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Netherlands

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The Netherlands is a country. The capital city is Amsterdam, located in the Western Europe region of Europe. It has a land area of 33,670 km², a population of 17,877,117 people and uses the currency Euro. The Prime Minister is Mark Rutte.

Key facts

currency: Euro
capital city: Amsterdam
region: Western Europe
continent: Europe
land area: 33,670 km²
population: 17,877,117 people
political leader: Mark Rutte (Prime Minister)

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central government debt: 54.21 % of GDP
expense: 38.10 % of GDP
GDP: 1,154,361,305,398.06 current US$
inflation: 3.84 annual %
self-employed workers: 16.50 % of total employment
tax revenue: 23.26 % of GDP
unemployment: 3.54 % of total labor force
vulnerable employment: 13.13 % of total employment
armed forces personnel: 41,000 people
democracy score: 8.89
democracy type: Full democracy
individuals using the Internet: 97.00 % of population
military expenditure: 1.53 % of GDP
net migration: 144,558 people
press freedom: 9.06
proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 40.00 %
birth rate: 9.50 per 1,000 people
death rate: 9.60 per 1,000 people
health expenditure per capita: 6,539.00 current US$
health expenditure: 11.29 % of GDP
incidence of HIV: 0.01 per 1,000 uninfected population
hospital beds: 2.91 per 1,000 people
life expectancy at birth: 82
suicide mortality rate: 11.80 per 100,000 population
agricultural land: 18,120.00 km²
alternative and nuclear energy: 3.37 % of total energy use
carbon dioxide emissions (CO2): 122.87 Mt of CO2 equivalent
access to electricity: 100.00 % of population
electricity production from coal sources: 38.65 % of total
electricity production from natural gas sources: 42.28 % of total
electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 0.08 % of total
electricity production from nuclear sources: 3.51 % of total
electricity production from oil sources: 1.30 % of total
electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 12.36 % of total
net energy imports: 35.02 % of energy use
fertility rate: 1.49 births per woman
forest area: 3,713 km²
fossil fuel energy consumption: 93.46 % of total
greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6): 150.75 Mt of CO2 equivalent
median age: 37.40
methane emissions: 19.33 Mt of CO2 equivalent
nitrous oxide emissions: 7.61 Mt of CO2 equivalent
female population: 8,997,851 people
male population: 8,879,266 people
renewable energy consumption: 12.20 % of total final energy consumption
rural land area: 26,211.90 km²
rural population: 1,219,398 people
urban land area: 8,322.49 km²
urban population: 16,657,719 people
urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 43.81 % of total population

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Distribution of artists from the Netherlands by birth year

Distribution of universities in the Netherlands per foundation year

Distribution of diseases by first founded year in the Netherlands

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Correlation of carbon dioxide emissions and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) by countries yearly in the Netherlands

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There are 689 books written about the Netherlands in the database.

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