Brazil vs Netherlands
Brazil vs Netherlands: Learning-adjusted schooling
Learning-adjusted schooling in 2020: 7.9 years in Brazil and 11.5 years in Netherlands, by World Bank estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Netherlands, by 3.7 years, or 1.47 times that in Brazil.
years · World Bank
What the numbers say
- Netherlands has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2010.
Every year
years · World Bank
| Year | Brazil | Netherlands |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 7.9 | 11.5 |
| 2018 | 7.8 | 11.8 |
| 2017 | 7.6 | 11.7 |
| 2010 | 7.6 | 11.7 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The years of school a child can expect by 18, cut to what students actually learn: the World Bank’s learning-adjusted years of school.
- Source: World Bank Human Capital Index, via Our World in Data.
- Ranks count the 174 countries with a value in 2020, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Brazil vs Netherlands
Health
- Life expectancyBrazil: 75.9 years in 2023Netherlands: 82.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBrazil: 1.4 per 100 live births in 2024Netherlands: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBrazil: 12.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Netherlands: 3.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBrazil: 87.3% in 2022Netherlands: 100% in 2022
- DepressionBrazil: 3.3% in 2017Netherlands: 4.03% in 2017
- Suicide rateBrazil: 6.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Netherlands: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBrazil: 211 million people in 2023Netherlands: 18.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthBrazil: 0.41% a year in 2023Netherlands: 0.81% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBrazil: 1.62 births per woman in 2023Netherlands: 1.43 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBrazil: 88.2% in 2025Netherlands: 95.9% in 2025
- Median ageBrazil: 33.9 years in 2023Netherlands: 41.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBrazil: 10.6% in 2023Netherlands: 20.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateBrazil: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Netherlands: 8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBrazil: 1.05% of GDP in 2025Netherlands: 2.2% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBrazil: $23.6B in 2025Netherlands: $27B in 2025
- Military spending per personBrazil: $113 in 2025Netherlands: $1,582 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBrazil: 2.2% of government spending in 2025Netherlands: 4.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBrazil: 762,000 people in 2020Netherlands: 41,000 people in 2020
- National powerBrazil: 2.01% of world capability in 2022Netherlands: 0.38% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBrazil: 0.76% of the labour force in 2020Netherlands: 0.42% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBrazil: 462 million TIV in 2025Netherlands: 824 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsBrazil: 153 million TIV in 2025Netherlands: 601 million TIV in 2025