Ireland’s coastline is 3.2 times as long as the Netherlands’

Ireland: 1,448 km (2026 edition) · Netherlands: 451 km (2026 edition)

Ireland’s highest peak towers 179 m above the Netherlands’

Ireland: 1,041 m (2026 edition) · Netherlands: 862 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 65% of Ireland, versus 53% of the Netherlands

Ireland: 65.1% (2024) · Netherlands: 53.4% (2024)

The Netherlands has 3.3 times as many people as Ireland

Ireland: 5.48 million (2025) · Netherlands: 18.1 million (2025)

The Netherlands is 6.7 times as densely populated as Ireland

Ireland: 80 per km² (2025) · Netherlands: 537 per km² (2025)

The typical person in the Netherlands is 3 years older than in Ireland

Ireland: 38.4 years (2023) · Netherlands: 41.4 years (2023)

Ireland and the Netherlands are practically level

Ireland: 1.47 children per woman (2024) · Netherlands: 1.43 children per woman (2024)

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

Ireland: 16.2% (2025) · Netherlands: 20.9% (2025)

Ireland hosts 60% more refugees per resident than the Netherlands

Ireland: 25.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Netherlands: 15.7 per 1,000 (2025)

The Netherlands has produced 11.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ireland 9.1

Ireland: 9.1 (2026) · Netherlands: 11.1 (2026)

Ireland has 2 official languages, the Netherlands 1

Ireland: 2 (2026) · Netherlands: 1 (2026)

The Netherlands’ economy is 85% larger than Ireland’s

Ireland: $722 billion (2025) · Netherlands: $1.33 trillion (2025)

Ireland produces 78% more per person than the Netherlands

Ireland: Int$155,089 (2025) · Netherlands: Int$87,320 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Ireland than in the Netherlands (Gini 3.3 points higher)

Ireland: 29 (2023) · Netherlands: 25.7 (2021)

Ireland and the Netherlands are practically level

Ireland: 0.1% (2023) · Netherlands: 0.1% (2021)

Unemployment is 4.6% in Ireland, versus 3.9% in the Netherlands

Ireland: 4.6% (2025) · Netherlands: 3.9% (2025)

The Netherlands spends 2.2% of its GDP on the military, Ireland 0.2%

Ireland: 0.2% (2025) · Netherlands: 2.2% (2025)

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

Ireland: 17.9% (2024) · Netherlands: 25.3% (2024)

Ireland and the Netherlands are nearly identical here

Ireland: 85% (2025) · Netherlands: 84% (2025)

Ireland spends 8% more on health per person than the Netherlands

Ireland: $7,395 (2024) · Netherlands: $6,845 (2024)

Ireland and the Netherlands are nearly identical here

Ireland: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Netherlands: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024)

The Netherlands and Ireland are nearly identical here

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

Ireland has 22% more hospital beds per person than the Netherlands

Ireland: 3 per 1,000 (2023) · Netherlands: 2.4 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in the Netherlands is 33% higher than in Ireland

Ireland: 7.2 per 100k (2023) · Netherlands: 9.6 per 100k (2023)

31% of adults in Ireland are obese, versus 17% in the Netherlands

Ireland: 30.6% (2024) · Netherlands: 16.9% (2024)

21% of adults in the Netherlands smoke, versus 18% in Ireland

Ireland: 18.2% (2024) · Netherlands: 20.5% (2024)

People in the Netherlands rate their lives 0.29 points higher than in Ireland

Ireland: 6.93 (2025) · Netherlands: 7.22 (2025)

Adults in Ireland drink 20% more alcohol than in the Netherlands

Ireland: 10.3 litres (2023) · Netherlands: 8.6 litres (2023)

Ireland has 37% more meat per person than the Netherlands

Ireland: 98.4 kg (2023) · Netherlands: 71.6 kg (2023)

Ireland has 454 kcal more food per person per day than the Netherlands

Ireland: 3,921 kcal (2023) · Netherlands: 3,467 kcal (2023)

Workers in Ireland put in 215 more hours a year than in the Netherlands

Ireland: 1,654 hours (2023) · Netherlands: 1,439 hours (2023)

Adults in the Netherlands went to school 0.94 years longer than in Ireland

Ireland: 11.7 years (2023) · Netherlands: 12.7 years (2023)

Ireland welcomed 2.4 times as many tourists per resident as the Netherlands (2019)

Ireland: 2.2 (2019) · Netherlands: 0.91 (2022)

The Netherlands has 11 more World Heritage sites than Ireland (13 against 2)

Ireland: 2 (2026) · Netherlands: 13 (2026)

The Netherlands has won 524 Olympic medals, Ireland 42

Ireland: 42 (2026 edition) · Netherlands: 524 (2026 edition)

Ireland and the Netherlands are practically level

Ireland: 97% (2024) · Netherlands: 97% (2024)

Home internet in the Netherlands is 8% faster than in Ireland

Ireland: 300 Mbps (2026) · Netherlands: 324 Mbps (2026)

Ireland and the Netherlands are practically level

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

96% of people in the Netherlands live in cities, versus 65% in Ireland

Ireland: 65% (2025) · Netherlands: 96% (2025)

The Netherlands has 129 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ireland 113

Ireland: 113 (2024) · Netherlands: 129 (2024)

The Netherlands’ railway network is 84% longer than Ireland’s

Ireland: 1,650 km (2021) · Netherlands: 3,041 km (2021)

Airlines from Ireland fly 15 times as many passengers per resident as those from the Netherlands

Ireland: 35.11 (2023) · Netherlands: 2.29 (2023)

Forest covers 12% of Ireland, but only 11% of the Netherlands

Ireland: 12% (2024) · Netherlands: 11% (2024)

Ireland and the Netherlands are nearly identical here

Ireland: 6.3 t (2024) · Netherlands: 6.3 t (2024)

51% of the Netherlands’ electricity is renewable, versus 48% in Ireland

Ireland: 48.1% (2025) · Netherlands: 51.2% (2025)

The air in the Netherlands carries 30% more fine dust than in Ireland

Ireland: 7.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Netherlands: 9.6 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 6% more likely to be murdered in the Netherlands than in Ireland

Ireland: 0.7 per 100k (2023) · Netherlands: 0.7 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Ireland are 2% deadlier than in the Netherlands

Ireland: 5.2 per 100k (2023) · Netherlands: 5.1 per 100k (2023)

The Netherlands is on average 0.9 °C warmer than Ireland

Ireland: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Netherlands: 11.2°C (2016–2025 avg)

Ireland gets 28% more rain than the Netherlands

Ireland: 1,139 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Netherlands: 887 mm (2016–2025 avg)