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

Uganda’s highest peak towers 4,416 m above Belgium’s

Belgium: 694 m (2026 edition) · Uganda: 5,110 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 80% of Uganda, versus 44% of Belgium

Belgium: 44.4% (2024) · Uganda: 80.3% (2024)

Uganda has 4.3 times as many people as Belgium

Belgium: 11.9 million (2025) · Uganda: 51.4 million (2025)

Belgium is 53% more densely populated than Uganda

Belgium: 392 per km² (2025) · Uganda: 256 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Belgium is 25 years older than in Uganda

Belgium: 41.4 years (2023) · Uganda: 16.5 years (2023)

Women in Uganda have 2.7 more children on average than in Belgium

Belgium: 1.44 children per woman (2024) · Uganda: 4.17 children per woman (2024)

21% of people in Belgium are 65 or older, versus 2.2% in Uganda

Belgium: 21% (2025) · Uganda: 2.2% (2025)

Uganda hosts 2.4 times as many refugees per resident as Belgium

Belgium: 15.6 per 1,000 (2025) · Uganda: 37.7 per 1,000 (2025)

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

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

Belgium has 3 official languages, Uganda 2

Belgium: 3 (2026) · Uganda: 2 (2026)

Belgium’s economy is 12 times the size of Uganda’s

Belgium: $725 billion (2025) · Uganda: $62 billion (2025)

Belgium produces 21 times as much per person as Uganda

Belgium: Int$74,676 (2025) · Uganda: Int$3,488 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Uganda than in Belgium (Gini 11.4 points higher)

Belgium: 26.8 (2023) · Uganda: 38.2 (2023)

54% of people in Uganda live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.1% in Belgium

Belgium: 0.1% (2023) · Uganda: 54.4% (2023)

Unemployment is 5.9% in Belgium, versus 2.7% in Uganda

Belgium: 5.9% (2025) · Uganda: 2.7% (2025)

Belgium and Uganda are practically level

Belgium: 2% (2025) · Uganda: 2% (2025)

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

Belgium: 23% (2024) · Uganda: 12.6% (2024)

Belgium’s price level (US = 100) is 2.4× Uganda’s

Belgium: 81% (2025) · Uganda: 35% (2025)

Belgium spends 131 times as much on health per person as Uganda

Belgium: $5,931 (2023) · Uganda: $45 (2023)

A baby in Uganda is 12 times as likely to die before turning one as in Belgium

Belgium: 3.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Uganda: 35.9 per 1,000 (2024)

Belgium has 19 times as many doctors per person as Uganda

Belgium: 3.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Uganda: 0.2 per 1,000 (2022)

Belgium: 5.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Uganda: no data

The suicide rate in Uganda is 14% higher than in Belgium

Belgium: 15.1 per 100k (2023) · Uganda: 17.2 per 100k (2023)

23% of adults in Belgium are obese, versus 8.2% in Uganda

Belgium: 22.9% (2024) · Uganda: 8.2% (2024)

24% of adults in Belgium smoke, versus 7.5% in Uganda

Belgium: 23.5% (2024) · Uganda: 7.5% (2024)

People in Belgium rate their lives 2.44 points higher than in Uganda

Belgium: 6.93 (2025) · Uganda: 4.49 (2025)

Adults in Belgium drink 2.4 times as much alcohol as in Uganda

Belgium: 9.5 litres (2023) · Uganda: 4 litres (2023)

Belgium has 5.5 times as much meat per person as Uganda

Belgium: 60 kg (2023) · Uganda: 10.9 kg (2023)

Belgium has 1,544 kcal more food per person per day than Uganda

Belgium: 3,921 kcal (2023) · Uganda: 2,378 kcal (2023)

Workers in Uganda put in 535 more hours a year than in Belgium

Belgium: 1,593 hours (2023) · Uganda: 2,128 hours (2023)

Adults in Belgium went to school 6.4 years longer than in Uganda

Belgium: 12.7 years (2023) · Uganda: 6.3 years (2023)

Belgium welcomed 23 times as many tourists per resident as Uganda (2019)

Belgium: 0.81 (2024) · Uganda: 0.04 (2019)

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

Belgium: 16 (2026) · Uganda: 3 (2026)

Belgium has won 177 Olympic medals, Uganda 13

Belgium: 177 (2026 edition) · Uganda: 13 (2026 edition)

96% of people in Belgium are online, versus 8.9% in Uganda

Belgium: 96% (2024) · Uganda: 9% (2024)

Home internet in Belgium is 4.8 times as fast as in Uganda

Belgium: 254 Mbps (2026) · Uganda: 53 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in Belgium have electricity, versus 55% in Uganda

Belgium: 100% (2024) · Uganda: 55.3% (2024)

88% of people in Belgium live in cities, versus 32% in Uganda

Belgium: 88% (2025) · Uganda: 32% (2025)

Belgium has 104 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Uganda 83

Belgium: 104 (2024) · Uganda: 83 (2024)

Belgium’s railway network is 2.9 times as long as Uganda’s

Belgium: 3,612 km (2021) · Uganda: 1,244 km (2014)

Airlines from Belgium fly 2,264 times as many passengers per resident as those from Uganda

Belgium: 0.95 (2023) · Uganda: 0.00042 (2023)

Forest covers 22% of Belgium, but only 12% of Uganda

Belgium: 22% (2024) · Uganda: 11.9% (2024)

The average person in Belgium emits 57 times as much CO₂ as someone in Uganda

Belgium: 7.3 t (2024) · Uganda: 0.1 t (2024)

97% of Uganda’s electricity is renewable, versus 39% in Belgium

Belgium: 38.9% (2025) · Uganda: 97.1% (2024)

The air in Uganda carries 4 times as much fine dust as in Belgium

Belgium: 9.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Uganda: 37.3 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 8.3 times as likely to be murdered in Uganda as in Belgium

Belgium: 1.1 per 100k (2021) · Uganda: 9 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Uganda are 3.5 times as deadly as in Belgium

Belgium: 6.8 per 100k (2023) · Uganda: 24.1 per 100k (2023)

Uganda is on average 12.6 °C warmer than Belgium

Belgium: 11°C (2016–2025 avg) · Uganda: 23.7°C (2016–2025 avg)

Uganda gets 58% more rain than Belgium

Belgium: 928 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Uganda: 1,470 mm (2016–2025 avg)