Portugal’s coastline is 27 times as long as Belgium’s

Belgium: 67 km (2026 edition) · Portugal: 1,793 km (2026 edition)

Portugal’s highest peak towers 1,657 m above Belgium’s

Belgium: 694 m (2026 edition) · Portugal: 2,351 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 44% of Belgium, versus 41% of Portugal

Belgium: 44.4% (2024) · Portugal: 41.3% (2024)

Belgium has 11% more people than Portugal

Belgium: 11.9 million (2025) · Portugal: 10.8 million (2025)

Belgium is 3.3 times as densely populated as Portugal

Belgium: 392 per km² (2025) · Portugal: 118 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Portugal is 4.8 years older than in Belgium

Belgium: 41.4 years (2023) · Portugal: 46.2 years (2023)

Belgium and Portugal are practically level

Belgium: 1.44 children per woman (2024) · Portugal: 1.41 children per woman (2024)

25% of people in Portugal are 65 or older, versus 21% in Belgium

Belgium: 21% (2025) · Portugal: 24.9% (2025)

Belgium hosts 2.4 times as many refugees per resident as Portugal

Belgium: 15.6 per 1,000 (2025) · Portugal: 6.5 per 1,000 (2025)

Belgium has produced 8.4 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Portugal 1.9

Belgium: 8.4 (2026) · Portugal: 1.9 (2026)

Belgium has 3 official languages, Portugal 1

Belgium: 3 (2026) · Portugal: 1 (2026)

Belgium’s economy is 2.1 times the size of Portugal’s

Belgium: $725 billion (2025) · Portugal: $347 billion (2025)

Belgium produces 41% more per person than Portugal

Belgium: Int$74,676 (2025) · Portugal: Int$53,146 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Portugal than in Belgium (Gini 7.1 points higher)

Belgium: 26.8 (2023) · Portugal: 33.9 (2023)

Portugal and Belgium are practically level

Belgium: 0.1% (2023) · Portugal: 0.4% (2023)

Portugal and Belgium are practically level

Belgium: 5.9% (2025) · Portugal: 6.2% (2025)

Belgium and Portugal are practically level

Belgium: 2% (2025) · Portugal: 1.7% (2025)

Belgium’s central government collects 23% of GDP in tax, Portugal’s 22%

Belgium: 23% (2024) · Portugal: 22.3% (2024)

Belgium’s price level (US = 100) is 1.3× Portugal’s

Belgium: 81% (2025) · Portugal: 60% (2025)

Belgium spends 2 times as much on health per person as Portugal

Belgium: $5,931 (2023) · Portugal: $2,971 (2024)

A baby in Belgium is 15% more likely to die before turning one than in Portugal

Belgium: 3.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Portugal: 2.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Portugal has 64% more doctors per person than Belgium

Belgium: 3.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Portugal: 5.9 per 1,000 (2022)

Belgium has 56% more hospital beds per person than Portugal

Belgium: 5.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Portugal: 3.5 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Belgium is 76% higher than in Portugal

Belgium: 15.1 per 100k (2023) · Portugal: 8.6 per 100k (2023)

Portugal and Belgium are practically level

Belgium: 22.9% (2024) · Portugal: 23% (2024)

29% of adults in Portugal smoke, versus 24% in Belgium

Belgium: 23.5% (2024) · Portugal: 28.6% (2024)

People in Belgium rate their lives 0.90 points higher than in Portugal

Belgium: 6.93 (2025) · Portugal: 6.03 (2025)

Adults in Portugal drink 44% more alcohol than in Belgium

Belgium: 9.5 litres (2023) · Portugal: 13.7 litres (2023)

Portugal has 66% more meat per person than Belgium

Belgium: 60 kg (2023) · Portugal: 99.3 kg (2023)

Belgium has 368 kcal more food per person per day than Portugal

Belgium: 3,921 kcal (2023) · Portugal: 3,553 kcal (2023)

Workers in Portugal put in 142 more hours a year than in Belgium

Belgium: 1,593 hours (2023) · Portugal: 1,735 hours (2023)

Adults in Belgium went to school 3 years longer than in Portugal

Belgium: 12.7 years (2023) · Portugal: 9.7 years (2023)

Portugal welcomed 3.3 times as many tourists per resident as Belgium (2019)

Belgium: 0.81 (2024) · Portugal: 2.71 (2024)

Portugal has 1 more World Heritage site than Belgium (17 against 16)

Belgium: 16 (2026) · Portugal: 17 (2026)

Belgium has won 177 Olympic medals, Portugal 32

Belgium: 177 (2026 edition) · Portugal: 32 (2026 edition)

96% of people in Belgium are online, versus 88% in Portugal

Belgium: 96% (2024) · Portugal: 88% (2024)

Home internet in Portugal is 30% faster than in Belgium

Belgium: 254 Mbps (2026) · Portugal: 330 Mbps (2026)

Belgium and Portugal are practically level

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

88% of people in Belgium live in cities, versus 61% in Portugal

Belgium: 88% (2025) · Portugal: 61% (2025)

Portugal has 124 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Belgium 104

Belgium: 104 (2024) · Portugal: 124 (2024)

Belgium’s railway network is 43% longer than Portugal’s

Belgium: 3,612 km (2021) · Portugal: 2,527 km (2021)

Airlines from Portugal fly 77% more passengers per resident than those from Belgium

Belgium: 0.95 (2023) · Portugal: 1.69 (2023)

Forest covers 37% of Portugal, but only 22% of Belgium

Belgium: 22% (2024) · Portugal: 36.6% (2024)

The average person in Belgium emits 2.1 times as much CO₂ as someone in Portugal

Belgium: 7.3 t (2024) · Portugal: 3.4 t (2024)

81% of Portugal’s electricity is renewable, versus 39% in Belgium

Belgium: 38.9% (2025) · Portugal: 81% (2025)

The air in Portugal carries 13% more fine dust than in Belgium

Belgium: 9.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Portugal: 10.5 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 50% more likely to be murdered in Belgium than in Portugal

Belgium: 1.1 per 100k (2021) · Portugal: 0.7 per 100k (2022)

Roads in Portugal are 62% deadlier than in Belgium

Belgium: 6.8 per 100k (2023) · Portugal: 11 per 100k (2023)

Portugal is on average 4.8 °C warmer than Belgium

Belgium: 11°C (2016–2025 avg) · Portugal: 15.9°C (2016–2025 avg)

Belgium gets 19% more rain than Portugal

Belgium: 928 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Portugal: 777 mm (2016–2025 avg)