Thailand vs Netherlands
Thailand vs Netherlands: Learning-adjusted schooling
Learning-adjusted schooling in 2020: 8.7 years in Thailand and 11.5 years in Netherlands, by World Bank estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Netherlands, by 2.9 years, or 1.33 times that in Thailand.
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 | Thailand | Netherlands |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 8.7 | 11.5 |
| 2018 | 8.9 | 11.8 |
| 2017 | 8.6 | 11.7 |
| 2010 | 8.5 | 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
Thailand vs Netherlands
Health
- Life expectancyThailand: 76.4 years in 2023Netherlands: 82.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityThailand: 0.9 per 100 live births in 2024Netherlands: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityThailand: 6.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Netherlands: 3.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionThailand: 3.09% in 2017Netherlands: 4.03% in 2017
- Suicide rateThailand: 10.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Netherlands: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationThailand: 71.7 million people in 2023Netherlands: 18.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthThailand: -0.04% a year in 2023Netherlands: 0.81% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateThailand: 1.21 births per woman in 2023Netherlands: 1.43 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationThailand: 62.8% in 2025Netherlands: 95.9% in 2025
- Median ageThailand: 39.7 years in 2023Netherlands: 41.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overThailand: 14.7% in 2023Netherlands: 20.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateThailand: 0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023Netherlands: 8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingThailand: 1.04% of GDP in 2025Netherlands: 2.2% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsThailand: $5.57B in 2025Netherlands: $27B in 2025
- Military spending per personThailand: $84 in 2025Netherlands: $1,582 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingThailand: 4.4% of government spending in 2025Netherlands: 4.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelThailand: 455,000 people in 2020Netherlands: 41,000 people in 2020
- National powerThailand: 0.79% of world capability in 2022Netherlands: 0.38% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersThailand: 1.13% of the labour force in 2020Netherlands: 0.42% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsThailand: 33 million TIV in 2025Netherlands: 824 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsThailand: 15 million TIV in 2024Netherlands: 601 million TIV in 2025