Ireland vs Netherlands
Ireland vs Netherlands: Learning-adjusted schooling
Learning-adjusted schooling in 2020: 11.6 years in Ireland and 11.5 years in Netherlands, by World Bank estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Ireland, by 0.1 years, or 1 times that in Netherlands.
years · World Bank
What the numbers say
- Ireland has been higher since 2017, when it overtook Netherlands.
Every year
years · World Bank
| Year | Ireland | Netherlands |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 11.6 | 11.5 |
| 2018 | 12 | 11.8 |
| 2017 | 11.8 | 11.7 |
| 2010 | 11.3 | 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
Ireland vs Netherlands
Health
- Life expectancyIreland: 82.4 years in 2023Netherlands: 82.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIreland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Netherlands: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIreland: 2.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Netherlands: 3.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterIreland: 96% in 2022Netherlands: 100% in 2022
- DepressionIreland: 4.25% in 2017Netherlands: 4.03% in 2017
- Suicide rateIreland: 8.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Netherlands: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIreland: 5.2 million people in 2023Netherlands: 18.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthIreland: 1.19% a year in 2023Netherlands: 0.81% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIreland: 1.6 births per woman in 2023Netherlands: 1.43 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIreland: 64.6% in 2025Netherlands: 95.9% in 2025
- Median ageIreland: 38.4 years in 2023Netherlands: 41.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIreland: 15.5% in 2023Netherlands: 20.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateIreland: 8.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Netherlands: 8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIreland: 0.22% of GDP in 2025Netherlands: 2.2% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsIreland: $1.46B in 2025Netherlands: $27B in 2025
- Military spending per personIreland: $272 in 2025Netherlands: $1,582 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingIreland: 0.9% of government spending in 2025Netherlands: 4.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIreland: 9,000 people in 2020Netherlands: 41,000 people in 2020
- National powerIreland: 0.05% of world capability in 2022Netherlands: 0.38% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIreland: 0.37% of the labour force in 2020Netherlands: 0.42% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIreland: 14 million TIV in 2025Netherlands: 824 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsIreland: 24 million TIV in 2025Netherlands: 601 million TIV in 2025