Russia’s coastline is 83 times as long as the Netherlands’

Netherlands: 451 km (2026 edition) · Russia: 37,653 km (2026 edition)

Russia’s highest peak towers 4,780 m above the Netherlands’

Netherlands: 862 m (2026 edition) · Russia: 5,642 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 53% of the Netherlands, versus 13% of Russia

Netherlands: 53.4% (2024) · Russia: 13.2% (2024)

Russia has 7.9 times as many people as the Netherlands

Netherlands: 18.1 million (2025) · Russia: 144 million (2025)

The Netherlands is 61 times as densely populated as Russia

Netherlands: 537 per km² (2025) · Russia: 9 per km² (2025)

The typical person in the Netherlands is 1.9 years older than in Russia

Netherlands: 41.4 years (2023) · Russia: 39.5 years (2023)

The Netherlands and Russia are practically level

Netherlands: 1.43 children per woman (2024) · Russia: 1.42 children per woman (2024)

21% of people in the Netherlands are 65 or older, versus 18% in Russia

Netherlands: 20.9% (2025) · Russia: 17.8% (2025)

The Netherlands hosts 191 times as many refugees per resident as Russia

Netherlands: 15.7 per 1,000 (2025) · Russia: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025)

The Netherlands has produced 11.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Russia 2.0

Netherlands: 11.1 (2026) · Russia: 2 (2026)

The Netherlands and Russia are practically level

Netherlands: 1 (2026) · Russia: 1 (2026)

Russia’s economy is 92% larger than the Netherlands’

Netherlands: $1.33 trillion (2025) · Russia: $2.56 trillion (2025)

The Netherlands produces 76% more per person than Russia

Netherlands: Int$87,320 (2025) · Russia: Int$49,568 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Russia than in the Netherlands (Gini 7.3 points higher)

Netherlands: 25.7 (2021) · Russia: 33 (2023)

The Netherlands and Russia are practically level

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

Unemployment is 3.9% in the Netherlands, versus 2.1% in Russia

Netherlands: 3.9% (2025) · Russia: 2.1% (2025)

Russia spends 7.5% of its GDP on the military, the Netherlands 2.2%

Netherlands: 2.2% (2025) · Russia: 7.5% (2025)

The Netherlands’ central government collects 25% of GDP in tax, Russia’s 11%

Netherlands: 25.3% (2024) · Russia: 10.9% (2024)

The Netherlands’ price level (US = 100) is 2.4× Russia’s

Netherlands: 84% (2025) · Russia: 35% (2025)

The Netherlands spends 6.8 times as much on health per person as Russia

Netherlands: $6,845 (2024) · Russia: $1,003 (2023)

A baby in Russia is 21% more likely to die before turning one than in the Netherlands

Netherlands: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Russia: 4.1 per 1,000 (2024)

Russia has 32% more doctors per person than the Netherlands

Netherlands: 3.9 per 1,000 (2022) · Russia: 5.1 per 1,000 (2022)

Russia has 2.8 times as many hospital beds per person as the Netherlands

Netherlands: 2.4 per 1,000 (2022) · Russia: 6.8 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Russia is 2.1 times that in the Netherlands

Netherlands: 9.6 per 100k (2023) · Russia: 19.8 per 100k (2023)

21% of adults in Russia are obese, versus 17% in the Netherlands

Netherlands: 16.9% (2024) · Russia: 21.2% (2024)

27% of adults in Russia smoke, versus 21% in the Netherlands

Netherlands: 20.5% (2024) · Russia: 27% (2024)

People in the Netherlands rate their lives 1.39 points higher than in Russia

Netherlands: 7.22 (2025) · Russia: 5.83 (2025)

Adults in Russia drink 22% more alcohol than in the Netherlands

Netherlands: 8.6 litres (2023) · Russia: 10.4 litres (2023)

Russia has 18% more meat per person than the Netherlands

Netherlands: 71.6 kg (2023) · Russia: 84.8 kg (2023)

Russia has 61 kcal more food per person per day than the Netherlands

Netherlands: 3,467 kcal (2023) · Russia: 3,528 kcal (2023)

Workers in Russia put in 648 more hours a year than in the Netherlands

Netherlands: 1,439 hours (2023) · Russia: 2,087 hours (2023)

Adults in the Netherlands went to school 0.26 years longer than in Russia

Netherlands: 12.7 years (2023) · Russia: 12.4 years (2023)

Netherlands: 0.91 (2022) · Russia: no data

Russia has 20 more World Heritage sites than the Netherlands (33 against 13)

Netherlands: 13 (2026) · Russia: 33 (2026)

Russia has won 539 Olympic medals, the Netherlands 524

Netherlands: 524 (2026 edition) · Russia: 539 (2026 edition)

97% of people in the Netherlands are online, versus 94% in Russia

Netherlands: 97% (2024) · Russia: 94% (2024)

Netherlands: 324 Mbps (2026) · Russia: no data

The Netherlands and Russia are practically level

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

96% of people in the Netherlands live in cities, versus 75% in Russia

Netherlands: 96% (2025) · Russia: 75% (2025)

Russia has 186 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, the Netherlands 129

Netherlands: 129 (2024) · Russia: 186 (2024)

Russia’s railway network is 28 times as long as the Netherlands’

Netherlands: 3,041 km (2021) · Russia: 85,544 km (2021)

Airlines from the Netherlands fly 3.3 times as many passengers per resident as those from Russia

Netherlands: 2.29 (2023) · Russia: 0.69 (2023)

Forest covers 51% of Russia, but only 11% of the Netherlands

Netherlands: 11% (2024) · Russia: 50.8% (2024)

The average person in Russia emits 2 times as much CO₂ as someone in the Netherlands

Netherlands: 6.3 t (2024) · Russia: 12.3 t (2024)

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

Netherlands: 51.2% (2025) · Russia: 17.4% (2025)

The air in Russia carries 34% more fine dust than in the Netherlands

Netherlands: 9.6 µg/m³ (2024) · Russia: 12.9 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 11 times as likely to be murdered in Russia as in the Netherlands

Netherlands: 0.7 per 100k (2023) · Russia: 7.8 per 100k (2024)

Roads in Russia are 2.6 times as deadly as in the Netherlands

Netherlands: 5.1 per 100k (2023) · Russia: 13.4 per 100k (2023)

The Netherlands is on average 13.8 °C warmer than Russia

Netherlands: 11.2°C (2016–2025 avg) · Russia: -2.6°C (2016–2025 avg)

The Netherlands gets 51% more rain than Russia

Netherlands: 887 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Russia: 586 mm (2016–2025 avg)