Chile’s coastline is 14 times as long as the Netherlands’

Chile: 6,435 km (2026 edition) · Netherlands: 451 km (2026 edition)

Chile’s highest peak towers 6,031 m above the Netherlands’

Chile: 6,893 m (2026 edition) · Netherlands: 862 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 53% of the Netherlands, versus 14% of Chile

Chile: 14.4% (2024) · Netherlands: 53.4% (2024)

Chile has 10% more people than the Netherlands

Chile: 19.9 million (2025) · Netherlands: 18.1 million (2025)

The Netherlands is 20 times as densely populated as Chile

Chile: 27 per km² (2025) · Netherlands: 537 per km² (2025)

The typical person in the Netherlands is 5.4 years older than in Chile

Chile: 36 years (2023) · Netherlands: 41.4 years (2023)

Women in the Netherlands have 0.3 more children on average than in Chile

Chile: 1.14 children per woman (2024) · Netherlands: 1.43 children per woman (2024)

21% of people in the Netherlands are 65 or older, versus 15% in Chile

Chile: 14.6% (2025) · Netherlands: 20.9% (2025)

The Netherlands hosts 118 times as many refugees per resident as Chile

Chile: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Netherlands: 15.7 per 1,000 (2025)

The Netherlands has produced 11.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Chile 1.0

Chile: 1 (2026) · Netherlands: 11.1 (2026)

Chile and the Netherlands are practically level

Chile: 1 (2026) · Netherlands: 1 (2026)

The Netherlands’ economy is 3.7 times the size of Chile’s

Chile: $357 billion (2025) · Netherlands: $1.33 trillion (2025)

The Netherlands produces 2.3 times as much per person as Chile

Chile: Int$37,774 (2025) · Netherlands: Int$87,320 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Chile than in the Netherlands (Gini 17.3 points higher)

Chile: 43 (2024) · Netherlands: 25.7 (2021)

Chile and the Netherlands are practically level

Chile: 0.4% (2024) · Netherlands: 0.1% (2021)

Unemployment is 9.0% in Chile, versus 3.9% in the Netherlands

Chile: 9% (2025) · Netherlands: 3.9% (2025)

The Netherlands spends 2.2% of its GDP on the military, Chile 1.5%

Chile: 1.5% (2025) · Netherlands: 2.2% (2025)

The Netherlands’ central government collects 25% of GDP in tax, Chile’s 18%

Chile: 18.3% (2024) · Netherlands: 25.3% (2024)

The Netherlands’ price level (US = 100) is 1.8× Chile’s

Chile: 48% (2025) · Netherlands: 84% (2025)

The Netherlands spends 3.9 times as much on health per person as Chile

Chile: $1,760 (2024) · Netherlands: $6,845 (2024)

A baby in Chile is 71% more likely to die before turning one than in the Netherlands

Chile: 5.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Netherlands: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024)

The Netherlands has 16% more doctors per person than Chile

Chile: 3.3 per 1,000 (2023) · Netherlands: 3.9 per 1,000 (2022)

The Netherlands has 25% more hospital beds per person than Chile

Chile: 1.9 per 1,000 (2023) · Netherlands: 2.4 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in the Netherlands is 5% higher than in Chile

Chile: 9.1 per 100k (2023) · Netherlands: 9.6 per 100k (2023)

41% of adults in Chile are obese, versus 17% in the Netherlands

Chile: 41.1% (2024) · Netherlands: 16.9% (2024)

27% of adults in Chile smoke, versus 21% in the Netherlands

Chile: 26.7% (2024) · Netherlands: 20.5% (2024)

People in the Netherlands rate their lives 0.92 points higher than in Chile

Chile: 6.30 (2025) · Netherlands: 7.22 (2025)

Adults in the Netherlands drink 30% more alcohol than in Chile

Chile: 6.6 litres (2023) · Netherlands: 8.6 litres (2023)

Chile has 38% more meat per person than the Netherlands

Chile: 98.5 kg (2023) · Netherlands: 71.6 kg (2023)

The Netherlands has 410 kcal more food per person per day than Chile

Chile: 3,057 kcal (2023) · Netherlands: 3,467 kcal (2023)

Workers in Chile put in 511 more hours a year than in the Netherlands

Chile: 1,950 hours (2023) · Netherlands: 1,439 hours (2023)

Adults in the Netherlands went to school 1.4 years longer than in Chile

Chile: 11.3 years (2023) · Netherlands: 12.7 years (2023)

The Netherlands welcomed 3.4 times as many tourists per resident as Chile (2019)

Chile: 0.27 (2024) · Netherlands: 0.91 (2022)

The Netherlands has 6 more World Heritage sites than Chile (13 against 7)

Chile: 7 (2026) · Netherlands: 13 (2026)

The Netherlands has won 524 Olympic medals, Chile 15

Chile: 15 (2026 edition) · Netherlands: 524 (2026 edition)

97% of people in the Netherlands are online, versus 96% in Chile

Chile: 96% (2024) · Netherlands: 97% (2024)

Home internet in Chile is 30% faster than in the Netherlands

Chile: 422 Mbps (2026) · Netherlands: 324 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in the Netherlands have electricity, versus 99% in Chile

Chile: 99% (2024) · Netherlands: 100% (2024)

96% of people in the Netherlands live in cities, versus 89% in Chile

Chile: 89% (2025) · Netherlands: 96% (2025)

Chile has 133 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, the Netherlands 129

Chile: 133 (2024) · Netherlands: 129 (2024)

The Netherlands’ railway network is 27% longer than Chile’s

Chile: 2,396 km (2021) · Netherlands: 3,041 km (2021)

Airlines from the Netherlands fly 2.1 times as many passengers per resident as those from Chile

Chile: 1.07 (2023) · Netherlands: 2.29 (2023)

Forest covers 24% of Chile, but only 11% of the Netherlands

Chile: 24.5% (2024) · Netherlands: 11% (2024)

The average person in the Netherlands emits 58% more CO₂ than someone in Chile

Chile: 4 t (2024) · Netherlands: 6.3 t (2024)

66% of Chile’s electricity is renewable, versus 51% in the Netherlands

Chile: 66.4% (2025) · Netherlands: 51.2% (2025)

The air in Chile carries 2.4 times as much fine dust as in the Netherlands

Chile: 23.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Netherlands: 9.6 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 9.2 times as likely to be murdered in Chile as in the Netherlands

Chile: 6.3 per 100k (2023) · Netherlands: 0.7 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Chile are 3.2 times as deadly as in the Netherlands

Chile: 16.3 per 100k (2023) · Netherlands: 5.1 per 100k (2023)

The Netherlands is on average 1.8 °C warmer than Chile

Chile: 9.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Netherlands: 11.2°C (2016–2025 avg)

Chile gets 61% more rain than the Netherlands

Chile: 1,425 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Netherlands: 887 mm (2016–2025 avg)