Saudi Arabia’s coastline is 40 times as long as Belgium’s

Belgium: 67 km (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 2,640 km (2026 edition)

Saudi Arabia’s highest peak towers 2,306 m above Belgium’s

Belgium: 694 m (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 3,000 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 82% of Saudi Arabia, versus 44% of Belgium

Belgium: 44.4% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 81.7% (2024)

Saudi Arabia has 3.1 times as many people as Belgium

Belgium: 11.9 million (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 37 million (2025)

Belgium is 23 times as densely populated as Saudi Arabia

Belgium: 392 per km² (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 17 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Belgium is 12 years older than in Saudi Arabia

Belgium: 41.4 years (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 29.2 years (2023)

Women in Saudi Arabia have 0.9 more children on average than in Belgium

Belgium: 1.44 children per woman (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 2.31 children per woman (2024)

21% of people in Belgium are 65 or older, versus 3.1% in Saudi Arabia

Belgium: 21% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 3.1% (2025)

Belgium hosts 1,288 times as many refugees per resident as Saudi Arabia

Belgium: 15.6 per 1,000 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 0.012 per 1,000 (2025)

Belgium has produced 8.4 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Saudi Arabia none

Belgium: 8.4 (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 0 (2026)

Belgium has 3 official languages, Saudi Arabia 1

Belgium: 3 (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 1 (2026)

Saudi Arabia’s economy is 76% larger than Belgium’s

Belgium: $725 billion (2025) · Saudi Arabia: $1.28 trillion (2025)

Belgium produces 1% more per person than Saudi Arabia

Belgium: Int$74,676 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: Int$73,784 (2025)

Belgium: 26.8 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: no data

Belgium: 0.1% (2023) · Saudi Arabia: no data

Unemployment is 5.9% in Belgium, versus 3.0% in Saudi Arabia

Belgium: 5.9% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 3% (2025)

Saudi Arabia spends 6.5% of its GDP on the military, Belgium 2.0%

Belgium: 2% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 6.5% (2025)

Belgium’s central government collects 23% of GDP in tax, Saudi Arabia’s 8.1%

Belgium: 23% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 8.1% (2024)

Belgium’s price level (US = 100) is 1.7× Saudi Arabia’s

Belgium: 81% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 47% (2025)

Belgium spends 3.2 times as much on health per person as Saudi Arabia

Belgium: $5,931 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: $1,825 (2023)

A baby in Saudi Arabia is 52% more likely to die before turning one than in Belgium

Belgium: 3.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 4.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Belgium has 5% more doctors per person than Saudi Arabia

Belgium: 3.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Saudi Arabia: 3.4 per 1,000 (2023)

Belgium has 2.2 times as many hospital beds per person as Saudi Arabia

Belgium: 5.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Belgium is 6.9 times that in Saudi Arabia

Belgium: 15.1 per 100k (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 2.2 per 100k (2023)

39% of adults in Saudi Arabia are obese, versus 23% in Belgium

Belgium: 22.9% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 39.2% (2024)

24% of adults in Belgium smoke, versus 15% in Saudi Arabia

Belgium: 23.5% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 14.7% (2024)

People in Belgium rate their lives 0.11 points higher than in Saudi Arabia

Belgium: 6.93 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 6.82 (2025)

Belgium: 9.5 litres (2023) · Saudi Arabia: no data

Belgium has 3% more meat per person than Saudi Arabia

Belgium: 60 kg (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 58.1 kg (2023)

Belgium has 261 kcal more food per person per day than Saudi Arabia

Belgium: 3,921 kcal (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 3,660 kcal (2023)

Workers in Saudi Arabia put in 531 more hours a year than in Belgium

Belgium: 1,593 hours (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 2,125 hours (2023)

Adults in Belgium went to school 1.1 years longer than in Saudi Arabia

Belgium: 12.7 years (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 11.6 years (2023)

Saudi Arabia welcomed 4% more tourists per resident than Belgium (2019)

Belgium: 0.81 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 0.84 (2024)

Belgium has 8 more World Heritage sites than Saudi Arabia (16 against 8)

Belgium: 16 (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 8 (2026)

Belgium has won 177 Olympic medals, Saudi Arabia 4

Belgium: 177 (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 4 (2026 edition)

100% of people in Saudi Arabia are online, versus 96% in Belgium

Belgium: 96% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 100% (2024)

Home internet in Belgium is 29% faster than in Saudi Arabia

Belgium: 254 Mbps (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 196 Mbps (2026)

Belgium and Saudi Arabia are practically level

Belgium: 100% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 100% (2024)

88% of people in Belgium live in cities, versus 85% in Saudi Arabia

Belgium: 88% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 85% (2025)

Saudi Arabia has 160 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Belgium 104

Belgium: 104 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 160 (2024)

Belgium’s railway network is 23% longer than Saudi Arabia’s

Belgium: 3,612 km (2021) · Saudi Arabia: 2,939 km (2018)

Airlines from Saudi Arabia fly 36% more passengers per resident than those from Belgium

Belgium: 0.95 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 1.3 (2023)

Forest covers 22% of Belgium, but only 1.3% of Saudi Arabia

Belgium: 22% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 1.3% (2024)

The average person in Saudi Arabia emits 2.8 times as much CO₂ as someone in Belgium

Belgium: 7.3 t (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 20.4 t (2024)

39% of Belgium’s electricity is renewable, versus 2.2% in Saudi Arabia

Belgium: 38.9% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 2.2% (2024)

The air in Saudi Arabia carries 5.4 times as much fine dust as in Belgium

Belgium: 9.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 50.4 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 16% more likely to be murdered in Belgium than in Saudi Arabia

Belgium: 1.1 per 100k (2021) · Saudi Arabia: 0.9 per 100k (2019)

Roads in Saudi Arabia are 3.1 times as deadly as in Belgium

Belgium: 6.8 per 100k (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 21.4 per 100k (2023)

Saudi Arabia is on average 15.8 °C warmer than Belgium

Belgium: 11°C (2016–2025 avg) · Saudi Arabia: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Belgium gets 15 times as much rain as Saudi Arabia

Belgium: 928 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Saudi Arabia: 61 mm (2016–2025 avg)