Kenya’s coastline is 8.1 times as long as Belgium’s

Belgium: 67 km (2026 edition) · Kenya: 536 km (2026 edition)

Kenya’s highest peak towers 4,505 m above Belgium’s

Belgium: 694 m (2026 edition) · Kenya: 5,199 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 50% of Kenya, versus 44% of Belgium

Belgium: 44.4% (2024) · Kenya: 50% (2024)

Kenya has 4.8 times as many people as Belgium

Belgium: 11.9 million (2025) · Kenya: 57.5 million (2025)

Belgium is 4 times as densely populated as Kenya

Belgium: 392 per km² (2025) · Kenya: 99 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Belgium is 22 years older than in Kenya

Belgium: 41.4 years (2023) · Kenya: 19.5 years (2023)

Women in Kenya have 1.7 more children on average than in Belgium

Belgium: 1.44 children per woman (2024) · Kenya: 3.17 children per woman (2024)

21% of people in Belgium are 65 or older, versus 3.0% in Kenya

Belgium: 21% (2025) · Kenya: 3% (2025)

Belgium hosts 46% more refugees per resident than Kenya

Belgium: 15.6 per 1,000 (2025) · Kenya: 10.7 per 1,000 (2025)

Belgium has produced 8.4 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Kenya 0.2

Belgium: 8.4 (2026) · Kenya: 0.2 (2026)

Belgium has 3 official languages, Kenya 2

Belgium: 3 (2026) · Kenya: 2 (2026)

Belgium’s economy is 5.3 times the size of Kenya’s

Belgium: $725 billion (2025) · Kenya: $136 billion (2025)

Belgium produces 11 times as much per person as Kenya

Belgium: Int$74,676 (2025) · Kenya: Int$7,016 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Kenya than in Belgium (Gini 11.7 points higher)

Belgium: 26.8 (2023) · Kenya: 38.5 (2022)

46% of people in Kenya live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.1% in Belgium

Belgium: 0.1% (2023) · Kenya: 45.5% (2022)

Belgium and Kenya are practically level

Belgium: 5.9% (2025) · Kenya: 5.4% (2025)

Belgium spends 2.0% of its GDP on the military, Kenya 1.1%

Belgium: 2% (2025) · Kenya: 1.1% (2025)

Belgium’s central government collects 23% of GDP in tax, Kenya’s 14%

Belgium: 23% (2024) · Kenya: 14.1% (2023)

Belgium’s price level (US = 100) is 2.4× Kenya’s

Belgium: 81% (2025) · Kenya: 34% (2025)

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

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

A baby in Kenya is 11 times as likely to die before turning one as in Belgium

Belgium: 3.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Kenya: 34.2 per 1,000 (2024)

Belgium has 12 times as many doctors per person as Kenya

Belgium: 3.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Kenya: 0.3 per 1,000 (2023)

Belgium has 4.1 times as many hospital beds per person as Kenya

Belgium: 5.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Kenya: 1.3 per 1,000 (2019)

The suicide rate in Kenya is 26% higher than in Belgium

Belgium: 15.1 per 100k (2023) · Kenya: 19.1 per 100k (2023)

23% of adults in Belgium are obese, versus 10% in Kenya

Belgium: 22.9% (2024) · Kenya: 10.4% (2024)

24% of adults in Belgium smoke, versus 9.6% in Kenya

Belgium: 23.5% (2024) · Kenya: 9.6% (2024)

People in Belgium rate their lives 2.25 points higher than in Kenya

Belgium: 6.93 (2025) · Kenya: 4.67 (2025)

Adults in Belgium drink 4.2 times as much alcohol as in Kenya

Belgium: 9.5 litres (2023) · Kenya: 2.2 litres (2023)

Belgium has 5.9 times as much meat per person as Kenya

Belgium: 60 kg (2023) · Kenya: 10.2 kg (2023)

Belgium has 1,775 kcal more food per person per day than Kenya

Belgium: 3,921 kcal (2023) · Kenya: 2,146 kcal (2023)

Workers in Kenya put in 441 more hours a year than in Belgium

Belgium: 1,593 hours (2023) · Kenya: 2,035 hours (2023)

Adults in Belgium went to school 4.1 years longer than in Kenya

Belgium: 12.7 years (2023) · Kenya: 8.6 years (2023)

Belgium welcomed 29 times as many tourists per resident as Kenya (2019)

Belgium: 0.81 (2024) · Kenya: 0.03 (2017)

Belgium has 8 more World Heritage sites than Kenya (16 against 8)

Belgium: 16 (2026) · Kenya: 8 (2026)

Belgium has won 177 Olympic medals, Kenya 124

Belgium: 177 (2026 edition) · Kenya: 124 (2026 edition)

96% of people in Belgium are online, versus 35% in Kenya

Belgium: 96% (2024) · Kenya: 35% (2024)

Home internet in Belgium is 6.2 times as fast as in Kenya

Belgium: 254 Mbps (2026) · Kenya: 41 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in Belgium have electricity, versus 77% in Kenya

Belgium: 100% (2024) · Kenya: 77% (2024)

88% of people in Belgium live in cities, versus 32% in Kenya

Belgium: 88% (2025) · Kenya: 32% (2025)

Kenya has 126 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Belgium 104

Belgium: 104 (2024) · Kenya: 126 (2024)

Kenya’s railway network is 6% longer than Belgium’s

Belgium: 3,612 km (2021) · Kenya: 3,819 km (2018)

Airlines from Belgium fly 11 times as many passengers per resident as those from Kenya

Belgium: 0.95 (2023) · Kenya: 0.09 (2023)

Forest covers 22% of Belgium, but only 6.6% of Kenya

Belgium: 22% (2024) · Kenya: 6.6% (2024)

The average person in Belgium emits 19 times as much CO₂ as someone in Kenya

Belgium: 7.3 t (2024) · Kenya: 0.4 t (2024)

90% of Kenya’s electricity is renewable, versus 39% in Belgium

Belgium: 38.9% (2025) · Kenya: 90% (2025)

The air in Kenya carries 2.4 times as much fine dust as in Belgium

Belgium: 9.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Kenya: 22 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 4.5 times as likely to be murdered in Kenya as in Belgium

Belgium: 1.1 per 100k (2021) · Kenya: 4.9 per 100k (2022)

Roads in Kenya are 8.1 times as deadly as in Belgium

Belgium: 6.8 per 100k (2023) · Kenya: 55.3 per 100k (2023)

Kenya is on average 14.6 °C warmer than Belgium

Belgium: 11°C (2016–2025 avg) · Kenya: 25.7°C (2016–2025 avg)

Belgium gets 33% more rain than Kenya

Belgium: 928 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Kenya: 696 mm (2016–2025 avg)