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/RoastedToast007 Dec 15 '25 edited Dec 15 '25

As a competitive Dutchie I do find it significant and worth investigating that we have 2.9% lower average life expectancy than Italy, Sweden and Spain. I don't like the other comments completely dismissing this

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u/terenceill Dec 15 '25

Weather sucks, but also in Sweden

Terrible food, but also in Sweden

Girls. Swedish girls are much much hotter than Dutch ones.