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If the Netherlands were a US state
Where it would rank among 50 states + DC —
median rank 2nd
vs US states
vs Europe
vs World
▸
Life expectancy
82 years
’24
1st
▸
Lowest homicide rate
0.7 per 100k
’23
1st
▸
Lowest gun deaths
†
0.4 per 100k
’19
1st
▸
Lowest prisoner population
†
65 per 100k
’23
1st
▸
Paid maternity leave
†
16 weeks
’25
6th
▸
Statutory paid holiday
20 days
’26
1st
▸
Lowest road deaths
†
4 per 100k
’19
1st
▸
Lowest drug deaths
‡
2.1 per 100k
’23
1st
▸
Minimum wage
†
$15.65
’24
9th
▸
Lowest obesity
‡
16.9 % of adults
’24
1st
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GDP per capita
†
$87,320
’25
18th
▸
Lowest unemployment
3.9%
’25
30th
▸
Lowest infant mortality
3.4 per 1k births
’24
3rd
▸
Lowest suicide rate
†
11.5 per 100k
’21
10th
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Lowest CO₂ per person
†
6.6 t per person
’24
2nd
▸
Renewable energy share
†
12.2%
’21
19th
▸
Nobel laureates per million
‡
1.11 per million
’25
15th
▸
Population
18.1M people
’25
5th
▸
Land area
41,850 km²
’24
42nd
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