Brazil’s coastline is 113 times as long as Belgium’s

Belgium: 67 km (2026 edition) · Brazil: 7,491 km (2026 edition)

Brazil’s highest peak towers 2,300 m above Belgium’s

Belgium: 694 m (2026 edition) · Brazil: 2,994 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 44% of Belgium, versus 28% of Brazil

Belgium: 44.4% (2024) · Brazil: 28.4% (2024)

Brazil has 18 times as many people as Belgium

Belgium: 11.9 million (2025) · Brazil: 213 million (2025)

Belgium is 15 times as densely populated as Brazil

Belgium: 392 per km² (2025) · Brazil: 25 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Belgium is 7.5 years older than in Brazil

Belgium: 41.4 years (2023) · Brazil: 33.9 years (2023)

Women in Brazil have 0.2 more children on average than in Belgium

Belgium: 1.44 children per woman (2024) · Brazil: 1.61 children per woman (2024)

21% of people in Belgium are 65 or older, versus 11% in Brazil

Belgium: 21% (2025) · Brazil: 11.5% (2025)

Belgium hosts 12 times as many refugees per resident as Brazil

Belgium: 15.6 per 1,000 (2025) · Brazil: 1.3 per 1,000 (2025)

Belgium has produced 8.4 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Brazil 0.0

Belgium: 8.4 (2026) · Brazil: 0.047 (2026)

Belgium has 3 official languages, Brazil 1

Belgium: 3 (2026) · Brazil: 1 (2026)

Brazil’s economy is 3.1 times the size of Belgium’s

Belgium: $725 billion (2025) · Brazil: $2.28 trillion (2025)

Belgium produces 3.2 times as much per person as Brazil

Belgium: Int$74,676 (2025) · Brazil: Int$23,433 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Brazil than in Belgium (Gini 23.5 points higher)

Belgium: 26.8 (2023) · Brazil: 50.3 (2024)

3.0% of people in Brazil live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.1% in Belgium

Belgium: 0.1% (2023) · Brazil: 3% (2024)

Brazil and Belgium are practically level

Belgium: 5.9% (2025) · Brazil: 6% (2025)

Belgium spends 2.0% of its GDP on the military, Brazil 1.1%

Belgium: 2% (2025) · Brazil: 1.1% (2025)

Belgium’s central government collects 23% of GDP in tax, Brazil’s 15%

Belgium: 23% (2024) · Brazil: 15.4% (2024)

Belgium’s price level (US = 100) is 1.8× Brazil’s

Belgium: 81% (2025) · Brazil: 46% (2025)

Belgium spends 5.9 times as much on health per person as Brazil

Belgium: $5,931 (2023) · Brazil: $1,010 (2023)

A baby in Brazil is 4 times as likely to die before turning one as in Belgium

Belgium: 3.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Brazil: 12.3 per 1,000 (2024)

Belgium has 52% more doctors per person than Brazil

Belgium: 3.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Brazil: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023)

Belgium has 2.2 times as many hospital beds per person as Brazil

Belgium: 5.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Brazil: 2.5 per 1,000 (2021)

The suicide rate in Belgium is 72% higher than in Brazil

Belgium: 15.1 per 100k (2023) · Brazil: 8.8 per 100k (2023)

31% of adults in Brazil are obese, versus 23% in Belgium

Belgium: 22.9% (2024) · Brazil: 30.9% (2024)

24% of adults in Belgium smoke, versus 12% in Brazil

Belgium: 23.5% (2024) · Brazil: 11.9% (2024)

People in Belgium rate their lives 0.29 points higher than in Brazil

Belgium: 6.93 (2025) · Brazil: 6.63 (2025)

Adults in Brazil drink 9% more alcohol than in Belgium

Belgium: 9.5 litres (2023) · Brazil: 10.4 litres (2023)

Brazil has 74% more meat per person than Belgium

Belgium: 60 kg (2023) · Brazil: 104.6 kg (2023)

Belgium has 498 kcal more food per person per day than Brazil

Belgium: 3,921 kcal (2023) · Brazil: 3,423 kcal (2023)

Workers in Brazil put in 400 more hours a year than in Belgium

Belgium: 1,593 hours (2023) · Brazil: 1,994 hours (2023)

Adults in Belgium went to school 4.3 years longer than in Brazil

Belgium: 12.7 years (2023) · Brazil: 8.4 years (2023)

Belgium welcomed 25 times as many tourists per resident as Brazil (2019)

Belgium: 0.81 (2024) · Brazil: 0.03 (2024)

Brazil has 10 more World Heritage sites than Belgium (26 against 16)

Belgium: 16 (2026) · Brazil: 26 (2026)

Belgium has won 177 Olympic medals, Brazil 171

Belgium: 177 (2026 edition) · Brazil: 171 (2026 edition)

96% of people in Belgium are online, versus 84% in Brazil

Belgium: 96% (2024) · Brazil: 84% (2024)

Home internet in Brazil is 15% faster than in Belgium

Belgium: 254 Mbps (2026) · Brazil: 293 Mbps (2026)

Belgium and Brazil are practically level

Belgium: 100% (2024) · Brazil: 99.8% (2024)

88% of people in Brazil live in cities, versus 88% in Belgium

Belgium: 88% (2025) · Brazil: 88% (2025)

Belgium has 104 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Brazil 102

Belgium: 104 (2024) · Brazil: 102 (2024)

Brazil’s railway network is 8.3 times as long as Belgium’s

Belgium: 3,612 km (2021) · Brazil: 29,850 km (2014)

Airlines from Belgium fly 2.1 times as many passengers per resident as those from Brazil

Belgium: 0.95 (2023) · Brazil: 0.45 (2023)

Forest covers 59% of Brazil, but only 22% of Belgium

Belgium: 22% (2024) · Brazil: 58.5% (2024)

The average person in Belgium emits 3.2 times as much CO₂ as someone in Brazil

Belgium: 7.3 t (2024) · Brazil: 2.3 t (2024)

87% of Brazil’s electricity is renewable, versus 39% in Belgium

Belgium: 38.9% (2025) · Brazil: 86.6% (2025)

The air in Brazil carries 65% more fine dust than in Belgium

Belgium: 9.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Brazil: 15.3 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 18 times as likely to be murdered in Brazil as in Belgium

Belgium: 1.1 per 100k (2021) · Brazil: 19.3 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Brazil are 3.8 times as deadly as in Belgium

Belgium: 6.8 per 100k (2023) · Brazil: 25.9 per 100k (2023)

Brazil is on average 14.3 °C warmer than Belgium

Belgium: 11°C (2016–2025 avg) · Brazil: 25.3°C (2016–2025 avg)

Brazil gets 79% more rain than Belgium

Belgium: 928 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Brazil: 1,661 mm (2016–2025 avg)