Belgium: 67 km (2026 edition) · Kazakhstan: 0 km (2026 edition)

Kazakhstan’s highest peak towers 6,316 m above Belgium’s

Belgium: 694 m (2026 edition) · Kazakhstan: 7,010 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 79% of Kazakhstan, versus 44% of Belgium

Belgium: 44.4% (2024) · Kazakhstan: 79.2% (2024)

Kazakhstan has 75% more people than Belgium

Belgium: 11.9 million (2025) · Kazakhstan: 20.8 million (2025)

Belgium is 51 times as densely populated as Kazakhstan

Belgium: 392 per km² (2025) · Kazakhstan: 8 per km² (2025)

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

Belgium: 41.4 years (2023) · Kazakhstan: 29.5 years (2023)

Women in Kazakhstan have 1.5 more children on average than in Belgium

Belgium: 1.44 children per woman (2024) · Kazakhstan: 2.98 children per woman (2024)

21% of people in Belgium are 65 or older, versus 9.0% in Kazakhstan

Belgium: 21% (2025) · Kazakhstan: 9% (2025)

Belgium hosts 74 times as many refugees per resident as Kazakhstan

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

Belgium has produced 8.4 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Kazakhstan none

Belgium: 8.4 (2026) · Kazakhstan: 0 (2026)

Belgium has 3 official languages, Kazakhstan 2

Belgium: 3 (2026) · Kazakhstan: 2 (2026)

Belgium’s economy is 2.4 times the size of Kazakhstan’s

Belgium: $725 billion (2025) · Kazakhstan: $306 billion (2025)

Belgium produces 69% more per person than Kazakhstan

Belgium: Int$74,676 (2025) · Kazakhstan: Int$44,294 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Kazakhstan than in Belgium (Gini 2.4 points higher)

Belgium: 26.8 (2023) · Kazakhstan: 29.2 (2021)

Belgium and Kazakhstan are practically level

Belgium: 0.1% (2023) · Kazakhstan: 0% (2021)

Unemployment is 5.9% in Belgium, versus 4.8% in Kazakhstan

Belgium: 5.9% (2025) · Kazakhstan: 4.8% (2025)

Belgium spends 2.0% of its GDP on the military, Kazakhstan 0.4%

Belgium: 2% (2025) · Kazakhstan: 0.4% (2025)

Belgium’s central government collects 23% of GDP in tax, Kazakhstan’s 12%

Belgium: 23% (2024) · Kazakhstan: 11.9% (2023)

Belgium’s price level (US = 100) is 2.5× Kazakhstan’s

Belgium: 81% (2025) · Kazakhstan: 33% (2025)

Belgium spends 12 times as much on health per person as Kazakhstan

Belgium: $5,931 (2023) · Kazakhstan: $490 (2023)

A baby in Kazakhstan is 2.4 times as likely to die before turning one as in Belgium

Belgium: 3.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Kazakhstan: 7.4 per 1,000 (2024)

Kazakhstan has 5% more doctors per person than Belgium

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

Kazakhstan has 21% more hospital beds per person than Belgium

Belgium: 5.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Kazakhstan: 6.5 per 1,000 (2020)

The suicide rate in Kazakhstan is 21% higher than in Belgium

Belgium: 15.1 per 100k (2023) · Kazakhstan: 18.2 per 100k (2023)

Belgium and Kazakhstan are practically level

Belgium: 22.9% (2024) · Kazakhstan: 22.4% (2024)

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

Belgium: 23.5% (2024) · Kazakhstan: 21.1% (2024)

People in Belgium rate their lives 0.29 points higher than in Kazakhstan

Belgium: 6.93 (2025) · Kazakhstan: 6.63 (2025)

Adults in Belgium drink 60% more alcohol than in Kazakhstan

Belgium: 9.5 litres (2023) · Kazakhstan: 6 litres (2023)

Kazakhstan has 8% more meat per person than Belgium

Belgium: 60 kg (2023) · Kazakhstan: 64.9 kg (2023)

Belgium has 785 kcal more food per person per day than Kazakhstan

Belgium: 3,921 kcal (2023) · Kazakhstan: 3,136 kcal (2023)

Workers in Kazakhstan put in 381 more hours a year than in Belgium

Belgium: 1,593 hours (2023) · Kazakhstan: 1,975 hours (2023)

Adults in Belgium went to school 0.14 years longer than in Kazakhstan

Belgium: 12.7 years (2023) · Kazakhstan: 12.5 years (2023)

Belgium welcomed 61% more tourists per resident than Kazakhstan (2019)

Belgium: 0.81 (2024) · Kazakhstan: 0.5 (2024)

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

Belgium: 16 (2026) · Kazakhstan: 7 (2026)

Belgium has won 177 Olympic medals, Kazakhstan 87

Belgium: 177 (2026 edition) · Kazakhstan: 87 (2026 edition)

96% of people in Belgium are online, versus 93% in Kazakhstan

Belgium: 96% (2024) · Kazakhstan: 93% (2024)

Home internet in Belgium is 54% faster than in Kazakhstan

Belgium: 254 Mbps (2026) · Kazakhstan: 165 Mbps (2026)

Belgium and Kazakhstan are practically level

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

88% of people in Belgium live in cities, versus 62% in Kazakhstan

Belgium: 88% (2025) · Kazakhstan: 62% (2025)

Kazakhstan has 127 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Belgium 104

Belgium: 104 (2024) · Kazakhstan: 127 (2024)

Kazakhstan’s railway network is 4.4 times as long as Belgium’s

Belgium: 3,612 km (2021) · Kazakhstan: 16,006 km (2021)

Airlines from Belgium fly 67% more passengers per resident than those from Kazakhstan

Belgium: 0.95 (2023) · Kazakhstan: 0.57 (2023)

Forest covers 22% of Belgium, but only 1.3% of Kazakhstan

Belgium: 22% (2024) · Kazakhstan: 1.3% (2024)

The average person in Kazakhstan emits 91% more CO₂ than someone in Belgium

Belgium: 7.3 t (2024) · Kazakhstan: 13.9 t (2024)

39% of Belgium’s electricity is renewable, versus 15% in Kazakhstan

Belgium: 38.9% (2025) · Kazakhstan: 14.9% (2025)

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

Belgium: 9.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Kazakhstan: 16 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 2.4 times as likely to be murdered in Kazakhstan as in Belgium

Belgium: 1.1 per 100k (2021) · Kazakhstan: 2.6 per 100k (2022)

Roads in Kazakhstan are 3 times as deadly as in Belgium

Belgium: 6.8 per 100k (2023) · Kazakhstan: 20.4 per 100k (2023)

Belgium is on average 3.3 °C warmer than Kazakhstan

Belgium: 11°C (2016–2025 avg) · Kazakhstan: 7.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Belgium gets 2.8 times as much rain as Kazakhstan

Belgium: 928 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Kazakhstan: 328 mm (2016–2025 avg)