Indonesia’s coastline is 823 times as long as Belgium’s

Belgium: 67 km (2026 edition) · Indonesia: 54,716 km (2026 edition)

Indonesia’s highest peak towers 4,190 m above Belgium’s

Belgium: 694 m (2026 edition) · Indonesia: 4,884 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 44% of Belgium, versus 29% of Indonesia

Belgium: 44.4% (2024) · Indonesia: 28.9% (2024)

Indonesia has 24 times as many people as Belgium

Belgium: 11.9 million (2025) · Indonesia: 286 million (2025)

Belgium is 2.6 times as densely populated as Indonesia

Belgium: 392 per km² (2025) · Indonesia: 151 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Belgium is 12 years older than in Indonesia

Belgium: 41.4 years (2023) · Indonesia: 29.8 years (2023)

Women in Indonesia have 0.7 more children on average than in Belgium

Belgium: 1.44 children per woman (2024) · Indonesia: 2.12 children per woman (2024)

21% of people in Belgium are 65 or older, versus 7.5% in Indonesia

Belgium: 21% (2025) · Indonesia: 7.5% (2025)

Belgium hosts 605 times as many refugees per resident as Indonesia

Belgium: 15.6 per 1,000 (2025) · Indonesia: 0.026 per 1,000 (2025)

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

Belgium: 8.4 (2026) · Indonesia: 0.035 (2026)

Belgium has 3 official languages, Indonesia 1

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

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

Belgium: $725 billion (2025) · Indonesia: $1.45 trillion (2025)

Belgium produces 4.2 times as much per person as Indonesia

Belgium: Int$74,676 (2025) · Indonesia: Int$17,660 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Indonesia than in Belgium (Gini 7.6 points higher)

Belgium: 26.8 (2023) · Indonesia: 34.4 (2025)

3.7% of people in Indonesia live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.1% in Belgium

Belgium: 0.1% (2023) · Indonesia: 3.7% (2025)

Unemployment is 5.9% in Belgium, versus 3.2% in Indonesia

Belgium: 5.9% (2025) · Indonesia: 3.2% (2025)

Belgium spends 2.0% of its GDP on the military, Indonesia 1.0%

Belgium: 2% (2025) · Indonesia: 1% (2025)

Belgium: 23% (2024) · Indonesia: no data

Belgium’s price level (US = 100) is 2.8× Indonesia’s

Belgium: 81% (2025) · Indonesia: 29% (2025)

Belgium spends 45 times as much on health per person as Indonesia

Belgium: $5,931 (2023) · Indonesia: $132 (2023)

A baby in Indonesia is 4.9 times as likely to die before turning one as in Belgium

Belgium: 3.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Indonesia: 15.2 per 1,000 (2024)

Belgium has 6.8 times as many doctors per person as Indonesia

Belgium: 3.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Indonesia: 0.5 per 1,000 (2023)

Belgium has 4 times as many hospital beds per person as Indonesia

Belgium: 5.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Indonesia: 1.4 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Belgium is 6.9 times that in Indonesia

Belgium: 15.1 per 100k (2023) · Indonesia: 2.2 per 100k (2023)

23% of adults in Belgium are obese, versus 12% in Indonesia

Belgium: 22.9% (2024) · Indonesia: 12% (2024)

31% of adults in Indonesia smoke, versus 24% in Belgium

Belgium: 23.5% (2024) · Indonesia: 31% (2024)

People in Belgium rate their lives 1.31 points higher than in Indonesia

Belgium: 6.93 (2025) · Indonesia: 5.62 (2025)

Adults in Belgium drink 94 times as much alcohol as in Indonesia

Belgium: 9.5 litres (2023) · Indonesia: 0.1 litres (2023)

Belgium has 3 times as much meat per person as Indonesia

Belgium: 60 kg (2023) · Indonesia: 20 kg (2023)

Belgium has 1,021 kcal more food per person per day than Indonesia

Belgium: 3,921 kcal (2023) · Indonesia: 2,900 kcal (2023)

Workers in Indonesia put in 365 more hours a year than in Belgium

Belgium: 1,593 hours (2023) · Indonesia: 1,958 hours (2023)

Adults in Belgium went to school 4 years longer than in Indonesia

Belgium: 12.7 years (2023) · Indonesia: 8.7 years (2023)

Belgium welcomed 17 times as many tourists per resident as Indonesia (2019)

Belgium: 0.81 (2024) · Indonesia: 0.05 (2024)

Belgium has 6 more World Heritage sites than Indonesia (16 against 10)

Belgium: 16 (2026) · Indonesia: 10 (2026)

Belgium has won 177 Olympic medals, Indonesia 40

Belgium: 177 (2026 edition) · Indonesia: 40 (2026 edition)

96% of people in Belgium are online, versus 73% in Indonesia

Belgium: 96% (2024) · Indonesia: 73% (2024)

Home internet in Belgium is 3.1 times as fast as in Indonesia

Belgium: 254 Mbps (2026) · Indonesia: 82 Mbps (2026)

Belgium and Indonesia are practically level

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

88% of people in Belgium live in cities, versus 59% in Indonesia

Belgium: 88% (2025) · Indonesia: 59% (2025)

Indonesia has 123 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Belgium 104

Belgium: 104 (2024) · Indonesia: 123 (2024)

Indonesia’s railway network is 52% longer than Belgium’s

Belgium: 3,612 km (2021) · Indonesia: 5,483 km (2019)

Airlines from Belgium fly 2.8 times as many passengers per resident as those from Indonesia

Belgium: 0.95 (2023) · Indonesia: 0.34 (2023)

Forest covers 51% of Indonesia, but only 22% of Belgium

Belgium: 22% (2024) · Indonesia: 50.7% (2024)

The average person in Belgium emits 2.5 times as much CO₂ as someone in Indonesia

Belgium: 7.3 t (2024) · Indonesia: 2.9 t (2024)

39% of Belgium’s electricity is renewable, versus 18% in Indonesia

Belgium: 38.9% (2025) · Indonesia: 18.1% (2024)

The air in Indonesia carries 2 times as much fine dust as in Belgium

Belgium: 9.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Indonesia: 18.5 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 3.6 times as likely to be murdered in Belgium as in Indonesia

Belgium: 1.1 per 100k (2021) · Indonesia: 0.3 per 100k (2022)

Roads in Indonesia are 2.6 times as deadly as in Belgium

Belgium: 6.8 per 100k (2023) · Indonesia: 17.4 per 100k (2023)

Indonesia is on average 14.6 °C warmer than Belgium

Belgium: 11°C (2016–2025 avg) · Indonesia: 25.6°C (2016–2025 avg)

Indonesia gets 3.7 times as much rain as Belgium

Belgium: 928 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Indonesia: 3,437 mm (2016–2025 avg)