The Netherlands’ coastline is 65% longer than Israel’s

Israel: 273 km (2026 edition) · Netherlands: 451 km (2026 edition)

Israel’s highest peak towers 1,374 m above the Netherlands’

Israel: 2,236 m (2026 edition) · Netherlands: 862 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 53% of the Netherlands, versus 24% of Israel

Israel: 23.8% (2024) · Netherlands: 53.4% (2024)

The Netherlands has 79% more people than Israel

Israel: 10.1 million (2025) · Netherlands: 18.1 million (2025)

The Netherlands is 15% more densely populated than Israel

Israel: 468 per km² (2025) · Netherlands: 537 per km² (2025)

The typical person in the Netherlands is 12 years older than in Israel

Israel: 29.2 years (2023) · Netherlands: 41.4 years (2023)

Women in Israel have 1.4 more children on average than in the Netherlands

Israel: 2.87 children per woman (2024) · Netherlands: 1.43 children per woman (2024)

21% of people in the Netherlands are 65 or older, versus 13% in Israel

Israel: 12.7% (2025) · Netherlands: 20.9% (2025)

The Netherlands hosts 125 times as many refugees per resident as Israel

Israel: 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, Israel 5.9

Israel: 5.9 (2026) · Netherlands: 11.1 (2026)

Israel has 2 official languages, the Netherlands 1

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

The Netherlands’ economy is 2.2 times the size of Israel’s

Israel: $611 billion (2025) · Netherlands: $1.33 trillion (2025)

The Netherlands produces 46% more per person than Israel

Israel: Int$59,717 (2025) · Netherlands: Int$87,320 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Israel than in the Netherlands (Gini 12.6 points higher)

Israel: 38.3 (2022) · Netherlands: 25.7 (2021)

Israel and the Netherlands are practically level

Israel: 0.4% (2022) · Netherlands: 0.1% (2021)

The Netherlands and Israel are practically level

Israel: 3.5% (2025) · Netherlands: 3.9% (2025)

Israel spends 7.8% of its GDP on the military, the Netherlands 2.2%

Israel: 7.8% (2025) · Netherlands: 2.2% (2025)

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

Israel: 23.2% (2024) · Netherlands: 25.3% (2024)

Israel’s price level (US = 100) is 1.2× the Netherlands’

Israel: 101% (2025) · Netherlands: 84% (2025)

The Netherlands spends 74% more on health per person than Israel

Israel: $3,928 (2023) · Netherlands: $6,845 (2024)

A baby in the Netherlands is 26% more likely to die before turning one than in Israel

Israel: 2.7 per 1,000 (2024) · Netherlands: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024)

The Netherlands has 2% more doctors per person than Israel

Israel: 3.8 per 1,000 (2023) · Netherlands: 3.9 per 1,000 (2022)

Israel has 30% more hospital beds per person than the Netherlands

Israel: 3.1 per 1,000 (2023) · Netherlands: 2.4 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in the Netherlands is 39% higher than in Israel

Israel: 6.9 per 100k (2023) · Netherlands: 9.6 per 100k (2023)

23% of adults in Israel are obese, versus 17% in the Netherlands

Israel: 23.3% (2024) · Netherlands: 16.9% (2024)

21% of adults in Israel smoke, versus 21% in the Netherlands

Israel: 21.2% (2024) · Netherlands: 20.5% (2024)

The Netherlands and Israel are practically level

Israel: 7.19 (2025) · Netherlands: 7.22 (2025)

Adults in the Netherlands drink 2 times as much alcohol as in Israel

Israel: 4.2 litres (2023) · Netherlands: 8.6 litres (2023)

Israel has 52% more meat per person than the Netherlands

Israel: 108.7 kg (2023) · Netherlands: 71.6 kg (2023)

Israel has 287 kcal more food per person per day than the Netherlands

Israel: 3,754 kcal (2023) · Netherlands: 3,467 kcal (2023)

Workers in Israel put in 451 more hours a year than in the Netherlands

Israel: 1,890 hours (2023) · Netherlands: 1,439 hours (2023)

Adults in Israel went to school 0.86 years longer than in the Netherlands

Israel: 13.5 years (2023) · Netherlands: 12.7 years (2023)

The Netherlands welcomed 9.4 times as many tourists per resident as Israel (2019)

Israel: 0.1 (2024) · Netherlands: 0.91 (2022)

The Netherlands has 4 more World Heritage sites than Israel (13 against 9)

Israel: 9 (2026) · Netherlands: 13 (2026)

The Netherlands has won 524 Olympic medals, Israel 20

Israel: 20 (2026 edition) · Netherlands: 524 (2026 edition)

97% of people in the Netherlands are online, versus 88% in Israel

Israel: 88% (2024) · Netherlands: 97% (2024)

Home internet in Israel is 21% faster than in the Netherlands

Israel: 392 Mbps (2026) · Netherlands: 324 Mbps (2026)

Israel and the Netherlands are practically level

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

96% of people in the Netherlands live in cities, versus 92% in Israel

Israel: 92% (2025) · Netherlands: 96% (2025)

Israel has 177 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, the Netherlands 129

Israel: 177 (2024) · Netherlands: 129 (2024)

The Netherlands’ railway network is 77% longer than Israel’s

Israel: 1,720 km (2021) · Netherlands: 3,041 km (2021)

Airlines from the Netherlands fly 3.1 times as many passengers per resident as those from Israel

Israel: 0.73 (2023) · Netherlands: 2.29 (2023)

Forest covers 11% of the Netherlands, but only 6.8% of Israel

Israel: 6.8% (2024) · Netherlands: 11% (2024)

The average person in the Netherlands emits 12% more CO₂ than someone in Israel

Israel: 5.6 t (2024) · Netherlands: 6.3 t (2024)

51% of the Netherlands’ electricity is renewable, versus 17% in Israel

Israel: 16.9% (2025) · Netherlands: 51.2% (2025)

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

Israel: 20.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Netherlands: 9.6 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 2.4 times as likely to be murdered in Israel as in the Netherlands

Israel: 1.6 per 100k (2022) · Netherlands: 0.7 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Israel are 33% deadlier than in the Netherlands

Israel: 6.8 per 100k (2023) · Netherlands: 5.1 per 100k (2023)

Israel is on average 9.9 °C warmer than the Netherlands

Israel: 21.1°C (2016–2025 avg) · Netherlands: 11.2°C (2016–2025 avg)

The Netherlands gets 4.3 times as much rain as Israel

Israel: 205 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Netherlands: 887 mm (2016–2025 avg)