Peru’s coastline is 5.4 times as long as the Netherlands’

Netherlands: 451 km (2026 edition) · Peru: 2,414 km (2026 edition)

Peru’s highest peak towers 5,884 m above the Netherlands’

Netherlands: 862 m (2026 edition) · Peru: 6,746 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 53% of the Netherlands, versus 19% of Peru

Netherlands: 53.4% (2024) · Peru: 19% (2024)

Peru has 91% more people than the Netherlands

Netherlands: 18.1 million (2025) · Peru: 34.6 million (2025)

The Netherlands is 20 times as densely populated as Peru

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

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

Netherlands: 41.4 years (2023) · Peru: 29.5 years (2023)

Women in Peru have 0.5 more children on average than in the Netherlands

Netherlands: 1.43 children per woman (2024) · Peru: 1.97 children per woman (2024)

21% of people in the Netherlands are 65 or older, versus 9.5% in Peru

Netherlands: 20.9% (2025) · Peru: 9.5% (2025)

The Netherlands hosts 80 times as many refugees per resident as Peru

Netherlands: 15.7 per 1,000 (2025) · Peru: 0.2 per 1,000 (2025)

The Netherlands has produced 11.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Peru 0.3

Netherlands: 11.1 (2026) · Peru: 0.3 (2026)

Peru has 3 official languages, the Netherlands 1

Netherlands: 1 (2026) · Peru: 3 (2026)

The Netherlands’ economy is 4 times the size of Peru’s

Netherlands: $1.33 trillion (2025) · Peru: $335 billion (2025)

The Netherlands produces 4.6 times as much per person as Peru

Netherlands: Int$87,320 (2025) · Peru: Int$18,816 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Peru than in the Netherlands (Gini 14.4 points higher)

Netherlands: 25.7 (2021) · Peru: 40.1 (2024)

5.1% of people in Peru live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.1% in the Netherlands

Netherlands: 0.1% (2021) · Peru: 5.1% (2024)

Unemployment is 5.1% in Peru, versus 3.9% in the Netherlands

Netherlands: 3.9% (2025) · Peru: 5.1% (2025)

The Netherlands spends 2.2% of its GDP on the military, Peru 0.8%

Netherlands: 2.2% (2025) · Peru: 0.8% (2025)

The Netherlands’ central government collects 25% of GDP in tax, Peru’s 16%

Netherlands: 25.3% (2024) · Peru: 15.9% (2021)

The Netherlands’ price level (US = 100) is 1.6× Peru’s

Netherlands: 84% (2025) · Peru: 51% (2025)

The Netherlands spends 15 times as much on health per person as Peru

Netherlands: $6,845 (2024) · Peru: $446 (2023)

A baby in Peru is 3.2 times as likely to die before turning one as in the Netherlands

Netherlands: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Peru: 11 per 1,000 (2024)

The Netherlands has 2.3 times as many doctors per person as Peru

Netherlands: 3.9 per 1,000 (2022) · Peru: 1.7 per 1,000 (2023)

The Netherlands has 55% more hospital beds per person than Peru

Netherlands: 2.4 per 1,000 (2022) · Peru: 1.6 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in the Netherlands is 3.3 times that in Peru

Netherlands: 9.6 per 100k (2023) · Peru: 2.9 per 100k (2023)

29% of adults in Peru are obese, versus 17% in the Netherlands

Netherlands: 16.9% (2024) · Peru: 29.1% (2024)

21% of adults in the Netherlands smoke, versus 12% in Peru

Netherlands: 20.5% (2024) · Peru: 12.4% (2024)

People in the Netherlands rate their lives 1.25 points higher than in Peru

Netherlands: 7.22 (2025) · Peru: 5.97 (2025)

Adults in the Netherlands drink 79% more alcohol than in Peru

Netherlands: 8.6 litres (2023) · Peru: 4.8 litres (2023)

The Netherlands has 29% more meat per person than Peru

Netherlands: 71.6 kg (2023) · Peru: 55.4 kg (2023)

The Netherlands has 656 kcal more food per person per day than Peru

Netherlands: 3,467 kcal (2023) · Peru: 2,811 kcal (2023)

Workers in Peru put in 704 more hours a year than in the Netherlands

Netherlands: 1,439 hours (2023) · Peru: 2,143 hours (2023)

Adults in the Netherlands went to school 2.5 years longer than in Peru

Netherlands: 12.7 years (2023) · Peru: 10.2 years (2023)

The Netherlands welcomed 15 times as many tourists per resident as Peru (2019)

Netherlands: 0.91 (2022) · Peru: 0.06 (2022)

The Netherlands and Peru are practically level

Netherlands: 13 (2026) · Peru: 13 (2026)

The Netherlands has won 524 Olympic medals, Peru 5

Netherlands: 524 (2026 edition) · Peru: 5 (2026 edition)

97% of people in the Netherlands are online, versus 82% in Peru

Netherlands: 97% (2024) · Peru: 82% (2024)

Home internet in the Netherlands is 10% faster than in Peru

Netherlands: 324 Mbps (2026) · Peru: 294 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in the Netherlands have electricity, versus 97% in Peru

Netherlands: 100% (2024) · Peru: 96.5% (2024)

96% of people in the Netherlands live in cities, versus 86% in Peru

Netherlands: 96% (2025) · Peru: 86% (2025)

The Netherlands has 129 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Peru 125

Netherlands: 129 (2024) · Peru: 125 (2024)

The Netherlands’ railway network is 64% longer than Peru’s

Netherlands: 3,041 km (2021) · Peru: 1,854 km (2017)

Airlines from the Netherlands fly 4.5 times as many passengers per resident as those from Peru

Netherlands: 2.29 (2023) · Peru: 0.51 (2023)

Forest covers 53% of Peru, but only 11% of the Netherlands

Netherlands: 11% (2024) · Peru: 52.7% (2024)

The average person in the Netherlands emits 3.1 times as much CO₂ as someone in Peru

Netherlands: 6.3 t (2024) · Peru: 2.1 t (2024)

64% of Peru’s electricity is renewable, versus 51% in the Netherlands

Netherlands: 51.2% (2025) · Peru: 63.6% (2025)

The air in Peru carries 2.9 times as much fine dust as in the Netherlands

Netherlands: 9.6 µg/m³ (2024) · Peru: 27.6 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 12 times as likely to be murdered in Peru as in the Netherlands

Netherlands: 0.7 per 100k (2023) · Peru: 8.6 per 100k (2021)

Roads in Peru are 3.3 times as deadly as in the Netherlands

Netherlands: 5.1 per 100k (2023) · Peru: 16.7 per 100k (2023)

Peru is on average 8.0 °C warmer than the Netherlands

Netherlands: 11.2°C (2016–2025 avg) · Peru: 19.2°C (2016–2025 avg)

Peru gets 2.4 times as much rain as the Netherlands

Netherlands: 887 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Peru: 2,164 mm (2016–2025 avg)