Italy’s coastline is 114 times as long as Belgium’s

Belgium: 67 km (2026 edition) · Italy: 7,600 km (2026 edition)

Italy’s highest peak towers 4,054 m above Belgium’s

Belgium: 694 m (2026 edition) · Italy: 4,748 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 44% of Belgium, versus 44% of Italy

Belgium: 44.4% (2024) · Italy: 43.6% (2024)

Italy has 4.9 times as many people as Belgium

Belgium: 11.9 million (2025) · Italy: 58.9 million (2025)

Belgium is 2 times as densely populated as Italy

Belgium: 392 per km² (2025) · Italy: 199 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Italy is 6 years older than in Belgium

Belgium: 41.4 years (2023) · Italy: 47.5 years (2023)

Women in Belgium have 0.3 more children on average than in Italy

Belgium: 1.44 children per woman (2024) · Italy: 1.18 children per woman (2024)

25% of people in Italy are 65 or older, versus 21% in Belgium

Belgium: 21% (2025) · Italy: 25.1% (2025)

Belgium hosts 4.8 times as many refugees per resident as Italy

Belgium: 15.6 per 1,000 (2025) · Italy: 3.3 per 1,000 (2025)

Belgium has produced 8.4 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Italy 3.4

Belgium: 8.4 (2026) · Italy: 3.4 (2026)

Belgium has 3 official languages, Italy 1

Belgium: 3 (2026) · Italy: 1 (2026)

Italy’s economy is 3.5 times the size of Belgium’s

Belgium: $725 billion (2025) · Italy: $2.55 trillion (2025)

Belgium produces 19% more per person than Italy

Belgium: Int$74,676 (2025) · Italy: Int$62,803 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Italy than in Belgium (Gini 7.5 points higher)

Belgium: 26.8 (2023) · Italy: 34.3 (2023)

0.9% of people in Italy live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.1% in Belgium

Belgium: 0.1% (2023) · Italy: 0.9% (2023)

Italy and Belgium are practically level

Belgium: 5.9% (2025) · Italy: 6.4% (2025)

Belgium and Italy are practically level

Belgium: 2% (2025) · Italy: 1.9% (2025)

Italy’s central government collects 26% of GDP in tax, Belgium’s 23%

Belgium: 23% (2024) · Italy: 25.6% (2024)

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

Belgium: 81% (2025) · Italy: 69% (2025)

Belgium spends 75% more on health per person than Italy

Belgium: $5,931 (2023) · Italy: $3,398 (2024)

A baby in Belgium is 35% more likely to die before turning one than in Italy

Belgium: 3.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Italy: 2.3 per 1,000 (2024)

Italy has 17% more doctors per person than Belgium

Belgium: 3.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Italy: 4.2 per 1,000 (2022)

Belgium has 77% more hospital beds per person than Italy

Belgium: 5.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Italy: 3.1 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Belgium is 2.6 times that in Italy

Belgium: 15.1 per 100k (2023) · Italy: 5.7 per 100k (2023)

23% of adults in Belgium are obese, versus 18% in Italy

Belgium: 22.9% (2024) · Italy: 17.9% (2024)

24% of adults in Belgium smoke, versus 22% in Italy

Belgium: 23.5% (2024) · Italy: 22.4% (2024)

People in Belgium rate their lives 0.35 points higher than in Italy

Belgium: 6.93 (2025) · Italy: 6.57 (2025)

Adults in Belgium drink 13% more alcohol than in Italy

Belgium: 9.5 litres (2023) · Italy: 8.4 litres (2023)

Italy has 19% more meat per person than Belgium

Belgium: 60 kg (2023) · Italy: 71.2 kg (2023)

Belgium has 169 kcal more food per person per day than Italy

Belgium: 3,921 kcal (2023) · Italy: 3,753 kcal (2023)

Workers in Italy put in 108 more hours a year than in Belgium

Belgium: 1,593 hours (2023) · Italy: 1,701 hours (2023)

Adults in Belgium went to school 1.9 years longer than in Italy

Belgium: 12.7 years (2023) · Italy: 10.8 years (2023)

Italy welcomed 20% more tourists per resident than Belgium (2019)

Belgium: 0.81 (2024) · Italy: 0.98 (2024)

Italy has 46 more World Heritage sites than Belgium (62 against 16)

Belgium: 16 (2026) · Italy: 62 (2026)

Italy has won 829 Olympic medals, Belgium 177

Belgium: 177 (2026 edition) · Italy: 829 (2026 edition)

96% of people in Belgium are online, versus 89% in Italy

Belgium: 96% (2024) · Italy: 89% (2024)

Home internet in Italy is 8% faster than in Belgium

Belgium: 254 Mbps (2026) · Italy: 274 Mbps (2026)

Belgium and Italy are practically level

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

88% of people in Belgium live in cities, versus 70% in Italy

Belgium: 88% (2025) · Italy: 70% (2025)

Italy has 133 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Belgium 104

Belgium: 104 (2024) · Italy: 133 (2024)

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

Belgium: 3,612 km (2021) · Italy: 17,305 km (2021)

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

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

Forest covers 32% of Italy, but only 22% of Belgium

Belgium: 22% (2024) · Italy: 31.8% (2024)

The average person in Belgium emits 43% more CO₂ than someone in Italy

Belgium: 7.3 t (2024) · Italy: 5.1 t (2024)

49% of Italy’s electricity is renewable, versus 39% in Belgium

Belgium: 38.9% (2025) · Italy: 48.8% (2025)

The air in Italy carries 63% more fine dust than in Belgium

Belgium: 9.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Italy: 15.2 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 90% more likely to be murdered in Belgium than in Italy

Belgium: 1.1 per 100k (2021) · Italy: 0.6 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Italy are 25% deadlier than in Belgium

Belgium: 6.8 per 100k (2023) · Italy: 8.5 per 100k (2023)

Italy is on average 2.8 °C warmer than Belgium

Belgium: 11°C (2016–2025 avg) · Italy: 13.9°C (2016–2025 avg)

Italy gets 11% more rain than Belgium

Belgium: 928 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Italy: 1,030 mm (2016–2025 avg)