India’s coastline is 105 times as long as Belgium’s

Belgium: 67 km (2026 edition) · India: 7,000 km (2026 edition)

India’s highest peak towers 7,892 m above Belgium’s

Belgium: 694 m (2026 edition) · India: 8,586 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 60% of India, versus 44% of Belgium

Belgium: 44.4% (2024) · India: 59.9% (2024)

India has 123 times as many people as Belgium

Belgium: 11.9 million (2025) · India: 1.46 billion (2025)

India is 26% more densely populated than Belgium

Belgium: 392 per km² (2025) · India: 492 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Belgium is 13 years older than in India

Belgium: 41.4 years (2023) · India: 28.1 years (2023)

Women in India have 0.5 more children on average than in Belgium

Belgium: 1.44 children per woman (2024) · India: 1.96 children per woman (2024)

21% of people in Belgium are 65 or older, versus 7.4% in India

Belgium: 21% (2025) · India: 7.4% (2025)

Belgium hosts 96 times as many refugees per resident as India

Belgium: 15.6 per 1,000 (2025) · India: 0.2 per 1,000 (2025)

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

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

Belgium and India are practically level

Belgium: 3 (2026) · India: 3 (2026)

India’s economy is 5.5 times the size of Belgium’s

Belgium: $725 billion (2025) · India: $3.96 trillion (2025)

Belgium produces 6.4 times as much per person as India

Belgium: Int$74,676 (2025) · India: Int$11,748 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Belgium than in India (Gini 3.8 points higher)

Belgium: 26.8 (2023) · India: 23 (2023)

2.6% of people in India live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.1% in Belgium

Belgium: 0.1% (2023) · India: 2.6% (2023)

Unemployment is 5.9% in Belgium, versus 4.2% in India

Belgium: 5.9% (2025) · India: 4.2% (2025)

India and Belgium are practically level

Belgium: 2% (2025) · India: 2.3% (2025)

Belgium’s central government collects 23% of GDP in tax, India’s 6.9%

Belgium: 23% (2024) · India: 6.9% (2022)

Belgium’s price level (US = 100) is 3.5× India’s

Belgium: 81% (2025) · India: 23% (2025)

Belgium spends 70 times as much on health per person as India

Belgium: $5,931 (2023) · India: $85 (2023)

A baby in India is 7.5 times as likely to die before turning one as in Belgium

Belgium: 3.1 per 1,000 (2024) · India: 23.3 per 1,000 (2024)

Belgium has 4.9 times as many doctors per person as India

Belgium: 3.6 per 1,000 (2022) · India: 0.7 per 1,000 (2020)

Belgium has 3.4 times as many hospital beds per person as India

Belgium: 5.4 per 1,000 (2023) · India: 1.6 per 1,000 (2021)

The suicide rate in India is 1% higher than in Belgium

Belgium: 15.1 per 100k (2023) · India: 15.3 per 100k (2023)

23% of adults in Belgium are obese, versus 8.0% in India

Belgium: 22.9% (2024) · India: 8% (2024)

24% of adults in Belgium smoke, versus 23% in India

Belgium: 23.5% (2024) · India: 22.6% (2024)

People in Belgium rate their lives 2.39 points higher than in India

Belgium: 6.93 (2025) · India: 4.54 (2025)

Adults in Belgium drink 82% more alcohol than in India

Belgium: 9.5 litres (2023) · India: 5.2 litres (2023)

Belgium has 7.4 times as much meat per person as India

Belgium: 60 kg (2023) · India: 8.1 kg (2023)

Belgium has 1,253 kcal more food per person per day than India

Belgium: 3,921 kcal (2023) · India: 2,669 kcal (2023)

Workers in India put in 789 more hours a year than in Belgium

Belgium: 1,593 hours (2023) · India: 2,383 hours (2023)

Adults in Belgium went to school 5.8 years longer than in India

Belgium: 12.7 years (2023) · India: 6.9 years (2023)

Belgium welcomed 120 times as many tourists per resident as India (2019)

Belgium: 0.81 (2024) · India: 0.01 (2024)

India has 29 more World Heritage sites than Belgium (45 against 16)

Belgium: 16 (2026) · India: 45 (2026)

Belgium has won 177 Olympic medals, India 41

Belgium: 177 (2026 edition) · India: 41 (2026 edition)

96% of people in Belgium are online, versus 70% in India

Belgium: 96% (2024) · India: 70% (2025)

Home internet in Belgium is 2.8 times as fast as in India

Belgium: 254 Mbps (2026) · India: 91 Mbps (2026)

Belgium and India are practically level

Belgium: 100% (2024) · India: 99.9% (2024)

88% of people in Belgium live in cities, versus 36% in India

Belgium: 88% (2025) · India: 36% (2025)

Belgium has 104 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, India 79

Belgium: 104 (2024) · India: 79 (2024)

India’s railway network is 19 times as long as Belgium’s

Belgium: 3,612 km (2021) · India: 68,103 km (2021)

Airlines from Belgium fly 7.7 times as many passengers per resident as those from India

Belgium: 0.95 (2023) · India: 0.12 (2023)

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

Belgium: 22% (2024) · India: 24.4% (2024)

The average person in Belgium emits 3.3 times as much CO₂ as someone in India

Belgium: 7.3 t (2024) · India: 2.2 t (2024)

39% of Belgium’s electricity is renewable, versus 24% in India

Belgium: 38.9% (2025) · India: 24.1% (2025)

The air in India carries 4.8 times as much fine dust as in Belgium

Belgium: 9.3 µg/m³ (2024) · India: 44.2 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 2.6 times as likely to be murdered in India as in Belgium

Belgium: 1.1 per 100k (2021) · India: 2.8 per 100k (2022)

Roads in India are 3.7 times as deadly as in Belgium

Belgium: 6.8 per 100k (2023) · India: 25.4 per 100k (2023)

India is on average 13.4 °C warmer than Belgium

Belgium: 11°C (2016–2025 avg) · India: 24.5°C (2016–2025 avg)

India gets 37% more rain than Belgium

Belgium: 928 mm (2016–2025 avg) · India: 1,268 mm (2016–2025 avg)