Israel’s coastline is 4.1 times as long as Belgium’s

Belgium: 67 km (2026 edition) · Israel: 273 km (2026 edition)

Israel’s highest peak towers 1,542 m above Belgium’s

Belgium: 694 m (2026 edition) · Israel: 2,236 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 44% of Belgium, versus 24% of Israel

Belgium: 44.4% (2024) · Israel: 23.8% (2024)

Belgium has 18% more people than Israel

Belgium: 11.9 million (2025) · Israel: 10.1 million (2025)

Israel is 19% more densely populated than Belgium

Belgium: 392 per km² (2025) · Israel: 468 per km² (2025)

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

Belgium: 41.4 years (2023) · Israel: 29.2 years (2023)

Women in Israel have 1.4 more children on average than in Belgium

Belgium: 1.44 children per woman (2024) · Israel: 2.87 children per woman (2024)

21% of people in Belgium are 65 or older, versus 13% in Israel

Belgium: 21% (2025) · Israel: 12.7% (2025)

Belgium hosts 124 times as many refugees per resident as Israel

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

Belgium has produced 8.4 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Israel 5.9

Belgium: 8.4 (2026) · Israel: 5.9 (2026)

Belgium has 3 official languages, Israel 2

Belgium: 3 (2026) · Israel: 2 (2026)

Belgium’s economy is 19% larger than Israel’s

Belgium: $725 billion (2025) · Israel: $611 billion (2025)

Belgium produces 25% more per person than Israel

Belgium: Int$74,676 (2025) · Israel: Int$59,717 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Israel than in Belgium (Gini 11.5 points higher)

Belgium: 26.8 (2023) · Israel: 38.3 (2022)

Israel and Belgium are practically level

Belgium: 0.1% (2023) · Israel: 0.4% (2022)

Unemployment is 5.9% in Belgium, versus 3.5% in Israel

Belgium: 5.9% (2025) · Israel: 3.5% (2025)

Israel spends 7.8% of its GDP on the military, Belgium 2.0%

Belgium: 2% (2025) · Israel: 7.8% (2025)

Israel and Belgium are practically level

Belgium: 23% (2024) · Israel: 23.2% (2024)

Israel’s price level (US = 100) is 1.2× Belgium’s

Belgium: 81% (2025) · Israel: 101% (2025)

Belgium spends 51% more on health per person than Israel

Belgium: $5,931 (2023) · Israel: $3,928 (2023)

A baby in Belgium is 15% more likely to die before turning one than in Israel

Belgium: 3.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Israel: 2.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Israel has 6% more doctors per person than Belgium

Belgium: 3.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Israel: 3.8 per 1,000 (2023)

Belgium has 73% more hospital beds per person than Israel

Belgium: 5.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Israel: 3.1 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Belgium is 2.2 times that in Israel

Belgium: 15.1 per 100k (2023) · Israel: 6.9 per 100k (2023)

Israel and Belgium are practically level

Belgium: 22.9% (2024) · Israel: 23.3% (2024)

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

Belgium: 23.5% (2024) · Israel: 21.2% (2024)

People in Israel rate their lives 0.26 points higher than in Belgium

Belgium: 6.93 (2025) · Israel: 7.19 (2025)

Adults in Belgium drink 2.3 times as much alcohol as in Israel

Belgium: 9.5 litres (2023) · Israel: 4.2 litres (2023)

Israel has 81% more meat per person than Belgium

Belgium: 60 kg (2023) · Israel: 108.7 kg (2023)

Belgium has 167 kcal more food per person per day than Israel

Belgium: 3,921 kcal (2023) · Israel: 3,754 kcal (2023)

Workers in Israel put in 297 more hours a year than in Belgium

Belgium: 1,593 hours (2023) · Israel: 1,890 hours (2023)

Adults in Israel went to school 0.84 years longer than in Belgium

Belgium: 12.7 years (2023) · Israel: 13.5 years (2023)

Belgium welcomed 8.5 times as many tourists per resident as Israel (2019)

Belgium: 0.81 (2024) · Israel: 0.1 (2024)

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

Belgium: 16 (2026) · Israel: 9 (2026)

Belgium has won 177 Olympic medals, Israel 20

Belgium: 177 (2026 edition) · Israel: 20 (2026 edition)

96% of people in Belgium are online, versus 88% in Israel

Belgium: 96% (2024) · Israel: 88% (2024)

Home internet in Israel is 55% faster than in Belgium

Belgium: 254 Mbps (2026) · Israel: 392 Mbps (2026)

Belgium and Israel are practically level

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

92% of people in Israel live in cities, versus 88% in Belgium

Belgium: 88% (2025) · Israel: 92% (2025)

Israel has 177 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Belgium 104

Belgium: 104 (2024) · Israel: 177 (2024)

Belgium’s railway network is 2.1 times as long as Israel’s

Belgium: 3,612 km (2021) · Israel: 1,720 km (2021)

Airlines from Belgium fly 31% more passengers per resident than those from Israel

Belgium: 0.95 (2023) · Israel: 0.73 (2023)

Forest covers 22% of Belgium, but only 6.8% of Israel

Belgium: 22% (2024) · Israel: 6.8% (2024)

The average person in Belgium emits 30% more CO₂ than someone in Israel

Belgium: 7.3 t (2024) · Israel: 5.6 t (2024)

39% of Belgium’s electricity is renewable, versus 17% in Israel

Belgium: 38.9% (2025) · Israel: 16.9% (2025)

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

Belgium: 9.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Israel: 20.4 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 50% more likely to be murdered in Israel than in Belgium

Belgium: 1.1 per 100k (2021) · Israel: 1.6 per 100k (2022)

Belgium and Israel are nearly identical here

Belgium: 6.8 per 100k (2023) · Israel: 6.8 per 100k (2023)

Israel is on average 10.1 °C warmer than Belgium

Belgium: 11°C (2016–2025 avg) · Israel: 21.1°C (2016–2025 avg)

Belgium gets 4.5 times as much rain as Israel

Belgium: 928 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Israel: 205 mm (2016–2025 avg)