Australia vs Netherlands

Australia
East Asia & Pacific
High income
Capital: Canberra
Population
27.2M
GDP
$1.8T
Netherlands
Europe & Central Asia
High income
Capital: Amsterdam
Population
18M
GDP
$1.2T

POP 1.5x GDP 1.4x LE 1.1 yrs same-band HIC

Widest indicator spreads · Australia vs Netherlands

Foreign Direct Investment131.9%Population Density99.3%Freshwater Withdrawal96.8%Poverty (< $2.15/day)90%Trade (% of GDP)69.4%CO2 Emissions Per Capita53.2%Maternal Mortality Ratio50%Forest Area36.5%
TIGHT pair: headers nearly match, so the chart is Foreign Direct Investment rather than GDP scale.

Demographics: Population Density (Netherlands, 99% spread)

Indicator Australia Netherlands Year
Population Density 3.5 531.0 2023
Population 27.2M 18M 2024
Population Ages 0-14 17.8% 15.0% 2024

4 closer demographics rows sit on the Australia and Netherlands profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Economy: Foreign Direct Investment (Australia, 132% spread)

Indicator Australia Netherlands Year
Foreign Direct Investment $53.4B $-17,058,018,836.868 2024
Trade (% of GDP) 47.1% 154.0% 2024
GDP (Current USD) $1.8T $1.2T 2024
GDP Growth Rate 1.4% 1.1% 2024

5 closer economy rows sit on the Australia and Netherlands profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Health: Maternal Mortality Ratio (Australia, 50% spread)

Indicator Australia Netherlands Year
Maternal Mortality Ratio 2 4 2023
Stunting Prevalence (under 5) 1.9% 1.5% 2007

5 closer health rows sit on the Australia and Netherlands profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Education: School Enrollment (Tertiary) (Australia, 20% spread)

Indicator Australia Netherlands Year
School Enrollment (Tertiary) 108.4% 86.6% 2024

3 closer education rows sit on the Australia and Netherlands profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Environment: Freshwater Withdrawal (Netherlands, 97% spread)

Indicator Australia Netherlands Year
Freshwater Withdrawal 2.4% 74.9% 2022
CO2 Emissions Per Capita 14.1 6.6 2024
Forest Area 17.4% 11.1% 2023
Electric Power Consumption 9,801 6,386 2024

1 closer environment rows sit on the Australia and Netherlands profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Infrastructure: Mobile Subscriptions (Netherlands, 12% spread)

Indicator Australia Netherlands Year
Mobile Subscriptions 112.6 128.5 2024
Access to Sanitation 95.8% 97.5% 2024

3 closer infrastructure rows sit on the Australia and Netherlands profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Social: Poverty (< $2.15/day) (Netherlands, 90% spread)

Indicator Australia Netherlands Year
Poverty (< $2.15/day) 1.0% 0.1% 2020
GINI Index 33.8 25.7 2020
Intentional Homicides 0.9 0.7 2023

3 closer social rows sit on the Australia and Netherlands profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

How to read this Australia vs Netherlands comparison

Australia vs Netherlands is a TIGHT pair on population/GDP scale (same-band HIC: HIC/HIC). Look past the near-parity headers to Foreign Direct Investment (~132% spread); 46 WDI/WHO/ILO figures across 8 topics. Shared income tier makes small rate gaps more informative than totals. Figures may come from different reporting years; dollar values move with exchange rates; national averages conceal inequality. See our methodology.

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Australia vs Netherlands figures: World Bank Open Data and health rows: WHO Global Health Observatory. CC BY 4.0 · same-band HIC · TIGHT scale band.