Information
Largest city: Amsterdam
Capital city: Amsterdam
Major language: Dutch
Major religion: Christianity
Currency: € Euro
Borders
Belgium 450 km
Germany 577 km
Alternative names
The Netherlands
Nederland
Kingdom of the Netherlands
the netherlands
Netherlands
Koninkrijk der Nederlanden
People
Population: $16.94 million (2015)
GDP Per Capita: $44,433 (2015)
Life expectancy at birth: 80 Years Old (2014)
Tax on personal income: 7.7 of GDP (2015)
Unemployment: 6.0 % of labour force (2016)
Household debt: 277.1 % of disposable income (2015)
Government debt: 77.9 % of GDP (2015)
Society
Fertility rates: 1.70 (2015)
National population distribution: 85.1% (2014)
Permanent immigrant inflows: 105,471 (2013)
Poverty rate: 0.11 ratio (2014)
Social spending: 22% of GDP (2016)
Innovation and Technology
Internet access: 96% of all households (2015)
Wireless mobile broadband subscriptions: 84.8% per 100 inhabitants (2016)
ICT value added: 5.1% of value added (2011)
Gross domestic spending on R&D: 2% of GDP (2015)
Business use of broadband: 88% (2010)
Jobs
Average wages: $52,833 (2016)
Employment rate: 75.2 Total
% of working age population (2016)
Hours worked: 1,419 Total
Hours/worker
Long-term unemployment rate: 42.7% (2016)
Self-employment rate: 16.8% (2015)
Health
Health spending: $377 per capita (2015)
Hospital beds: 4.7 Per 1 000 inhabitants (2009)
Length of hospital stay: 6.40 days (2012)
Government
General government spending: 45.1% of GDP (2015)
Government reserves: 14 015.4 SDR millions (2014)
Tax on corporate profits: 2.7 of GDP (2015)
Tax revenue: $16 684 (2015)
Tax wedge: 37.5 % of labour cost (2016)
