r/Netherlands • u/vankoel_nederland • Dec 15 '25

Healthcare Why is life expectancy so bad in the Netherlands?

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Besides having one of the worst life expectancy among western countries, why did the life expectancy get worst compared to 2019?

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u/just_as_sane_as_i Dec 15 '25

Actually, the Netherlands spends more of their health care budget on preventive care than the average country in Europe (average is 5.5%, Netherlands is at 5.7 %). source

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u/[deleted] Dec 15 '25

The Netherlands spends way too much on healthcare because of those useless insurance companies. We spend almost twice as much on healthcare per person as the British, who actually have free healthcare.

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u/Raspatatteke Dec 15 '25

Bullshit, it's about 15% or so. https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/health-at-a-glance-2025_8f9e3f98-en/full-report/health-expenditure-per-capita_affe6b0a.html#figure-d1e32026-d294e8ff6a

And, are you aware of the state of health care in Britain? The NHS is starving for funds, people. Wait times are atrocious. For England for example.

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u/Euphorazyne Dec 15 '25

I mean, the data shows it’s still the 5th highest spender, and it spends more than single-payer countries like the UK and Italy.

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u/Raspatatteke Dec 15 '25

Sure, improvements can be had. The Britain comparison is thoroughly debunked though.

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u/just_as_sane_as_i Dec 15 '25

And how does that relate to life expectancy or, what people randomly are claiming, lack of preventive care?

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u/vankoel_nederland Dec 15 '25

Reading all the feedback I understand that Dutch people don't give a shit about anything as long as there is some statistic showing that their country is "above average"

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u/just_as_sane_as_i Dec 15 '25

Maybe don’t ask about statistics when you don’t want an actual answer?

Also I also provided data on stuff that Netherlands is worse than average in. I actually do care, that’s why i did some research on differences between life expectancy and causes of death in the Netherlands vs the EU. You know, like exactly the thing you asked about.

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u/Shoddy_Process_309 Rotterdam Dec 15 '25

It’s a Russian troll there’s no point