Spain vs Netherlands
Spain vs Netherlands: Learning-adjusted schooling
Learning-adjusted schooling in 2020: 10.5 years in Spain and 11.5 years in Netherlands, by World Bank estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Netherlands, by 1 years, or 1.1 times that in Spain.
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 | Spain | Netherlands |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 10.5 | 11.5 |
| 2018 | 10.7 | 11.8 |
| 2017 | 10.8 | 11.7 |
| 2010 | 10.3 | 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
Spain vs Netherlands
Health
- Life expectancySpain: 83.7 years in 2023Netherlands: 82.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySpain: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Netherlands: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySpain: 2.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Netherlands: 3.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterSpain: 99.6% in 2022Netherlands: 100% in 2022
- DepressionSpain: 3.54% in 2017Netherlands: 4.03% in 2017
- Suicide rateSpain: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Netherlands: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSpain: 47.9 million people in 2023Netherlands: 18.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthSpain: 0.02% a year in 2023Netherlands: 0.81% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSpain: 1.21 births per woman in 2023Netherlands: 1.43 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSpain: 80.5% in 2025Netherlands: 95.9% in 2025
- Median ageSpain: 44.9 years in 2023Netherlands: 41.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSpain: 20.7% in 2023Netherlands: 20.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateSpain: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Netherlands: 8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSpain: 2.13% of GDP in 2025Netherlands: 2.2% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsSpain: $37.7B in 2025Netherlands: $27B in 2025
- Military spending per personSpain: $839 in 2025Netherlands: $1,582 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSpain: 4.7% of government spending in 2025Netherlands: 4.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSpain: 199,000 people in 2020Netherlands: 41,000 people in 2020
- National powerSpain: 0.66% of world capability in 2022Netherlands: 0.38% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSpain: 0.87% of the labour force in 2020Netherlands: 0.42% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSpain: 237 million TIV in 2025Netherlands: 824 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsSpain: 341 million TIV in 2025Netherlands: 601 million TIV in 2025