Belgium: 67 km (2026 edition) · Switzerland: 0 km (2026 edition)

Switzerland’s highest peak towers 3,940 m above Belgium’s

Belgium: 694 m (2026 edition) · Switzerland: 4,634 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 44% of Belgium, versus 38% of Switzerland

Belgium: 44.4% (2024) · Switzerland: 37.7% (2024)

Belgium has 31% more people than Switzerland

Belgium: 11.9 million (2025) · Switzerland: 9.09 million (2025)

Belgium is 70% more densely populated than Switzerland

Belgium: 392 per km² (2025) · Switzerland: 230 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Switzerland is 0.89 years older than in Belgium

Belgium: 41.4 years (2023) · Switzerland: 42.3 years (2023)

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

Belgium: 1.44 children per woman (2024) · Switzerland: 1.29 children per woman (2024)

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

Belgium: 21% (2025) · Switzerland: 20.4% (2025)

Switzerland hosts 47% more refugees per resident than Belgium

Belgium: 15.6 per 1,000 (2025) · Switzerland: 22.9 per 1,000 (2025)

Switzerland has produced 20.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Belgium 8.4

Belgium: 8.4 (2026) · Switzerland: 20.9 (2026)

Switzerland has 4 official languages, Belgium 3

Belgium: 3 (2026) · Switzerland: 4 (2026)

Switzerland’s economy is 44% larger than Belgium’s

Belgium: $725 billion (2025) · Switzerland: $1.04 trillion (2025)

Switzerland produces 37% more per person than Belgium

Belgium: Int$74,676 (2025) · Switzerland: Int$102,513 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Switzerland than in Belgium (Gini 6.7 points higher)

Belgium: 26.8 (2023) · Switzerland: 33.5 (2023)

Belgium and Switzerland are practically level

Belgium: 0.1% (2023) · Switzerland: 0.1% (2023)

Unemployment is 5.9% in Belgium, versus 4.9% in Switzerland

Belgium: 5.9% (2025) · Switzerland: 4.9% (2025)

Belgium spends 2.0% of its GDP on the military, Switzerland 0.8%

Belgium: 2% (2025) · Switzerland: 0.8% (2025)

Belgium’s central government collects 23% of GDP in tax, Switzerland’s 9.5%

Belgium: 23% (2024) · Switzerland: 9.5% (2024)

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

Belgium: 81% (2025) · Switzerland: 112% (2025)

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

Belgium: $5,931 (2023) · Switzerland: $11,784 (2023)

A baby in Switzerland is 10% more likely to die before turning one than in Belgium

Belgium: 3.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Switzerland: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024)

Switzerland has 25% more doctors per person than Belgium

Belgium: 3.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Switzerland: 4.5 per 1,000 (2022)

Belgium has 24% more hospital beds per person than Switzerland

Belgium: 5.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Switzerland: 4.4 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Belgium is 30% higher than in Switzerland

Belgium: 15.1 per 100k (2023) · Switzerland: 11.6 per 100k (2023)

23% of adults in Belgium are obese, versus 13% in Switzerland

Belgium: 22.9% (2024) · Switzerland: 12.9% (2024)

Belgium and Switzerland are practically level

Belgium: 23.5% (2024) · Switzerland: 23.1% (2024)

People in Switzerland rate their lives 0.09 points higher than in Belgium

Belgium: 6.93 (2025) · Switzerland: 7.02 (2025)

Adults in Belgium drink 9% more alcohol than in Switzerland

Belgium: 9.5 litres (2023) · Switzerland: 8.8 litres (2023)

Switzerland has 7% more meat per person than Belgium

Belgium: 60 kg (2023) · Switzerland: 64 kg (2023)

Belgium has 519 kcal more food per person per day than Switzerland

Belgium: 3,921 kcal (2023) · Switzerland: 3,402 kcal (2023)

Workers in Belgium put in 64 more hours a year than in Switzerland

Belgium: 1,593 hours (2023) · Switzerland: 1,529 hours (2023)

Adults in Switzerland went to school 1.3 years longer than in Belgium

Belgium: 12.7 years (2023) · Switzerland: 13.9 years (2023)

Switzerland welcomed 28% more tourists per resident than Belgium (2019)

Belgium: 0.81 (2024) · Switzerland: 1.04 (2022)

Belgium has 3 more World Heritage sites than Switzerland (16 against 13)

Belgium: 16 (2026) · Switzerland: 13 (2026)

Switzerland has won 403 Olympic medals, Belgium 177

Belgium: 177 (2026 edition) · Switzerland: 403 (2026 edition)

97% of people in Switzerland are online, versus 96% in Belgium

Belgium: 96% (2024) · Switzerland: 97% (2025)

Home internet in Switzerland is 57% faster than in Belgium

Belgium: 254 Mbps (2026) · Switzerland: 399 Mbps (2026)

Belgium and Switzerland are practically level

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

88% of people in Belgium live in cities, versus 86% in Switzerland

Belgium: 88% (2025) · Switzerland: 86% (2025)

Switzerland has 129 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Belgium 104

Belgium: 104 (2024) · Switzerland: 129 (2024)

Switzerland’s railway network is 14% longer than Belgium’s

Belgium: 3,612 km (2021) · Switzerland: 4,122 km (2021)

Airlines from Switzerland fly 3.2 times as many passengers per resident as those from Belgium

Belgium: 0.95 (2023) · Switzerland: 3.05 (2023)

Forest covers 32% of Switzerland, but only 22% of Belgium

Belgium: 22% (2024) · Switzerland: 32% (2024)

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

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

68% of Switzerland’s electricity is renewable, versus 39% in Belgium

Belgium: 38.9% (2025) · Switzerland: 67.8% (2025)

The air in Belgium carries 3% more fine dust than in Switzerland

Belgium: 9.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Switzerland: 9 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 81% more likely to be murdered in Belgium than in Switzerland

Belgium: 1.1 per 100k (2021) · Switzerland: 0.6 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Belgium are 74% deadlier than in Switzerland

Belgium: 6.8 per 100k (2023) · Switzerland: 3.9 per 100k (2023)

Belgium is on average 4.5 °C warmer than Switzerland

Belgium: 11°C (2016–2025 avg) · Switzerland: 6.5°C (2016–2025 avg)

Switzerland gets 74% more rain than Belgium

Belgium: 928 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Switzerland: 1,616 mm (2016–2025 avg)