The Netherlands’ coastline is 2% longer than Poland’s

Netherlands: 451 km (2026 edition) · Poland: 440 km (2026 edition)

Poland’s highest peak towers 1,637 m above the Netherlands’

Netherlands: 862 m (2026 edition) · Poland: 2,499 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 53% of the Netherlands, versus 46% of Poland

Netherlands: 53.4% (2024) · Poland: 46.2% (2024)

Poland has 2 times as many people as the Netherlands

Netherlands: 18.1 million (2025) · Poland: 36.4 million (2025)

The Netherlands is 4.5 times as densely populated as Poland

Netherlands: 537 per km² (2025) · Poland: 119 per km² (2025)

The Netherlands and Poland are practically level

Netherlands: 41.4 years (2023) · Poland: 41.3 years (2023)

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

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

The Netherlands and Poland are practically level

Netherlands: 20.9% (2025) · Poland: 20.8% (2025)

Poland hosts 73% more refugees per resident than the Netherlands

Netherlands: 15.7 per 1,000 (2025) · Poland: 27.2 per 1,000 (2025)

The Netherlands has produced 11.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Poland 7.7

Netherlands: 11.1 (2026) · Poland: 7.7 (2026)

The Netherlands and Poland are practically level

Netherlands: 1 (2026) · Poland: 1 (2026)

The Netherlands’ economy is 29% larger than Poland’s

Netherlands: $1.33 trillion (2025) · Poland: $1.04 trillion (2025)

The Netherlands produces 61% more per person than Poland

Netherlands: Int$87,320 (2025) · Poland: Int$54,262 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Poland than in the Netherlands (Gini 2.8 points higher)

Netherlands: 25.7 (2021) · Poland: 28.5 (2023)

Poland and the Netherlands are practically level

Netherlands: 0.1% (2021) · Poland: 0.2% (2023)

Unemployment is 3.9% in the Netherlands, versus 3.0% in Poland

Netherlands: 3.9% (2025) · Poland: 3% (2025)

Poland spends 4.5% of its GDP on the military, the Netherlands 2.2%

Netherlands: 2.2% (2025) · Poland: 4.5% (2025)

The Netherlands’ central government collects 25% of GDP in tax, Poland’s 17%

Netherlands: 25.3% (2024) · Poland: 17.4% (2024)

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

Netherlands: 84% (2025) · Poland: 52% (2025)

The Netherlands spends 3.4 times as much on health per person as Poland

Netherlands: $6,845 (2024) · Poland: $2,014 (2024)

A baby in Poland is 6% more likely to die before turning one than in the Netherlands

Netherlands: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Poland: 3.6 per 1,000 (2024)

Poland has 4% more doctors per person than the Netherlands

Netherlands: 3.9 per 1,000 (2022) · Poland: 4 per 1,000 (2023)

Poland has 2.5 times as many hospital beds per person as the Netherlands

Netherlands: 2.4 per 1,000 (2022) · Poland: 6 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Poland is 40% higher than in the Netherlands

Netherlands: 9.6 per 100k (2023) · Poland: 13.4 per 100k (2023)

26% of adults in Poland are obese, versus 17% in the Netherlands

Netherlands: 16.9% (2024) · Poland: 25.9% (2024)

22% of adults in Poland smoke, versus 21% in the Netherlands

Netherlands: 20.5% (2024) · Poland: 21.7% (2024)

People in the Netherlands rate their lives 0.46 points higher than in Poland

Netherlands: 7.22 (2025) · Poland: 6.77 (2025)

Adults in Poland drink 34% more alcohol than in the Netherlands

Netherlands: 8.6 litres (2023) · Poland: 11.5 litres (2023)

Poland has 16% more meat per person than the Netherlands

Netherlands: 71.6 kg (2023) · Poland: 83.3 kg (2023)

Poland has 263 kcal more food per person per day than the Netherlands

Netherlands: 3,467 kcal (2023) · Poland: 3,730 kcal (2023)

Workers in Poland put in 368 more hours a year than in the Netherlands

Netherlands: 1,439 hours (2023) · Poland: 1,807 hours (2023)

Adults in Poland went to school 0.54 years longer than in the Netherlands

Netherlands: 12.7 years (2023) · Poland: 13.2 years (2023)

The Netherlands welcomed 68% more tourists per resident than Poland (2019)

Netherlands: 0.91 (2022) · Poland: 0.54 (2024)

Poland has 5 more World Heritage sites than the Netherlands (18 against 13)

Netherlands: 13 (2026) · Poland: 18 (2026)

The Netherlands has won 524 Olympic medals, Poland 335

Netherlands: 524 (2026 edition) · Poland: 335 (2026 edition)

97% of people in the Netherlands are online, versus 89% in Poland

Netherlands: 97% (2024) · Poland: 89% (2024)

Home internet in the Netherlands is 13% faster than in Poland

Netherlands: 324 Mbps (2026) · Poland: 288 Mbps (2026)

The Netherlands and Poland are practically level

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

96% of people in the Netherlands live in cities, versus 60% in Poland

Netherlands: 96% (2025) · Poland: 60% (2025)

Poland has 138 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, the Netherlands 129

Netherlands: 129 (2024) · Poland: 138 (2024)

Poland’s railway network is 6.1 times as long as the Netherlands’

Netherlands: 3,041 km (2021) · Poland: 18,620 km (2021)

Airlines from the Netherlands fly 9.5 times as many passengers per resident as those from Poland

Netherlands: 2.29 (2023) · Poland: 0.24 (2023)

Forest covers 31% of Poland, but only 11% of the Netherlands

Netherlands: 11% (2024) · Poland: 31% (2024)

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

Netherlands: 6.3 t (2024) · Poland: 7.1 t (2024)

51% of the Netherlands’ electricity is renewable, versus 32% in Poland

Netherlands: 51.2% (2025) · Poland: 31.5% (2025)

The air in Poland carries 63% more fine dust than in the Netherlands

Netherlands: 9.6 µg/m³ (2024) · Poland: 15.6 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 16% more likely to be murdered in Poland than in the Netherlands

Netherlands: 0.7 per 100k (2023) · Poland: 0.8 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Poland are 2.3 times as deadly as in the Netherlands

Netherlands: 5.1 per 100k (2023) · Poland: 11.5 per 100k (2023)

The Netherlands is on average 1.5 °C warmer than Poland

Netherlands: 11.2°C (2016–2025 avg) · Poland: 9.7°C (2016–2025 avg)

The Netherlands gets 16% more rain than Poland

Netherlands: 887 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Poland: 763 mm (2016–2025 avg)