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

Belgium’s highest peak towers 135 m above Luxembourg’s

Belgium: 694 m (2026 edition) · Luxembourg: 559 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 52% of Luxembourg, versus 44% of Belgium

Belgium: 44.4% (2024) · Luxembourg: 51.7% (2024)

Belgium has 17 times as many people as Luxembourg

Belgium: 11.9 million (2025) · Luxembourg: 686,970 (2025)

Belgium is 47% more densely populated than Luxembourg

Belgium: 392 per km² (2025) · Luxembourg: 267 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Belgium is 2.5 years older than in Luxembourg

Belgium: 41.4 years (2023) · Luxembourg: 38.9 years (2023)

Women in Belgium have 0.2 more children on average than in Luxembourg

Belgium: 1.44 children per woman (2024) · Luxembourg: 1.25 children per woman (2024)

21% of people in Belgium are 65 or older, versus 16% in Luxembourg

Belgium: 21% (2025) · Luxembourg: 15.8% (2025)

Belgium hosts 4% more refugees per resident than Luxembourg

Belgium: 15.6 per 1,000 (2025) · Luxembourg: 15 per 1,000 (2025)

Belgium: 8.4 (2026) · Luxembourg: no data

Belgium and Luxembourg are practically level

Belgium: 3 (2026) · Luxembourg: 3 (2026)

Belgium’s economy is 7.2 times the size of Luxembourg’s

Belgium: $725 billion (2025) · Luxembourg: $101 billion (2025)

Luxembourg produces 2.1 times as much per person as Belgium

Belgium: Int$74,676 (2025) · Luxembourg: Int$156,542 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Luxembourg than in Belgium (Gini 6.8 points higher)

Belgium: 26.8 (2023) · Luxembourg: 33.6 (2023)

Belgium and Luxembourg are practically level

Belgium: 0.1% (2023) · Luxembourg: 0.1% (2023)

Luxembourg and Belgium are practically level

Belgium: 5.9% (2025) · Luxembourg: 6.3% (2025)

Belgium spends 2.0% of its GDP on the military, Luxembourg 0.9%

Belgium: 2% (2025) · Luxembourg: 0.9% (2025)

Luxembourg’s central government collects 29% of GDP in tax, Belgium’s 23%

Belgium: 23% (2024) · Luxembourg: 28.6% (2024)

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

Belgium: 81% (2025) · Luxembourg: 94% (2025)

Luxembourg spends 38% more on health per person than Belgium

Belgium: $5,931 (2023) · Luxembourg: $8,170 (2024)

A baby in Belgium is 63% more likely to die before turning one than in Luxembourg

Belgium: 3.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Luxembourg: 1.9 per 1,000 (2024)

Belgium has 20% more doctors per person than Luxembourg

Belgium: 3.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Luxembourg: 3 per 1,000 (2017)

Belgium has 37% more hospital beds per person than Luxembourg

Belgium: 5.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Luxembourg: 4 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Belgium is 64% higher than in Luxembourg

Belgium: 15.1 per 100k (2023) · Luxembourg: 9.2 per 100k (2023)

23% of adults in Belgium are obese, versus 21% in Luxembourg

Belgium: 22.9% (2024) · Luxembourg: 20.9% (2024)

25% of adults in Luxembourg smoke, versus 24% in Belgium

Belgium: 23.5% (2024) · Luxembourg: 24.5% (2024)

People in Luxembourg rate their lives 0.14 points higher than in Belgium

Belgium: 6.93 (2025) · Luxembourg: 7.06 (2025)

Adults in Luxembourg drink 20% more alcohol than in Belgium

Belgium: 9.5 litres (2023) · Luxembourg: 11.4 litres (2023)

Luxembourg has 38% more meat per person than Belgium

Belgium: 60 kg (2023) · Luxembourg: 83 kg (2023)

Belgium has 399 kcal more food per person per day than Luxembourg

Belgium: 3,921 kcal (2023) · Luxembourg: 3,522 kcal (2023)

Workers in Belgium put in 141 more hours a year than in Luxembourg

Belgium: 1,593 hours (2023) · Luxembourg: 1,452 hours (2023)

Adults in Belgium went to school 0.1 years longer than in Luxembourg

Belgium: 12.7 years (2023) · Luxembourg: 12.6 years (2023)

Luxembourg welcomed 91% more tourists per resident than Belgium (2019)

Belgium: 0.81 (2024) · Luxembourg: 1.55 (2022)

Belgium has 15 more World Heritage sites than Luxembourg (16 against 1)

Belgium: 16 (2026) · Luxembourg: 1 (2026)

Belgium has won 177 Olympic medals, Luxembourg 4

Belgium: 177 (2026 edition) · Luxembourg: 4 (2026 edition)

99% of people in Luxembourg are online, versus 96% in Belgium

Belgium: 96% (2024) · Luxembourg: 99% (2025)

Home internet in Luxembourg is 37% faster than in Belgium

Belgium: 254 Mbps (2026) · Luxembourg: 347 Mbps (2026)

Belgium and Luxembourg are practically level

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

95% of people in Luxembourg live in cities, versus 88% in Belgium

Belgium: 88% (2025) · Luxembourg: 95% (2025)

Luxembourg has 144 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Belgium 104

Belgium: 104 (2024) · Luxembourg: 144 (2023)

Belgium’s railway network is 13 times as long as Luxembourg’s

Belgium: 3,612 km (2021) · Luxembourg: 271 km (2021)

Airlines from Luxembourg fly 3.8 times as many passengers per resident as those from Belgium

Belgium: 0.95 (2023) · Luxembourg: 3.58 (2023)

Forest covers 34% of Luxembourg, but only 22% of Belgium

Belgium: 22% (2024) · Luxembourg: 34.5% (2024)

The average person in Luxembourg emits 44% more CO₂ than someone in Belgium

Belgium: 7.3 t (2024) · Luxembourg: 10.5 t (2024)

92% of Luxembourg’s electricity is renewable, versus 39% in Belgium

Belgium: 38.9% (2025) · Luxembourg: 91.6% (2025)

The air in Belgium carries 11% more fine dust than in Luxembourg

Belgium: 9.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Luxembourg: 8.4 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 42% more likely to be murdered in Luxembourg than in Belgium

Belgium: 1.1 per 100k (2021) · Luxembourg: 1.5 per 100k (2022)

Roads in Belgium are 26% deadlier than in Luxembourg

Belgium: 6.8 per 100k (2023) · Luxembourg: 5.4 per 100k (2023)

Belgium is on average 0.7 °C warmer than Luxembourg

Belgium: 11°C (2016–2025 avg) · Luxembourg: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg)

Luxembourg gets 1% more rain than Belgium

Belgium: 928 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Luxembourg: 939 mm (2016–2025 avg)