Poland’s coastline is 6.6 times as long as Belgium’s

Belgium: 67 km (2026 edition) · Poland: 440 km (2026 edition)

Poland’s highest peak towers 1,805 m above Belgium’s

Belgium: 694 m (2026 edition) · Poland: 2,499 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 46% of Poland, versus 44% of Belgium

Belgium: 44.4% (2024) · Poland: 46.2% (2024)

Poland has 3.1 times as many people as Belgium

Belgium: 11.9 million (2025) · Poland: 36.4 million (2025)

Belgium is 3.3 times as densely populated as Poland

Belgium: 392 per km² (2025) · Poland: 119 per km² (2025)

Belgium and Poland are practically level

Belgium: 41.4 years (2023) · Poland: 41.3 years (2023)

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

Belgium: 1.44 children per woman (2024) · Poland: 1.14 children per woman (2024)

Belgium and Poland are practically level

Belgium: 21% (2025) · Poland: 20.8% (2025)

Poland hosts 74% more refugees per resident than Belgium

Belgium: 15.6 per 1,000 (2025) · Poland: 27.2 per 1,000 (2025)

Belgium has produced 8.4 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Poland 7.7

Belgium: 8.4 (2026) · Poland: 7.7 (2026)

Belgium has 3 official languages, Poland 1

Belgium: 3 (2026) · Poland: 1 (2026)

Poland’s economy is 43% larger than Belgium’s

Belgium: $725 billion (2025) · Poland: $1.04 trillion (2025)

Belgium produces 38% more per person than Poland

Belgium: Int$74,676 (2025) · Poland: Int$54,262 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Poland than in Belgium (Gini 1.7 points higher)

Belgium: 26.8 (2023) · Poland: 28.5 (2023)

Poland and Belgium are practically level

Belgium: 0.1% (2023) · Poland: 0.2% (2023)

Unemployment is 5.9% in Belgium, versus 3.0% in Poland

Belgium: 5.9% (2025) · Poland: 3% (2025)

Poland spends 4.5% of its GDP on the military, Belgium 2.0%

Belgium: 2% (2025) · Poland: 4.5% (2025)

Belgium’s central government collects 23% of GDP in tax, Poland’s 17%

Belgium: 23% (2024) · Poland: 17.4% (2024)

Belgium’s price level (US = 100) is 1.6× Poland’s

Belgium: 81% (2025) · Poland: 52% (2025)

Belgium spends 2.9 times as much on health per person as Poland

Belgium: $5,931 (2023) · Poland: $2,014 (2024)

A baby in Poland is 16% more likely to die before turning one than in Belgium

Belgium: 3.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Poland: 3.6 per 1,000 (2024)

Poland has 13% more doctors per person than Belgium

Belgium: 3.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Poland: 4 per 1,000 (2023)

Poland has 11% more hospital beds per person than Belgium

Belgium: 5.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Poland: 6 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Belgium is 13% higher than in Poland

Belgium: 15.1 per 100k (2023) · Poland: 13.4 per 100k (2023)

26% of adults in Poland are obese, versus 23% in Belgium

Belgium: 22.9% (2024) · Poland: 25.9% (2024)

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

Belgium: 23.5% (2024) · Poland: 21.7% (2024)

People in Belgium rate their lives 0.16 points higher than in Poland

Belgium: 6.93 (2025) · Poland: 6.77 (2025)

Adults in Poland drink 21% more alcohol than in Belgium

Belgium: 9.5 litres (2023) · Poland: 11.5 litres (2023)

Poland has 39% more meat per person than Belgium

Belgium: 60 kg (2023) · Poland: 83.3 kg (2023)

Belgium has 191 kcal more food per person per day than Poland

Belgium: 3,921 kcal (2023) · Poland: 3,730 kcal (2023)

Workers in Poland put in 214 more hours a year than in Belgium

Belgium: 1,593 hours (2023) · Poland: 1,807 hours (2023)

Adults in Poland went to school 0.52 years longer than in Belgium

Belgium: 12.7 years (2023) · Poland: 13.2 years (2023)

Belgium welcomed 51% more tourists per resident than Poland (2019)

Belgium: 0.81 (2024) · Poland: 0.54 (2024)

Poland has 2 more World Heritage sites than Belgium (18 against 16)

Belgium: 16 (2026) · Poland: 18 (2026)

Poland has won 335 Olympic medals, Belgium 177

Belgium: 177 (2026 edition) · Poland: 335 (2026 edition)

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

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

Home internet in Poland is 14% faster than in Belgium

Belgium: 254 Mbps (2026) · Poland: 288 Mbps (2026)

Belgium and Poland are practically level

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

88% of people in Belgium live in cities, versus 60% in Poland

Belgium: 88% (2025) · Poland: 60% (2025)

Poland has 138 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Belgium 104

Belgium: 104 (2024) · Poland: 138 (2024)

Poland’s railway network is 5.2 times as long as Belgium’s

Belgium: 3,612 km (2021) · Poland: 18,620 km (2021)

Airlines from Belgium fly 4 times as many passengers per resident as those from Poland

Belgium: 0.95 (2023) · Poland: 0.24 (2023)

Forest covers 31% of Poland, but only 22% of Belgium

Belgium: 22% (2024) · Poland: 31% (2024)

The average person in Belgium emits 3% more CO₂ than someone in Poland

Belgium: 7.3 t (2024) · Poland: 7.1 t (2024)

39% of Belgium’s electricity is renewable, versus 32% in Poland

Belgium: 38.9% (2025) · Poland: 31.5% (2025)

The air in Poland carries 68% more fine dust than in Belgium

Belgium: 9.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Poland: 15.6 µg/m³ (2024)

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

Belgium: 1.1 per 100k (2021) · Poland: 0.8 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Poland are 69% deadlier than in Belgium

Belgium: 6.8 per 100k (2023) · Poland: 11.5 per 100k (2023)

Belgium is on average 1.3 °C warmer than Poland

Belgium: 11°C (2016–2025 avg) · Poland: 9.7°C (2016–2025 avg)

Belgium gets 22% more rain than Poland

Belgium: 928 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Poland: 763 mm (2016–2025 avg)