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	23	1.1 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	59	59.9	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	31	76.1	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	17	94.3	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	1	100	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	18	907.042 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	15	83 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	31	24.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	164	44.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	157	72.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	83	20.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	53	0.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	135	1.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	126	17.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	52	70.2 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	87	24.9 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2014
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	28	2.3 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	55	3.3 %	2017
Labor force	54	8.907 million US Dollars	2020
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	136	1.2 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	84	17.2 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	16	81.6 %	2015
Population below poverty line	121	13.6	2019
Public debt	25	56.5 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	27	986.847 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	13	56935 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	27	43.4 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	27	250.200 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	62	7984	2017
Crude oil - imports	11	1.094 million	2017
Crude oil - production	65	18000	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	66	81.130 million	2018
Electricity - consumption	33	108.800 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	9	19.340 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	24	75	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	69	0	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	18	1	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	18	23	2017
Electricity - imports	8	24.260 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	30	34.170 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	34	109.300 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	22	43.380 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	9	51.250 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	8	51.000 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	18	45.330 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	26	801.400 billion	2018
Refined petroleum products - consumption	24	954500	2017
Refined petroleum products - exports	4	2.406 million bbl/day	2017
Refined petroleum products - imports	4	2.148 million bbl/day	2017
Refined petroleum products - production	18	1.282 million bbl/day	2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	30	170.78 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	66	17.79 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	148	12.07 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	49	55.1	2018
Land use - arable land	29	29.8	2018
Land use - forest	143	10.8	2018
Land use - other	66	34.1	2018
Land use - permanent crops	74	1.1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	65	24.2	2018
Revenue from coal	31	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	94	0.01 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	71	91.000 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	131	76.500 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	9	14.740 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	42	1.260 billion cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	133	0.59	2025
Urbanization - urban population	13	92.6	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	31	8.855 million tons	2015
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	24	2.179 million tons	2015
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	32	24.6 %	2015
Geography
Area - land	135	33893 sq km	0
Area - total	133	41543 sq km	0
Area - water	12	7.650 million sq km	0
Coastline	106	451 km	0
Elevation - highest point	201	N/A meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	39	7 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	146	30 meters	0
Irrigated land	55	4860 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	119	1053 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	49	55.1	2018
Land use - arable land	29	29.8	2018
Land use - forest	143	10.8	2018
Land use - other	66	34.1	2018
Land use - permanent crops	74	1.1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	65	24.2	2018
Total renewable water resources	70	91.000 billion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	151	11.91 %	8763
Age structure - 25-54 years	129	38.47 %	3238
Age structure - 55-64 years	33	13.69 %	8613
Birth rate	161	10.98 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	22	73 %	2013
Current Health Expenditure	16	10 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	48	9.22 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	15	31.2 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	113	3.2 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	80	55.6 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	139	24.4 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	107	0 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	99	0 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	70	0 % of population	0
Education expenditures	27	5.2 % of GDP	2017
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	36	0.2	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	44	N/A	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	62	24000	2020
Hospital bed density	36	3.3 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	187	3.06 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	189	3.82 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	189	3.45 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	25	84.3 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	20	79.72 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	25	81.95 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	110	5	2017
Median age - female	26	44 years	2020
Median age - male	18	41.6 years	0
Median age - total	21	42.8 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	8	30.1	2019
Net migration rate	46	1.9 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	76	20.4 %	2016
Physicians density	28	3.61 physicians/1,000 population	2017
Population	68	17.337 million	2021
Population growth rate	125	0.37 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	120	0 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	113	0 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	107	0 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	3	19 years	2018
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	3	18 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	3	19 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	10	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	20	1.04	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	24	1.01	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	23	0.99	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	28	0.83 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	19	0.98 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	105	1.78 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	124	6.2	2019
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	107	7.3	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	121	6.7	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	133	0.59	2025
Urbanization - urban population	13	92.6	2021
Transportation
Airports	95	29	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	43	1	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	28	11	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	38	6	2017
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	24	3	2017
Airports - with paved runways - total	55	23	2017
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	33	2	2017
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	30	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	54	4	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	90	6	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	65	2	2013
Heliports	25	1	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	21	5.887 billion	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	23	43.996 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	25	238	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	20	8	2020
Railways - total	60	3058 km	2016
Roadways - paved	161	N/A km	2021
Roadways - total	168	N/A km	2021
Waterways	21	6237 km	50

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

NOTE: The information regarding Netherlands on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Netherlands 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Netherlands 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.