Belgium: 67 km (2026 edition) · Ethiopia: 0 km (2026 edition)

Ethiopia’s highest peak towers 3,856 m above Belgium’s

Belgium: 694 m (2026 edition) · Ethiopia: 4,550 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 44% of Belgium, versus 34% of Ethiopia

Belgium: 44.4% (2024) · Ethiopia: 34.3% (2024)

Ethiopia has 11 times as many people as Belgium

Belgium: 11.9 million (2025) · Ethiopia: 135 million (2025)

Belgium is 3.2 times as densely populated as Ethiopia

Belgium: 392 per km² (2025) · Ethiopia: 121 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Belgium is 23 years older than in Ethiopia

Belgium: 41.4 years (2023) · Ethiopia: 18.7 years (2023)

Women in Ethiopia have 2.5 more children on average than in Belgium

Belgium: 1.44 children per woman (2024) · Ethiopia: 3.91 children per woman (2024)

21% of people in Belgium are 65 or older, versus 3.3% in Ethiopia

Belgium: 21% (2025) · Ethiopia: 3.3% (2025)

Belgium hosts 2.1 times as many refugees per resident as Ethiopia

Belgium: 15.6 per 1,000 (2025) · Ethiopia: 7.5 per 1,000 (2025)

Belgium has produced 8.4 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ethiopia 0.1

Belgium: 8.4 (2026) · Ethiopia: 0.1 (2026)

Belgium has 3 official languages, Ethiopia 1

Belgium: 3 (2026) · Ethiopia: 1 (2026)

Belgium’s economy is 5.7 times the size of Ethiopia’s

Belgium: $725 billion (2025) · Ethiopia: $126 billion (2025)

Belgium produces 21 times as much per person as Ethiopia

Belgium: Int$74,676 (2025) · Ethiopia: Int$3,622 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Ethiopia than in Belgium (Gini 4.3 points higher)

Belgium: 26.8 (2023) · Ethiopia: 31.1 (2021)

39% of people in Ethiopia live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.1% in Belgium

Belgium: 0.1% (2023) · Ethiopia: 38.6% (2021)

Unemployment is 5.9% in Belgium, versus 3.3% in Ethiopia

Belgium: 5.9% (2025) · Ethiopia: 3.3% (2025)

Belgium spends 2.0% of its GDP on the military, Ethiopia 0.5%

Belgium: 2% (2025) · Ethiopia: 0.5% (2025)

Belgium’s central government collects 23% of GDP in tax, Ethiopia’s 3.4%

Belgium: 23% (2024) · Ethiopia: 3.4% (2024)

Belgium’s price level (US = 100) is 3.2× Ethiopia’s

Belgium: 81% (2025) · Ethiopia: 26% (2025)

Belgium spends 170 times as much on health per person as Ethiopia

Belgium: $5,931 (2023) · Ethiopia: $35 (2023)

A baby in Ethiopia is 11 times as likely to die before turning one as in Belgium

Belgium: 3.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Ethiopia: 34.5 per 1,000 (2024)

Belgium has 25 times as many doctors per person as Ethiopia

Belgium: 3.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Ethiopia: 0.1 per 1,000 (2023)

Belgium has 16 times as many hospital beds per person as Ethiopia

Belgium: 5.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Ethiopia: 0.3 per 1,000 (2016)

The suicide rate in Belgium is 5% higher than in Ethiopia

Belgium: 15.1 per 100k (2023) · Ethiopia: 14.4 per 100k (2023)

23% of adults in Belgium are obese, versus 2.5% in Ethiopia

Belgium: 22.9% (2024) · Ethiopia: 2.5% (2024)

24% of adults in Belgium smoke, versus 5.2% in Ethiopia

Belgium: 23.5% (2024) · Ethiopia: 5.2% (2024)

People in Belgium rate their lives 2.94 points higher than in Ethiopia

Belgium: 6.93 (2025) · Ethiopia: 3.99 (2025)

Adults in Belgium drink 4.2 times as much alcohol as in Ethiopia

Belgium: 9.5 litres (2023) · Ethiopia: 2.3 litres (2023)

Belgium has 8.7 times as much meat per person as Ethiopia

Belgium: 60 kg (2023) · Ethiopia: 6.9 kg (2023)

Belgium has 1,363 kcal more food per person per day than Ethiopia

Belgium: 3,921 kcal (2023) · Ethiopia: 2,558 kcal (2023)

Ethiopia and Belgium are practically level

Belgium: 1,593 hours (2023) · Ethiopia: 1,599 hours (2023)

Adults in Belgium went to school 10 years longer than in Ethiopia

Belgium: 12.7 years (2023) · Ethiopia: 2.4 years (2023)

Belgium welcomed 200 times as many tourists per resident as Ethiopia (2019)

Belgium: 0.81 (2024) · Ethiopia: 0.0041 (2024)

Belgium has 4 more World Heritage sites than Ethiopia (16 against 12)

Belgium: 16 (2026) · Ethiopia: 12 (2026)

Belgium has won 177 Olympic medals, Ethiopia 62

Belgium: 177 (2026 edition) · Ethiopia: 62 (2026 edition)

96% of people in Belgium are online, versus 22% in Ethiopia

Belgium: 96% (2024) · Ethiopia: 22% (2024)

Home internet in Belgium is 12 times as fast as in Ethiopia

Belgium: 254 Mbps (2026) · Ethiopia: 22 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in Belgium have electricity, versus 57% in Ethiopia

Belgium: 100% (2024) · Ethiopia: 56.6% (2024)

88% of people in Belgium live in cities, versus 24% in Ethiopia

Belgium: 88% (2025) · Ethiopia: 24% (2025)

Belgium has 104 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ethiopia 65

Belgium: 104 (2024) · Ethiopia: 65 (2024)

Belgium’s railway network is 4.8 times as long as Ethiopia’s

Belgium: 3,612 km (2021) · Ethiopia: 754 km (2018)

Airlines from Belgium fly 8.5 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ethiopia

Belgium: 0.95 (2023) · Ethiopia: 0.11 (2023)

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

Belgium: 22% (2024) · Ethiopia: 23.8% (2024)

The average person in Belgium emits 54 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ethiopia

Belgium: 7.3 t (2024) · Ethiopia: 0.1 t (2024)

100% of Ethiopia’s electricity is renewable, versus 39% in Belgium

Belgium: 38.9% (2025) · Ethiopia: 100% (2025)

The air in Ethiopia carries 2.2 times as much fine dust as in Belgium

Belgium: 9.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Ethiopia: 20.2 µg/m³ (2024)

Belgium: 1.1 per 100k (2021) · Ethiopia: no data

Roads in Ethiopia are 3.5 times as deadly as in Belgium

Belgium: 6.8 per 100k (2023) · Ethiopia: 23.9 per 100k (2023)

Ethiopia is on average 12.9 °C warmer than Belgium

Belgium: 11°C (2016–2025 avg) · Ethiopia: 23.9°C (2016–2025 avg)

Ethiopia gets 4% more rain than Belgium

Belgium: 928 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Ethiopia: 962 mm (2016–2025 avg)