Finland’s coastline is 19 times as long as Belgium’s

Belgium: 67 km (2026 edition) · Finland: 1,250 km (2026 edition)

Finland’s highest peak towers 634 m above Belgium’s

Belgium: 694 m (2026 edition) · Finland: 1,328 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 44% of Belgium, versus 7.4% of Finland

Belgium: 44.4% (2024) · Finland: 7.4% (2024)

Belgium has 2.1 times as many people as Finland

Belgium: 11.9 million (2025) · Finland: 5.65 million (2025)

Belgium is 21 times as densely populated as Finland

Belgium: 392 per km² (2025) · Finland: 19 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Finland is 1.3 years older than in Belgium

Belgium: 41.4 years (2023) · Finland: 42.8 years (2023)

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

Belgium: 1.44 children per woman (2024) · Finland: 1.25 children per woman (2024)

24% of people in Finland are 65 or older, versus 21% in Belgium

Belgium: 21% (2025) · Finland: 24.2% (2025)

Finland hosts 16% more refugees per resident than Belgium

Belgium: 15.6 per 1,000 (2025) · Finland: 18.2 per 1,000 (2025)

Finland has produced 8.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Belgium 8.4

Belgium: 8.4 (2026) · Finland: 8.9 (2026)

Belgium has 3 official languages, Finland 2

Belgium: 3 (2026) · Finland: 2 (2026)

Belgium’s economy is 2.3 times the size of Finland’s

Belgium: $725 billion (2025) · Finland: $317 billion (2025)

Belgium produces 13% more per person than Finland

Belgium: Int$74,676 (2025) · Finland: Int$65,885 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Finland than in Belgium (Gini 0.6 points higher)

Belgium: 26.8 (2023) · Finland: 27.4 (2023)

Finland and Belgium are practically level

Belgium: 0.1% (2023) · Finland: 0.2% (2023)

Unemployment is 9.5% in Finland, versus 5.9% in Belgium

Belgium: 5.9% (2025) · Finland: 9.5% (2025)

Finland spends 2.6% of its GDP on the military, Belgium 2.0%

Belgium: 2% (2025) · Finland: 2.6% (2025)

Finland’s central government collects 25% of GDP in tax, Belgium’s 23%

Belgium: 23% (2024) · Finland: 25.3% (2024)

Finland’s price level (US = 100) is 1× Belgium’s

Belgium: 81% (2025) · Finland: 85% (2025)

Belgium spends 8% more on health per person than Finland

Belgium: $5,931 (2023) · Finland: $5,515 (2023)

A baby in Belgium is 63% more likely to die before turning one than in Finland

Belgium: 3.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Finland: 1.9 per 1,000 (2024)

Finland and Belgium are nearly identical here

Belgium: 3.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Finland: 3.6 per 1,000 (2021)

Belgium has 2.1 times as many hospital beds per person as Finland

Belgium: 5.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Finland: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Belgium is 15% higher than in Finland

Belgium: 15.1 per 100k (2023) · Finland: 13.1 per 100k (2023)

26% of adults in Finland are obese, versus 23% in Belgium

Belgium: 22.9% (2024) · Finland: 26.2% (2024)

24% of adults in Belgium smoke, versus 21% in Finland

Belgium: 23.5% (2024) · Finland: 21.4% (2024)

People in Finland rate their lives 0.84 points higher than in Belgium

Belgium: 6.93 (2025) · Finland: 7.76 (2025)

Adults in Belgium drink 2% more alcohol than in Finland

Belgium: 9.5 litres (2023) · Finland: 9.4 litres (2023)

Finland has 16% more meat per person than Belgium

Belgium: 60 kg (2023) · Finland: 69.4 kg (2023)

Belgium has 576 kcal more food per person per day than Finland

Belgium: 3,921 kcal (2023) · Finland: 3,346 kcal (2023)

Workers in Belgium put in 96 more hours a year than in Finland

Belgium: 1,593 hours (2023) · Finland: 1,497 hours (2023)

Adults in Finland went to school 0.29 years longer than in Belgium

Belgium: 12.7 years (2023) · Finland: 13 years (2023)

Belgium welcomed 2% more tourists per resident than Finland (2019)

Belgium: 0.81 (2024) · Finland: 0.8 (2024)

Belgium has 8 more World Heritage sites than Finland (16 against 8)

Belgium: 16 (2026) · Finland: 8 (2026)

Finland has won 486 Olympic medals, Belgium 177

Belgium: 177 (2026 edition) · Finland: 486 (2026 edition)

96% of people in Belgium are online, versus 94% in Finland

Belgium: 96% (2024) · Finland: 94% (2024)

Home internet in Belgium is 3% faster than in Finland

Belgium: 254 Mbps (2026) · Finland: 247 Mbps (2026)

Belgium and Finland are practically level

Belgium: 100% (2024) · Finland: 100% (2024)

88% of people in Belgium live in cities, versus 75% in Finland

Belgium: 88% (2025) · Finland: 75% (2025)

Finland has 126 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Belgium 104

Belgium: 104 (2024) · Finland: 126 (2024)

Finland’s railway network is 64% longer than Belgium’s

Belgium: 3,612 km (2021) · Finland: 5,918 km (2021)

Airlines from Finland fly 2 times as many passengers per resident as those from Belgium

Belgium: 0.95 (2023) · Finland: 1.91 (2023)

Forest covers 74% of Finland, but only 22% of Belgium

Belgium: 22% (2024) · Finland: 74.2% (2024)

The average person in Belgium emits 37% more CO₂ than someone in Finland

Belgium: 7.3 t (2024) · Finland: 5.3 t (2024)

56% of Finland’s electricity is renewable, versus 39% in Belgium

Belgium: 38.9% (2025) · Finland: 56.5% (2025)

The air in Belgium carries 72% more fine dust than in Finland

Belgium: 9.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Finland: 5.4 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 10% more likely to be murdered in Belgium than in Finland

Belgium: 1.1 per 100k (2021) · Finland: 1 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Belgium are 28% deadlier than in Finland

Belgium: 6.8 per 100k (2023) · Finland: 5.3 per 100k (2023)

Belgium is on average 7.5 °C warmer than Finland

Belgium: 11°C (2016–2025 avg) · Finland: 3.6°C (2016–2025 avg)

Belgium gets 22% more rain than Finland

Belgium: 928 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Finland: 758 mm (2016–2025 avg)