Quality of life in The Hague
The Hague, Netherlands, is among the top cities with a free business environment. According to our city rankings, this is a good place to live with high ratings in travel connectivity, safety and healthcare.
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The Hague, Netherlands, is among the top cities with a free business environment. According to our city rankings, this is a good place to live with high ratings in travel connectivity, safety and healthcare.
Large apartment | $1600.00 |
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Medium apartment | $1300.00 |
Rent index [score] | 0.62 |
Small apartment | $1000.00 |
5km taxi ride | $16.00 |
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A Cappuccino | $3.50 |
A beer | $1.40 |
A kilogram of Apples | $2.40 |
Bread | $0.68 |
Inflation [score] | 0.47 |
Lunch | $18.00 |
Monthly fitness club membership | $42.00 |
Monthly public transport | $96.00 |
Movie ticket | $13.00 |
Price of a meal at a restaurant | $85.69 |
Average monthly increase in number of startups | 2 |
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Average monthly increase in number of startups [score] | 0.27 |
Coworking spaces [score] | 0.68 |
Coworking spaces on WorkFrom.co | 21 |
Meetups [score] | 0.62 |
Meetups groups | 194 |
Meetups members | 50181 |
Number of investors | 4 |
Number of startup events in the last 12 months | 106 |
Number of upcoming meetup events | 44 |
Startup climate scene [score] | 0.41 |
Startup events | 33 |
Startup events [score] | 0.50 |
Startups [score] | 0.50 |
Total number of startups | 89 |
Venture capital [score] | 0.11 |
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Airport hub | 237 |
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Airport hub [score] | 0.98 |
Intercity train connectivity [score] | 0.62 |
Traffic handling [score] | 0.57 |
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Business freedom | 80.00 |
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Business freedom [score] | 0.77 |
Freedom from corruption | 83.00 |
Freedom from corruption [score] | 0.92 |
Lack of labor restrictions | 64.00 |
Lack of labor restrictions [score] | 0.52 |
Time to open a business | 4.00 |
Time to open a business [score] | 0.97 |
Crime rate [score] | 0.78 |
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Gun-related deaths per 100,000 residents per year | 1 |
Guns per 100 residents | 4 |
Lack of gun related deaths [score] | 0.99 |
Lack of guns [score] | 0.98 |
Lack of guns and gun-related deaths [score] | 0.98 |
Healthcare expenditure [score] | 0.90 |
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Healthcare quality [score] | 0.89 |
Life expectancy (years) | 81.86 |
Life expectancy [score] | 0.91 |
Country mean scores in PISA math test | 531.84 |
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Country mean scores in PISA reading test | 511.23 |
Country mean scores in PISA science test | 522.06 |
PISA math ranking (high school) | 10 |
PISA ranking | 10 |
PISA ranking (high school) [score] | 0.86 |
PISA reading (high school) | 12 |
PISA science (high school) | 13 |
Percent of happy students | 0.81 |
Percent of low performers in PISA math test | 0.15 |
Percent of low performers in PISA reading test | 0.14 |
Percent of low performers in PISA science test | 0.13 |
Percent of top performers in PISA math test | 0.19 |
Percent of top performers in PISA reading test | 0.10 |
Percent of top performers in PISA science test | 0.12 |
Air quality [score] | 0.80 |
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Cleanliness [score] | 0.91 |
Drinking water quality [score] | 0.83 |
Urban greenery [score] | 0.78 |
Currency exchange rate per US dollar for urban area | 0.85 |
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Currency for urban area | EUR |
GDP growth rate | 0.01 |
GDP growth rate [score] | 0.25 |
GDP per capita | $47354.53 |
GDP per capita [score] | 0.76 |
Effective company profit tax rate on payouts as dividends [score] | 0.61 |
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Income tax level [score] | 0.38 |
Profit tax (% of profit) | 0.40 |
Time overhead to file company taxes | 119 |
VAT (Sales Tax) | 0.21 |
Download speed (Mbps) | 40.20 |
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Internet access (download) [score] | 0.69 |
Internet access (upload) [score] | 0.61 |
Upload speed (Mbps) | 16.05 |
Art galleries | 104 |
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Art galleries [score] | 0.67 |
Cinemas | 51 |
Cinemas [score] | 0.53 |
Comedy clubs | 22 |
Comedy clubs [score] | 0.71 |
Concert venues | 119 |
Concerts [score] | 0.52 |
Historical sites | 40 |
Historical sites [score] | 0.42 |
Museums | 68 |
Museums [score] | 0.58 |
Performing art venues | 97 |
Performing arts [score] | 0.63 |
Sport venues | 18 |
Sports [score] | 0.49 |
Zoos | 3 |
Zoos [score] | 0.68 |
LGBT Equality Index | 97.37 |
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LGBT Equality Index [score] | 1.00 |
LGBT adoption rights | ✔ Legal |
LGBT age of consent | ✔ Equal |
LGBT blood donation regulations | ✖ Banned (1-year deferral) |
LGBT conversion therapy regulations | ✔ Banned |
LGBT discrimination legality | ✔ Illegal |
LGBT employment discrimination legality | ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity |
LGBT gender changing rights | ✔ Legal, surgery not required |
LGBT homosexuality rights | ✔ Legal |
LGBT housing discrimination legality | ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity |
LGBT marriage rights | ✔ Legal |
Tolerance towards minorities [score] | 0.71 |
Elevation (hills or mountains) [score] | 0.11 |
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Median peak in meters | 37.00 |
Seaside access | 1.00 |
Urban area elevation (meters) | 4.00 |
Water access [score] | 0.88 |
Costs of living in The Hague are in the most expensive 20 percent of all 248 Teleport cities. Sign up for free to get access to our cost of living index and use our international cost of living calculator to do cost comparison by city.
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Software Engineer salaries in The Hague are above average. For this job type, The Hague ranks 91st for salaries among 265 cities. Get access to our salary comparison calculator by signing up. Compare salaries city by city with our free salary wizard and convert your own salary to a local salary in The Hague.
The overall crime rate puts The Hague in position 59 of 266 Teleport Cities in a ranking for the safest cities.
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The Hague (Dutch: Den Haag or 's-Gravenhage) is a city in the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. It is the seat of the Dutch parliament and government, and the residence of King Willem-Alexander, but it is not the capital city, which is Amsterdam. The municipality has about 500,000 inhabitants, with the greater urban area numbering about one million. The Hague lies on the North Sea and is home to Scheveningen, the most popular seaside resort of the Netherlands, and to the smaller resort of Kijkduin.
Internationally, The Hague is often known as the "judicial capital of the world" due to the many international courts that are located in the city. Among these are the International Court of Justice, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and, since 2004, the International Criminal Court. Beside these institutions, The Hague is home to more than 150 international organizations, and to many EU institutions, multinational companies and embassies. This gave the city a distinct international character — one that is noticeably different from Amsterdam. Rather than having the many foreign tourists and fortune-seekers attracted by Amsterdam's reputation for excitement and liberalism, The Hague generally has more expatriates working and living in the city because of the number of international institutions and companies. Because of this, The Hague has a reputation as a wealthy, conservative and somewhat sedate city.
The Hague has very little of the edginess and excitement of Amsterdam; however, it provides well for its inhabitants in different ways, such as large areas of green space, 11 km of coastline, attractive shopping streets and an extensive multicultural scene. Rather than having canals like other Dutch cities, The Hague has streets and avenues that are just a little bit wider than those in the rest of the country, giving the city a more continental feel. Instead of the typical Dutch renaissance 17th-century step-gabled houses, it has 18th-century mansions in baroque and classicist styles. The city is considered by many as the most stately of the country. Just outside the city centre, posh neighbourhoods effuse a more 19th century look with eclectic and art nouveau architecture.
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