South Korea’s coastline is 36 times as long as Belgium’s

Belgium: 67 km (2026 edition) · South Korea: 2,413 km (2026 edition)

South Korea’s highest peak towers 1,256 m above Belgium’s

Belgium: 694 m (2026 edition) · South Korea: 1,950 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 44% of Belgium, versus 16% of South Korea

Belgium: 44.4% (2024) · South Korea: 16% (2024)

South Korea has 4.3 times as many people as Belgium

Belgium: 11.9 million (2025) · South Korea: 51.7 million (2025)

South Korea is 35% more densely populated than Belgium

Belgium: 392 per km² (2025) · South Korea: 530 per km² (2025)

The typical person in South Korea is 3 years older than in Belgium

Belgium: 41.4 years (2023) · South Korea: 44.5 years (2023)

Women in Belgium have 0.7 more children on average than in South Korea

Belgium: 1.44 children per woman (2024) · South Korea: 0.75 children per woman (2024)

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

Belgium: 21% (2025) · South Korea: 20.3% (2025)

Belgium hosts 183 times as many refugees per resident as South Korea

Belgium: 15.6 per 1,000 (2025) · South Korea: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025)

Belgium has produced 8.4 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, South Korea 0.6

Belgium: 8.4 (2026) · South Korea: 0.6 (2026)

Belgium has 3 official languages, South Korea 1

Belgium: 3 (2026) · South Korea: 1 (2026)

South Korea’s economy is 2.6 times the size of Belgium’s

Belgium: $725 billion (2025) · South Korea: $1.87 trillion (2025)

Belgium produces 18% more per person than South Korea

Belgium: Int$74,676 (2025) · South Korea: Int$63,125 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in South Korea than in Belgium (Gini 6.1 points higher)

Belgium: 26.8 (2023) · South Korea: 32.9 (2021)

Belgium and South Korea are practically level

Belgium: 0.1% (2023) · South Korea: 0.1% (2021)

Unemployment is 5.9% in Belgium, versus 2.7% in South Korea

Belgium: 5.9% (2025) · South Korea: 2.7% (2025)

South Korea spends 2.6% of its GDP on the military, Belgium 2.0%

Belgium: 2% (2025) · South Korea: 2.6% (2025)

Belgium’s central government collects 23% of GDP in tax, South Korea’s 13%

Belgium: 23% (2024) · South Korea: 13.3% (2024)

Belgium’s price level (US = 100) is 1.4× South Korea’s

Belgium: 81% (2025) · South Korea: 57% (2025)

Belgium spends 89% more on health per person than South Korea

Belgium: $5,931 (2023) · South Korea: $3,137 (2024)

A baby in Belgium is 35% more likely to die before turning one than in South Korea

Belgium: 3.1 per 1,000 (2024) · South Korea: 2.3 per 1,000 (2024)

Belgium has 37% more doctors per person than South Korea

Belgium: 3.6 per 1,000 (2022) · South Korea: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022)

South Korea has 2.4 times as many hospital beds per person as Belgium

Belgium: 5.4 per 1,000 (2023) · South Korea: 12.8 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in South Korea is 55% higher than in Belgium

Belgium: 15.1 per 100k (2023) · South Korea: 23.4 per 100k (2023)

23% of adults in Belgium are obese, versus 7.5% in South Korea

Belgium: 22.9% (2024) · South Korea: 7.5% (2024)

24% of adults in Belgium smoke, versus 19% in South Korea

Belgium: 23.5% (2024) · South Korea: 18.6% (2024)

People in Belgium rate their lives 0.89 points higher than in South Korea

Belgium: 6.93 (2025) · South Korea: 6.04 (2025)

Adults in Belgium drink 15% more alcohol than in South Korea

Belgium: 9.5 litres (2023) · South Korea: 8.3 litres (2023)

South Korea has 40% more meat per person than Belgium

Belgium: 60 kg (2023) · South Korea: 84 kg (2023)

Belgium has 491 kcal more food per person per day than South Korea

Belgium: 3,921 kcal (2023) · South Korea: 3,430 kcal (2023)

Workers in South Korea put in 317 more hours a year than in Belgium

Belgium: 1,593 hours (2023) · South Korea: 1,910 hours (2023)

South Korea and Belgium are practically level

Belgium: 12.7 years (2023) · South Korea: 12.7 years (2023)

Belgium welcomed 2.6 times as many tourists per resident as South Korea (2019)

Belgium: 0.81 (2024) · South Korea: 0.32 (2024)

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

Belgium: 16 (2026) · South Korea: 17 (2026)

South Korea has won 409 Olympic medals, Belgium 177

Belgium: 177 (2026 edition) · South Korea: 409 (2026 edition)

98% of people in South Korea are online, versus 96% in Belgium

Belgium: 96% (2024) · South Korea: 98% (2024)

Home internet in South Korea is 17% faster than in Belgium

Belgium: 254 Mbps (2026) · South Korea: 298 Mbps (2026)

Belgium and South Korea are practically level

Belgium: 100% (2024) · South Korea: 100% (2024)

88% of people in Belgium live in cities, versus 81% in South Korea

Belgium: 88% (2025) · South Korea: 81% (2025)

South Korea has 173 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Belgium 104

Belgium: 104 (2024) · South Korea: 173 (2024)

South Korea’s railway network is 19% longer than Belgium’s

Belgium: 3,612 km (2021) · South Korea: 4,309 km (2021)

Airlines from South Korea fly 55% more passengers per resident than those from Belgium

Belgium: 0.95 (2023) · South Korea: 1.48 (2023)

Forest covers 64% of South Korea, but only 22% of Belgium

Belgium: 22% (2024) · South Korea: 64.4% (2024)

The average person in South Korea emits 55% more CO₂ than someone in Belgium

Belgium: 7.3 t (2024) · South Korea: 11.3 t (2024)

39% of Belgium’s electricity is renewable, versus 10% in South Korea

Belgium: 38.9% (2025) · South Korea: 10.4% (2025)

The air in South Korea carries 2.3 times as much fine dust as in Belgium

Belgium: 9.3 µg/m³ (2024) · South Korea: 21 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 2.3 times as likely to be murdered in Belgium as in South Korea

Belgium: 1.1 per 100k (2021) · South Korea: 0.5 per 100k (2023)

Roads in South Korea are 28% deadlier than in Belgium

Belgium: 6.8 per 100k (2023) · South Korea: 8.7 per 100k (2023)

South Korea is on average 2.1 °C warmer than Belgium

Belgium: 11°C (2016–2025 avg) · South Korea: 13.2°C (2016–2025 avg)

South Korea gets 36% more rain than Belgium

Belgium: 928 mm (2016–2025 avg) · South Korea: 1,265 mm (2016–2025 avg)