The Humble Giant - Holland Financial Centre

Quality of life
The Netherlands is proud to have a high standard of
living. The costs of living, housing, education and cultural
activities are lower than in most Western-European
countries. The population of the Netherlands is very diverse:
Amsterdam is home to the highest number of different
nationalities worldwide. To serve these nationalities the
Netherlands has 33 primary and 23 secondary international
schools. The Netherlands has various facilities for expat
communities.
The high quality of life is also reflected in the number of
museums; the Netherlands has the world’s highest density
of museums and is home to world renewed museums as the
Van Gogh museum and the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam and
the Mauritshuis in The Hague.
0.85
Human Development
Index
UNDP 2011
0.87 0.89
The Human Development Index (HDI) is a comparative measure
of life expectancy, literacy, education and standards of living in
countries worldwide.
3
rd
3Norway
0.943
3Australia 30.929
The Netherlands 0.910
USA
0.910
New Zealand 0.908
Canada 0.908
Ireland 0.908
Liechtenstein 0.905
Germany 0.905
Sweden 0.904
0.91
0.93
0.95
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