Israel vs Netherlands
Israel vs Netherlands: Learning-adjusted schooling
Learning-adjusted schooling in 2020: 10.6 years in Israel and 11.5 years in Netherlands, by World Bank estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Netherlands, by 0.9 years, or 1.09 times that in Israel.
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 | Israel | Netherlands |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 10.6 | 11.5 |
| 2018 | 11.1 | 11.8 |
| 2017 | 11.1 | 11.7 |
| 2010 | 10.4 | 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
Israel vs Netherlands
Health
- Life expectancyIsrael: 82.4 years in 2023Netherlands: 82.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIsrael: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Netherlands: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIsrael: 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Netherlands: 3.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterIsrael: 99.5% in 2022Netherlands: 100% in 2022
- DepressionIsrael: 3.83% in 2017Netherlands: 4.03% in 2017
- Suicide rateIsrael: 5.7 per 100,000 people in 2017Netherlands: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIsrael: 9.26 million people in 2023Netherlands: 18.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthIsrael: 1.42% a year in 2023Netherlands: 0.81% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIsrael: 2.83 births per woman in 2023Netherlands: 1.43 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIsrael: 91.6% in 2025Netherlands: 95.9% in 2025
- Median ageIsrael: 29.2 years in 2023Netherlands: 41.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIsrael: 12.4% in 2023Netherlands: 20.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateIsrael: 1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Netherlands: 8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIsrael: 7.81% of GDP in 2025Netherlands: 2.2% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsIsrael: $43.7B in 2025Netherlands: $27B in 2025
- Military spending per personIsrael: $5,108 in 2025Netherlands: $1,582 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingIsrael: 17.8% of government spending in 2025Netherlands: 4.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIsrael: 178,000 people in 2020Netherlands: 41,000 people in 2020
- National powerIsrael: 0.38% of world capability in 2022Netherlands: 0.38% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIsrael: 4.23% of the labour force in 2020Netherlands: 0.42% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIsrael: 537 million TIV in 2025Netherlands: 824 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsIsrael: 2.62 billion TIV in 2025Netherlands: 601 million TIV in 2025