Romania’s coastline is 3.4 times as long as Belgium’s

Belgium: 67 km (2026 edition) · Romania: 225 km (2026 edition)

Romania’s highest peak towers 1,850 m above Belgium’s

Belgium: 694 m (2026 edition) · Romania: 2,544 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 55% of Romania, versus 44% of Belgium

Belgium: 44.4% (2024) · Romania: 55.2% (2024)

Romania has 59% more people than Belgium

Belgium: 11.9 million (2025) · Romania: 19 million (2025)

Belgium is 4.7 times as densely populated as Romania

Belgium: 392 per km² (2025) · Romania: 83 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Romania is 1.2 years older than in Belgium

Belgium: 41.4 years (2023) · Romania: 42.6 years (2023)

Women in Belgium have 0.1 more children on average than in Romania

Belgium: 1.44 children per woman (2024) · Romania: 1.39 children per woman (2024)

21% of people in Belgium are 65 or older, versus 20% in Romania

Belgium: 21% (2025) · Romania: 20.1% (2025)

Belgium hosts 44% more refugees per resident than Romania

Belgium: 15.6 per 1,000 (2025) · Romania: 10.9 per 1,000 (2025)

Belgium has produced 8.4 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Romania 2.1

Belgium: 8.4 (2026) · Romania: 2.1 (2026)

Belgium has 3 official languages, Romania 1

Belgium: 3 (2026) · Romania: 1 (2026)

Belgium’s economy is 69% larger than Romania’s

Belgium: $725 billion (2025) · Romania: $429 billion (2025)

Belgium produces 47% more per person than Romania

Belgium: Int$74,676 (2025) · Romania: Int$50,895 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Romania than in Belgium (Gini 3 points higher)

Belgium: 26.8 (2023) · Romania: 29.8 (2023)

0.7% of people in Romania live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.1% in Belgium

Belgium: 0.1% (2023) · Romania: 0.7% (2023)

Romania and Belgium are practically level

Belgium: 5.9% (2025) · Romania: 6% (2025)

Romania and Belgium are practically level

Belgium: 2% (2025) · Romania: 2.3% (2025)

Belgium’s central government collects 23% of GDP in tax, Romania’s 16%

Belgium: 23% (2024) · Romania: 16.2% (2024)

Belgium’s price level (US = 100) is 1.8× Romania’s

Belgium: 81% (2025) · Romania: 44% (2025)

Belgium spends 5.6 times as much on health per person as Romania

Belgium: $5,931 (2023) · Romania: $1,051 (2023)

A baby in Romania is 94% more likely to die before turning one than in Belgium

Belgium: 3.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Romania: 6 per 1,000 (2024)

Romania has 1% more doctors per person than Belgium

Belgium: 3.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Romania: 3.6 per 1,000 (2022)

Romania has 33% more hospital beds per person than Belgium

Belgium: 5.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Romania: 7.2 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Belgium is 84% higher than in Romania

Belgium: 15.1 per 100k (2023) · Romania: 8.2 per 100k (2023)

38% of adults in Romania are obese, versus 23% in Belgium

Belgium: 22.9% (2024) · Romania: 37.7% (2024)

30% of adults in Romania smoke, versus 24% in Belgium

Belgium: 23.5% (2024) · Romania: 29.7% (2024)

People in Belgium rate their lives 0.30 points higher than in Romania

Belgium: 6.93 (2025) · Romania: 6.63 (2025)

Adults in Romania drink 79% more alcohol than in Belgium

Belgium: 9.5 litres (2023) · Romania: 17.1 litres (2023)

Romania has 21% more meat per person than Belgium

Belgium: 60 kg (2023) · Romania: 72.5 kg (2023)

Belgium has 272 kcal more food per person per day than Romania

Belgium: 3,921 kcal (2023) · Romania: 3,649 kcal (2023)

Workers in Romania put in 233 more hours a year than in Belgium

Belgium: 1,593 hours (2023) · Romania: 1,826 hours (2023)

Adults in Belgium went to school 1.1 years longer than in Romania

Belgium: 12.7 years (2023) · Romania: 11.6 years (2023)

Belgium welcomed 16% more tourists per resident than Romania (2019)

Belgium: 0.81 (2024) · Romania: 0.7 (2024)

Belgium has 5 more World Heritage sites than Romania (16 against 11)

Belgium: 16 (2026) · Romania: 11 (2026)

Romania has won 318 Olympic medals, Belgium 177

Belgium: 177 (2026 edition) · Romania: 318 (2026 edition)

96% of people in Belgium are online, versus 91% in Romania

Belgium: 96% (2024) · Romania: 91% (2024)

Home internet in Romania is 25% faster than in Belgium

Belgium: 254 Mbps (2026) · Romania: 316 Mbps (2026)

Belgium and Romania are practically level

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

88% of people in Belgium live in cities, versus 52% in Romania

Belgium: 88% (2025) · Romania: 52% (2025)

Romania has 120 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Belgium 104

Belgium: 104 (2024) · Romania: 120 (2024)

Romania’s railway network is 3 times as long as Belgium’s

Belgium: 3,612 km (2021) · Romania: 10,769 km (2021)

Airlines from Belgium fly 6.5 times as many passengers per resident as those from Romania

Belgium: 0.95 (2023) · Romania: 0.15 (2023)

Forest covers 30% of Romania, but only 22% of Belgium

Belgium: 22% (2024) · Romania: 30.2% (2024)

The average person in Belgium emits 2 times as much CO₂ as someone in Romania

Belgium: 7.3 t (2024) · Romania: 3.6 t (2024)

47% of Romania’s electricity is renewable, versus 39% in Belgium

Belgium: 38.9% (2025) · Romania: 47% (2025)

The air in Romania carries 54% more fine dust than in Belgium

Belgium: 9.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Romania: 14.3 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 4% more likely to be murdered in Romania than in Belgium

Belgium: 1.1 per 100k (2021) · Romania: 1.1 per 100k (2024)

Roads in Romania are 2 times as deadly as in Belgium

Belgium: 6.8 per 100k (2023) · Romania: 13.6 per 100k (2023)

Belgium is on average 0.1 °C warmer than Romania

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

Belgium gets 22% more rain than Romania

Belgium: 928 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Romania: 758 mm (2016–2025 avg)