Thailand’s coastline is 48 times as long as Belgium’s

Belgium: 67 km (2026 edition) · Thailand: 3,219 km (2026 edition)

Thailand’s highest peak towers 1,871 m above Belgium’s

Belgium: 694 m (2026 edition) · Thailand: 2,565 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 44% of Belgium, versus 43% of Thailand

Belgium: 44.4% (2024) · Thailand: 43.3% (2024)

Thailand has 6 times as many people as Belgium

Belgium: 11.9 million (2025) · Thailand: 71.6 million (2025)

Belgium is 2.8 times as densely populated as Thailand

Belgium: 392 per km² (2025) · Thailand: 140 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Belgium is 1.8 years older than in Thailand

Belgium: 41.4 years (2023) · Thailand: 39.7 years (2023)

Women in Belgium have 0.2 more children on average than in Thailand

Belgium: 1.44 children per woman (2024) · Thailand: 1.2 children per woman (2024)

21% of people in Belgium are 65 or older, versus 16% in Thailand

Belgium: 21% (2025) · Thailand: 16% (2025)

Belgium hosts 13 times as many refugees per resident as Thailand

Belgium: 15.6 per 1,000 (2025) · Thailand: 1.2 per 1,000 (2025)

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

Belgium: 8.4 (2026) · Thailand: 0 (2026)

Belgium has 3 official languages, Thailand 1

Belgium: 3 (2026) · Thailand: 1 (2026)

Belgium’s economy is 26% larger than Thailand’s

Belgium: $725 billion (2025) · Thailand: $577 billion (2025)

Belgium produces 2.8 times as much per person as Thailand

Belgium: Int$74,676 (2025) · Thailand: Int$26,250 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Thailand than in Belgium (Gini 6.5 points higher)

Belgium: 26.8 (2023) · Thailand: 33.3 (2024)

Belgium and Thailand are practically level

Belgium: 0.1% (2023) · Thailand: 0% (2024)

Unemployment is 5.9% in Belgium, versus 0.8% in Thailand

Belgium: 5.9% (2025) · Thailand: 0.8% (2025)

Belgium spends 2.0% of its GDP on the military, Thailand 1.0%

Belgium: 2% (2025) · Thailand: 1% (2025)

Belgium’s central government collects 23% of GDP in tax, Thailand’s 15%

Belgium: 23% (2024) · Thailand: 15.2% (2024)

Belgium’s price level (US = 100) is 2.7× Thailand’s

Belgium: 81% (2025) · Thailand: 31% (2025)

Belgium spends 18 times as much on health per person as Thailand

Belgium: $5,931 (2023) · Thailand: $327 (2023)

A baby in Thailand is 2.5 times as likely to die before turning one as in Belgium

Belgium: 3.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Thailand: 7.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Belgium has 6.6 times as many doctors per person as Thailand

Belgium: 3.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Thailand: 0.5 per 1,000 (2021)

Belgium has 2.3 times as many hospital beds per person as Thailand

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

The suicide rate in Belgium is 57% higher than in Thailand

Belgium: 15.1 per 100k (2023) · Thailand: 9.6 per 100k (2023)

23% of adults in Belgium are obese, versus 16% in Thailand

Belgium: 22.9% (2024) · Thailand: 15.5% (2024)

24% of adults in Belgium smoke, versus 18% in Thailand

Belgium: 23.5% (2024) · Thailand: 17.8% (2024)

People in Belgium rate their lives 0.63 points higher than in Thailand

Belgium: 6.93 (2025) · Thailand: 6.30 (2025)

Adults in Belgium drink 21% more alcohol than in Thailand

Belgium: 9.5 litres (2023) · Thailand: 7.9 litres (2023)

Belgium has 2.4 times as much meat per person as Thailand

Belgium: 60 kg (2023) · Thailand: 24.5 kg (2023)

Belgium has 1,066 kcal more food per person per day than Thailand

Belgium: 3,921 kcal (2023) · Thailand: 2,855 kcal (2023)

Workers in Thailand put in 584 more hours a year than in Belgium

Belgium: 1,593 hours (2023) · Thailand: 2,177 hours (2023)

Adults in Belgium went to school 3.6 years longer than in Thailand

Belgium: 12.7 years (2023) · Thailand: 9 years (2023)

Belgium welcomed 46% more tourists per resident than Thailand (2019)

Belgium: 0.81 (2024) · Thailand: 0.56 (2019)

Belgium has 7 more World Heritage sites than Thailand (16 against 9)

Belgium: 16 (2026) · Thailand: 9 (2026)

Belgium has won 177 Olympic medals, Thailand 41

Belgium: 177 (2026 edition) · Thailand: 41 (2026 edition)

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

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

Home internet in Thailand is 42% faster than in Belgium

Belgium: 254 Mbps (2026) · Thailand: 360 Mbps (2026)

Belgium and Thailand are practically level

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

88% of people in Belgium live in cities, versus 63% in Thailand

Belgium: 88% (2025) · Thailand: 63% (2025)

Thailand has 161 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Belgium 104

Belgium: 104 (2024) · Thailand: 161 (2024)

Thailand’s railway network is 13% longer than Belgium’s

Belgium: 3,612 km (2021) · Thailand: 4,092 km (2017)

Airlines from Belgium fly 32% more passengers per resident than those from Thailand

Belgium: 0.95 (2023) · Thailand: 0.72 (2023)

Forest covers 39% of Thailand, but only 22% of Belgium

Belgium: 22% (2024) · Thailand: 38.7% (2024)

The average person in Belgium emits 95% more CO₂ than someone in Thailand

Belgium: 7.3 t (2024) · Thailand: 3.7 t (2024)

39% of Belgium’s electricity is renewable, versus 17% in Thailand

Belgium: 38.9% (2025) · Thailand: 16.6% (2025)

The air in Thailand carries 2.5 times as much fine dust as in Belgium

Belgium: 9.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Thailand: 23.3 µg/m³ (2024)

Belgium: 1.1 per 100k (2021) · Thailand: no data

Roads in Thailand are 5.2 times as deadly as in Belgium

Belgium: 6.8 per 100k (2023) · Thailand: 35.6 per 100k (2023)

Thailand is on average 15.7 °C warmer than Belgium

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

Thailand gets 79% more rain than Belgium

Belgium: 928 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Thailand: 1,657 mm (2016–2025 avg)