Iceland’s coastline is 11 times as long as the Netherlands’

Iceland: 4,970 km (2026 edition) · Netherlands: 451 km (2026 edition)

Iceland’s highest peak towers 1,248 m above the Netherlands’

Iceland: 2,110 m (2026 edition) · Netherlands: 862 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 53% of the Netherlands, versus 16% of Iceland

Iceland: 16.2% (2024) · Netherlands: 53.4% (2024)

The Netherlands has 46 times as many people as Iceland

Iceland: 392,404 (2025) · Netherlands: 18.1 million (2025)

The Netherlands is 138 times as densely populated as Iceland

Iceland: 4 per km² (2025) · Netherlands: 537 per km² (2025)

The typical person in the Netherlands is 5.6 years older than in Iceland

Iceland: 35.8 years (2023) · Netherlands: 41.4 years (2023)

Women in Iceland have 0.1 more children on average than in the Netherlands

Iceland: 1.56 children per woman (2024) · Netherlands: 1.43 children per woman (2024)

21% of people in the Netherlands are 65 or older, versus 16% in Iceland

Iceland: 16% (2025) · Netherlands: 20.9% (2025)

Iceland hosts 37% more refugees per resident than the Netherlands

Iceland: 21.6 per 1,000 (2025) · Netherlands: 15.7 per 1,000 (2025)

Iceland: no data · Netherlands: 11.1 (2026)

Iceland and the Netherlands are practically level

Iceland: 1 (2026) · Netherlands: 1 (2026)

The Netherlands’ economy is 35 times the size of Iceland’s

Iceland: $38.6 billion (2025) · Netherlands: $1.33 trillion (2025)

The Netherlands produces 5% more per person than Iceland

Iceland: Int$83,431 (2025) · Netherlands: Int$87,320 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Iceland than in the Netherlands (Gini 1.1 points higher)

Iceland: 26.8 (2019) · Netherlands: 25.7 (2021)

Iceland and the Netherlands are practically level

Iceland: 0.1% (2019) · Netherlands: 0.1% (2021)

The Netherlands and Iceland are practically level

Iceland: 3.6% (2025) · Netherlands: 3.9% (2025)

The Netherlands spends 2.2% of its GDP on the military, Iceland 0%

Iceland: 0% (2025) · Netherlands: 2.2% (2025)

The Netherlands’ central government collects 25% of GDP in tax, Iceland’s 23%

Iceland: 23.2% (2023) · Netherlands: 25.3% (2024)

Iceland’s price level (US = 100) is 1.4× the Netherlands’

Iceland: 118% (2025) · Netherlands: 84% (2025)

Iceland spends 12% more on health per person than the Netherlands

Iceland: $7,642 (2024) · Netherlands: $6,845 (2024)

A baby in the Netherlands is 62% more likely to die before turning one than in Iceland

Iceland: 2.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Netherlands: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024)

Iceland has 13% more doctors per person than the Netherlands

Iceland: 4.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Netherlands: 3.9 per 1,000 (2022)

Iceland has 17% more hospital beds per person than the Netherlands

Iceland: 2.8 per 1,000 (2020) · Netherlands: 2.4 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Iceland is 8% higher than in the Netherlands

Iceland: 10.4 per 100k (2023) · Netherlands: 9.6 per 100k (2023)

24% of adults in Iceland are obese, versus 17% in the Netherlands

Iceland: 23.5% (2024) · Netherlands: 16.9% (2024)

21% of adults in the Netherlands smoke, versus 9.2% in Iceland

Iceland: 9.2% (2024) · Netherlands: 20.5% (2024)

People in Iceland rate their lives 0.32 points higher than in the Netherlands

Iceland: 7.54 (2025) · Netherlands: 7.22 (2025)

Adults in the Netherlands drink 11% more alcohol than in Iceland

Iceland: 7.7 litres (2023) · Netherlands: 8.6 litres (2023)

Iceland has 37% more meat per person than the Netherlands

Iceland: 98.1 kg (2023) · Netherlands: 71.6 kg (2023)

Iceland has 214 kcal more food per person per day than the Netherlands

Iceland: 3,681 kcal (2023) · Netherlands: 3,467 kcal (2023)

Workers in Iceland put in 13 more hours a year than in the Netherlands

Iceland: 1,452 hours (2023) · Netherlands: 1,439 hours (2023)

Adults in Iceland went to school 1.2 years longer than in the Netherlands

Iceland: 13.9 years (2023) · Netherlands: 12.7 years (2023)

Iceland welcomed 6.2 times as many tourists per resident as the Netherlands (2019)

Iceland: 5.58 (2019) · Netherlands: 0.91 (2022)

The Netherlands has 10 more World Heritage sites than Iceland (13 against 3)

Iceland: 3 (2026) · Netherlands: 13 (2026)

The Netherlands has won 524 Olympic medals, Iceland 4

Iceland: 4 (2026 edition) · Netherlands: 524 (2026 edition)

98% of people in Iceland are online, versus 97% in the Netherlands

Iceland: 98% (2024) · Netherlands: 97% (2024)

Home internet in Iceland is 19% faster than in the Netherlands

Iceland: 385 Mbps (2026) · Netherlands: 324 Mbps (2026)

Iceland and the Netherlands are practically level

Iceland: 100% (2024) · Netherlands: 100% (2024)

96% of people in the Netherlands live in cities, versus 94% in Iceland

Iceland: 94% (2025) · Netherlands: 96% (2025)

The Netherlands has 129 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Iceland 121

Iceland: 121 (2024) · Netherlands: 129 (2024)

Iceland: no data · Netherlands: 3,041 km (2021)

Airlines from Iceland fly 4.8 times as many passengers per resident as those from the Netherlands

Iceland: 11.07 (2023) · Netherlands: 2.29 (2023)

Forest covers 11% of the Netherlands, but only 0.6% of Iceland

Iceland: 0.6% (2024) · Netherlands: 11% (2024)

The average person in Iceland emits 54% more CO₂ than someone in the Netherlands

Iceland: 9.7 t (2024) · Netherlands: 6.3 t (2024)

100% of Iceland’s electricity is renewable, versus 51% in the Netherlands

Iceland: 100% (2024) · Netherlands: 51.2% (2025)

The air in the Netherlands carries 2.1 times as much fine dust as in Iceland

Iceland: 4.6 µg/m³ (2024) · Netherlands: 9.6 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 87% more likely to be murdered in Iceland than in the Netherlands

Iceland: 1.3 per 100k (2023) · Netherlands: 0.7 per 100k (2023)

Roads in the Netherlands are 31% deadlier than in Iceland

Iceland: 3.9 per 100k (2023) · Netherlands: 5.1 per 100k (2023)

The Netherlands is on average 9.2 °C warmer than Iceland

Iceland: 2°C (2016–2025 avg) · Netherlands: 11.2°C (2016–2025 avg)

Iceland gets 62% more rain than the Netherlands

Iceland: 1,439 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Netherlands: 887 mm (2016–2025 avg)