New Zealand’s coastline is 228 times as long as Belgium’s

Belgium: 67 km (2026 edition) · New Zealand: 15,134 km (2026 edition)

Belgium’s highest peak towers 664 m above New Zealand’s

Belgium: 694 m (2026 edition) · New Zealand: 30 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 44% of Belgium, versus 37% of New Zealand

Belgium: 44.4% (2024) · New Zealand: 36.8% (2024)

Belgium has 2.2 times as many people as New Zealand

Belgium: 11.9 million (2025) · New Zealand: 5.32 million (2025)

Belgium is 19 times as densely populated as New Zealand

Belgium: 392 per km² (2025) · New Zealand: 20 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Belgium is 4.2 years older than in New Zealand

Belgium: 41.4 years (2023) · New Zealand: 37.3 years (2023)

Women in New Zealand have 0.1 more children on average than in Belgium

Belgium: 1.44 children per woman (2024) · New Zealand: 1.57 children per woman (2024)

21% of people in Belgium are 65 or older, versus 18% in New Zealand

Belgium: 21% (2025) · New Zealand: 17.6% (2025)

Belgium hosts 39 times as many refugees per resident as New Zealand

Belgium: 15.6 per 1,000 (2025) · New Zealand: 0.4 per 1,000 (2025)

Belgium has produced 8.4 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, New Zealand 5.6

Belgium: 8.4 (2026) · New Zealand: 5.6 (2026)

Belgium and New Zealand are practically level

Belgium: 3 (2026) · New Zealand: 3 (2026)

Belgium’s economy is 2.7 times the size of New Zealand’s

Belgium: $725 billion (2025) · New Zealand: $264 billion (2025)

Belgium produces 30% more per person than New Zealand

Belgium: Int$74,676 (2025) · New Zealand: Int$57,350 (2025)

Belgium: 26.8 (2023) · New Zealand: no data

Belgium: 0.1% (2023) · New Zealand: no data

Unemployment is 5.9% in Belgium, versus 5.1% in New Zealand

Belgium: 5.9% (2025) · New Zealand: 5.1% (2025)

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

Belgium: 2% (2025) · New Zealand: 1.1% (2025)

New Zealand’s central government collects 30% of GDP in tax, Belgium’s 23%

Belgium: 23% (2024) · New Zealand: 29.5% (2024)

New Zealand’s price level (US = 100) is 1.1× Belgium’s

Belgium: 81% (2025) · New Zealand: 86% (2025)

Belgium spends 18% more on health per person than New Zealand

Belgium: $5,931 (2023) · New Zealand: $5,022 (2024)

A baby in New Zealand is 29% more likely to die before turning one than in Belgium

Belgium: 3.1 per 1,000 (2024) · New Zealand: 4 per 1,000 (2024)

New Zealand has 1% more doctors per person than Belgium

Belgium: 3.6 per 1,000 (2022) · New Zealand: 3.6 per 1,000 (2022)

Belgium has 2.2 times as many hospital beds per person as New Zealand

Belgium: 5.4 per 1,000 (2023) · New Zealand: 2.5 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Belgium is 16% higher than in New Zealand

Belgium: 15.1 per 100k (2023) · New Zealand: 13 per 100k (2023)

35% of adults in New Zealand are obese, versus 23% in Belgium

Belgium: 22.9% (2024) · New Zealand: 34.7% (2024)

24% of adults in Belgium smoke, versus 9.3% in New Zealand

Belgium: 23.5% (2024) · New Zealand: 9.3% (2024)

People in New Zealand rate their lives 0.07 points higher than in Belgium

Belgium: 6.93 (2025) · New Zealand: 7.00 (2025)

Adults in Belgium drink 8% more alcohol than in New Zealand

Belgium: 9.5 litres (2023) · New Zealand: 8.9 litres (2023)

New Zealand has 33% more meat per person than Belgium

Belgium: 60 kg (2023) · New Zealand: 79.5 kg (2023)

Belgium has 800 kcal more food per person per day than New Zealand

Belgium: 3,921 kcal (2023) · New Zealand: 3,122 kcal (2023)

Workers in New Zealand put in 114 more hours a year than in Belgium

Belgium: 1,593 hours (2023) · New Zealand: 1,708 hours (2023)

Adults in New Zealand went to school 0.19 years longer than in Belgium

Belgium: 12.7 years (2023) · New Zealand: 12.9 years (2023)

Belgium welcomed 35% more tourists per resident than New Zealand (2019)

Belgium: 0.81 (2024) · New Zealand: 0.6 (2024)

Belgium has 13 more World Heritage sites than New Zealand (16 against 3)

Belgium: 16 (2026) · New Zealand: 3 (2026)

Belgium has won 177 Olympic medals, New Zealand 166

Belgium: 177 (2026 edition) · New Zealand: 166 (2026 edition)

96% of people in Belgium are online, versus 94% in New Zealand

Belgium: 96% (2024) · New Zealand: 94% (2024)

Home internet in New Zealand is 7% faster than in Belgium

Belgium: 254 Mbps (2026) · New Zealand: 272 Mbps (2026)

Belgium and New Zealand are practically level

Belgium: 100% (2024) · New Zealand: 100% (2024)

88% of people in Belgium live in cities, versus 84% in New Zealand

Belgium: 88% (2025) · New Zealand: 84% (2025)

New Zealand has 130 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Belgium 104

Belgium: 104 (2024) · New Zealand: 130 (2024)

New Zealand’s railway network is 14% longer than Belgium’s

Belgium: 3,612 km (2021) · New Zealand: 4,128 km (2018)

Airlines from New Zealand fly 3 times as many passengers per resident as those from Belgium

Belgium: 0.95 (2023) · New Zealand: 2.82 (2023)

Forest covers 39% of New Zealand, but only 22% of Belgium

Belgium: 22% (2024) · New Zealand: 38.9% (2024)

The average person in Belgium emits 17% more CO₂ than someone in New Zealand

Belgium: 7.3 t (2024) · New Zealand: 6.2 t (2024)

89% of New Zealand’s electricity is renewable, versus 39% in Belgium

Belgium: 38.9% (2025) · New Zealand: 88.5% (2025)

The air in Belgium carries 33% more fine dust than in New Zealand

Belgium: 9.3 µg/m³ (2024) · New Zealand: 7 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 35% more likely to be murdered in New Zealand than in Belgium

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

Roads in New Zealand are 60% deadlier than in Belgium

Belgium: 6.8 per 100k (2023) · New Zealand: 10.9 per 100k (2023)

New Zealand and Belgium are practically level

Belgium: 11°C (2016–2025 avg) · New Zealand: 11.1°C (2016–2025 avg)

New Zealand gets 72% more rain than Belgium

Belgium: 928 mm (2016–2025 avg) · New Zealand: 1,596 mm (2016–2025 avg)