Sri Lanka’s coastline is 20 times as long as Belgium’s

Belgium: 67 km (2026 edition) · Sri Lanka: 1,340 km (2026 edition)

Sri Lanka’s highest peak towers 1,830 m above Belgium’s

Belgium: 694 m (2026 edition) · Sri Lanka: 2,524 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 49% of Sri Lanka, versus 44% of Belgium

Belgium: 44.4% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 48.8% (2024)

Sri Lanka has 82% more people than Belgium

Belgium: 11.9 million (2025) · Sri Lanka: 21.8 million (2025)

Belgium is 11% more densely populated than Sri Lanka

Belgium: 392 per km² (2025) · Sri Lanka: 352 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Belgium is 8.6 years older than in Sri Lanka

Belgium: 41.4 years (2023) · Sri Lanka: 32.8 years (2023)

Women in Sri Lanka have 0.5 more children on average than in Belgium

Belgium: 1.44 children per woman (2024) · Sri Lanka: 1.95 children per woman (2024)

21% of people in Belgium are 65 or older, versus 12% in Sri Lanka

Belgium: 21% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 12.5% (2025)

Belgium hosts 1,594 times as many refugees per resident as Sri Lanka

Belgium: 15.6 per 1,000 (2025) · Sri Lanka: 0.0098 per 1,000 (2025)

Belgium has produced 8.4 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Sri Lanka none

Belgium: 8.4 (2026) · Sri Lanka: 0 (2026)

Belgium has 3 official languages, Sri Lanka 2

Belgium: 3 (2026) · Sri Lanka: 2 (2026)

Belgium’s economy is 6.7 times the size of Sri Lanka’s

Belgium: $725 billion (2025) · Sri Lanka: $109 billion (2025)

Belgium produces 4.4 times as much per person as Sri Lanka

Belgium: Int$74,676 (2025) · Sri Lanka: Int$17,065 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Sri Lanka than in Belgium (Gini 10.9 points higher)

Belgium: 26.8 (2023) · Sri Lanka: 37.7 (2019)

2.7% of people in Sri Lanka live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.1% in Belgium

Belgium: 0.1% (2023) · Sri Lanka: 2.7% (2019)

Unemployment is 5.9% in Belgium, versus 4.0% in Sri Lanka

Belgium: 5.9% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 4% (2025)

Belgium spends 2.0% of its GDP on the military, Sri Lanka 1.3%

Belgium: 2% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 1.3% (2025)

Belgium’s central government collects 23% of GDP in tax, Sri Lanka’s 9.9%

Belgium: 23% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 9.9% (2023)

Belgium’s price level (US = 100) is 2.8× Sri Lanka’s

Belgium: 81% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 29% (2025)

Belgium spends 44 times as much on health per person as Sri Lanka

Belgium: $5,931 (2023) · Sri Lanka: $134 (2023)

A baby in Sri Lanka is 68% more likely to die before turning one than in Belgium

Belgium: 3.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Sri Lanka: 5.2 per 1,000 (2024)

Belgium has 3.1 times as many doctors per person as Sri Lanka

Belgium: 3.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Sri Lanka: 1.1 per 1,000 (2023)

Belgium has 38% more hospital beds per person than Sri Lanka

Belgium: 5.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Sri Lanka: 3.9 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Belgium is 8% higher than in Sri Lanka

Belgium: 15.1 per 100k (2023) · Sri Lanka: 14 per 100k (2023)

23% of adults in Belgium are obese, versus 11% in Sri Lanka

Belgium: 22.9% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 11.2% (2024)

24% of adults in Belgium smoke, versus 21% in Sri Lanka

Belgium: 23.5% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 20.7% (2024)

People in Belgium rate their lives 2.91 points higher than in Sri Lanka

Belgium: 6.93 (2025) · Sri Lanka: 4.01 (2025)

Adults in Belgium drink 3.8 times as much alcohol as in Sri Lanka

Belgium: 9.5 litres (2023) · Sri Lanka: 2.5 litres (2023)

Belgium has 5.2 times as much meat per person as Sri Lanka

Belgium: 60 kg (2023) · Sri Lanka: 11.6 kg (2023)

Belgium has 1,246 kcal more food per person per day than Sri Lanka

Belgium: 3,921 kcal (2023) · Sri Lanka: 2,675 kcal (2023)

Workers in Sri Lanka put in 460 more hours a year than in Belgium

Belgium: 1,593 hours (2023) · Sri Lanka: 2,053 hours (2023)

Adults in Belgium went to school 1.9 years longer than in Sri Lanka

Belgium: 12.7 years (2023) · Sri Lanka: 10.8 years (2023)

Belgium welcomed 25 times as many tourists per resident as Sri Lanka (2019)

Belgium: 0.81 (2024) · Sri Lanka: 0.03 (2022)

Belgium has 8 more World Heritage sites than Sri Lanka (16 against 8)

Belgium: 16 (2026) · Sri Lanka: 8 (2026)

Belgium has won 177 Olympic medals, Sri Lanka 2

Belgium: 177 (2026 edition) · Sri Lanka: 2 (2026 edition)

96% of people in Belgium are online, versus 55% in Sri Lanka

Belgium: 96% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 55% (2024)

Home internet in Belgium is 4.1 times as fast as in Sri Lanka

Belgium: 254 Mbps (2026) · Sri Lanka: 63 Mbps (2026)

Belgium and Sri Lanka are practically level

Belgium: 100% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 100% (2024)

88% of people in Belgium live in cities, versus 20% in Sri Lanka

Belgium: 88% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 20% (2025)

Sri Lanka has 133 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Belgium 104

Belgium: 104 (2024) · Sri Lanka: 133 (2024)

Belgium’s railway network is 2.3 times as long as Sri Lanka’s

Belgium: 3,612 km (2021) · Sri Lanka: 1,562 km (2019)

Airlines from Belgium fly 5.4 times as many passengers per resident as those from Sri Lanka

Belgium: 0.95 (2023) · Sri Lanka: 0.18 (2023)

Forest covers 34% of Sri Lanka, but only 22% of Belgium

Belgium: 22% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 34.4% (2024)

The average person in Belgium emits 8.1 times as much CO₂ as someone in Sri Lanka

Belgium: 7.3 t (2024) · Sri Lanka: 0.9 t (2024)

62% of Sri Lanka’s electricity is renewable, versus 39% in Belgium

Belgium: 38.9% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 61.6% (2025)

The air in Sri Lanka carries 2.2 times as much fine dust as in Belgium

Belgium: 9.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Sri Lanka: 20.7 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 3.1 times as likely to be murdered in Sri Lanka as in Belgium

Belgium: 1.1 per 100k (2021) · Sri Lanka: 3.3 per 100k (2019)

Roads in Sri Lanka are 3.1 times as deadly as in Belgium

Belgium: 6.8 per 100k (2023) · Sri Lanka: 21.1 per 100k (2023)

Sri Lanka is on average 15.8 °C warmer than Belgium

Belgium: 11°C (2016–2025 avg) · Sri Lanka: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Sri Lanka gets 2 times as much rain as Belgium

Belgium: 928 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Sri Lanka: 1,839 mm (2016–2025 avg)