Chile’s coastline is 97 times as long as Belgium’s

Belgium: 67 km (2026 edition) · Chile: 6,435 km (2026 edition)

Chile’s highest peak towers 6,199 m above Belgium’s

Belgium: 694 m (2026 edition) · Chile: 6,893 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 44% of Belgium, versus 14% of Chile

Belgium: 44.4% (2024) · Chile: 14.4% (2024)

Chile has 66% more people than Belgium

Belgium: 11.9 million (2025) · Chile: 19.9 million (2025)

Belgium is 15 times as densely populated as Chile

Belgium: 392 per km² (2025) · Chile: 27 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Belgium is 5.5 years older than in Chile

Belgium: 41.4 years (2023) · Chile: 36 years (2023)

Women in Belgium have 0.3 more children on average than in Chile

Belgium: 1.44 children per woman (2024) · Chile: 1.14 children per woman (2024)

21% of people in Belgium are 65 or older, versus 15% in Chile

Belgium: 21% (2025) · Chile: 14.6% (2025)

Belgium hosts 118 times as many refugees per resident as Chile

Belgium: 15.6 per 1,000 (2025) · Chile: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025)

Belgium has produced 8.4 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Chile 1.0

Belgium: 8.4 (2026) · Chile: 1 (2026)

Belgium has 3 official languages, Chile 1

Belgium: 3 (2026) · Chile: 1 (2026)

Belgium’s economy is 2 times the size of Chile’s

Belgium: $725 billion (2025) · Chile: $357 billion (2025)

Belgium produces 2 times as much per person as Chile

Belgium: Int$74,676 (2025) · Chile: Int$37,774 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Chile than in Belgium (Gini 16.2 points higher)

Belgium: 26.8 (2023) · Chile: 43 (2024)

Chile and Belgium are practically level

Belgium: 0.1% (2023) · Chile: 0.4% (2024)

Unemployment is 9.0% in Chile, versus 5.9% in Belgium

Belgium: 5.9% (2025) · Chile: 9% (2025)

Belgium and Chile are practically level

Belgium: 2% (2025) · Chile: 1.5% (2025)

Belgium’s central government collects 23% of GDP in tax, Chile’s 18%

Belgium: 23% (2024) · Chile: 18.3% (2024)

Belgium’s price level (US = 100) is 1.7× Chile’s

Belgium: 81% (2025) · Chile: 48% (2025)

Belgium spends 3.4 times as much on health per person as Chile

Belgium: $5,931 (2023) · Chile: $1,760 (2024)

A baby in Chile is 87% more likely to die before turning one than in Belgium

Belgium: 3.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Chile: 5.8 per 1,000 (2024)

Belgium has 7% more doctors per person than Chile

Belgium: 3.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Chile: 3.3 per 1,000 (2023)

Belgium has 2.8 times as many hospital beds per person as Chile

Belgium: 5.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Chile: 1.9 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Belgium is 66% higher than in Chile

Belgium: 15.1 per 100k (2023) · Chile: 9.1 per 100k (2023)

41% of adults in Chile are obese, versus 23% in Belgium

Belgium: 22.9% (2024) · Chile: 41.1% (2024)

27% of adults in Chile smoke, versus 24% in Belgium

Belgium: 23.5% (2024) · Chile: 26.7% (2024)

People in Belgium rate their lives 0.62 points higher than in Chile

Belgium: 6.93 (2025) · Chile: 6.30 (2025)

Adults in Belgium drink 45% more alcohol than in Chile

Belgium: 9.5 litres (2023) · Chile: 6.6 litres (2023)

Chile has 64% more meat per person than Belgium

Belgium: 60 kg (2023) · Chile: 98.5 kg (2023)

Belgium has 864 kcal more food per person per day than Chile

Belgium: 3,921 kcal (2023) · Chile: 3,057 kcal (2023)

Workers in Chile put in 356 more hours a year than in Belgium

Belgium: 1,593 hours (2023) · Chile: 1,950 hours (2023)

Adults in Belgium went to school 1.4 years longer than in Chile

Belgium: 12.7 years (2023) · Chile: 11.3 years (2023)

Belgium welcomed 3.1 times as many tourists per resident as Chile (2019)

Belgium: 0.81 (2024) · Chile: 0.27 (2024)

Belgium has 9 more World Heritage sites than Chile (16 against 7)

Belgium: 16 (2026) · Chile: 7 (2026)

Belgium has won 177 Olympic medals, Chile 15

Belgium: 177 (2026 edition) · Chile: 15 (2026 edition)

Belgium and Chile are practically level

Belgium: 96% (2024) · Chile: 96% (2024)

Home internet in Chile is 66% faster than in Belgium

Belgium: 254 Mbps (2026) · Chile: 422 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in Belgium have electricity, versus 99% in Chile

Belgium: 100% (2024) · Chile: 99% (2024)

89% of people in Chile live in cities, versus 88% in Belgium

Belgium: 88% (2025) · Chile: 89% (2025)

Chile has 133 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Belgium 104

Belgium: 104 (2024) · Chile: 133 (2024)

Belgium’s railway network is 51% longer than Chile’s

Belgium: 3,612 km (2021) · Chile: 2,396 km (2021)

Airlines from Chile fly 13% more passengers per resident than those from Belgium

Belgium: 0.95 (2023) · Chile: 1.07 (2023)

Forest covers 24% of Chile, but only 22% of Belgium

Belgium: 22% (2024) · Chile: 24.5% (2024)

The average person in Belgium emits 83% more CO₂ than someone in Chile

Belgium: 7.3 t (2024) · Chile: 4 t (2024)

66% of Chile’s electricity is renewable, versus 39% in Belgium

Belgium: 38.9% (2025) · Chile: 66.4% (2025)

The air in Chile carries 2.5 times as much fine dust as in Belgium

Belgium: 9.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Chile: 23.2 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 5.9 times as likely to be murdered in Chile as in Belgium

Belgium: 1.1 per 100k (2021) · Chile: 6.3 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Chile are 2.4 times as deadly as in Belgium

Belgium: 6.8 per 100k (2023) · Chile: 16.3 per 100k (2023)

Belgium is on average 1.6 °C warmer than Chile

Belgium: 11°C (2016–2025 avg) · Chile: 9.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Chile gets 54% more rain than Belgium

Belgium: 928 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Chile: 1,425 mm (2016–2025 avg)