16th highest health spending per person$5,931 · #16 of 193 · 2023
14th lowest income inequality (Gini)26.8 · #14 of 155 · 2023
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Surprising facts about Belgium
The comparisons that stand out most against its neighbours, its region and the world median.
Picked for surprise among Belgium’s neighbours, its region and the world median.
Belgium among 213 countries & territories
Each dot shows where Belgium sits between the lowest and the highest value in the world; “See it” opens the full visual against the
world median. Higher is not automatically better.
World twins
The countries most like Belgium across 12 indicators (GDP/person, Life exp., Median age, Fertility, Urban, Internet, Schooling, CO₂/person, Density, Temperature, Happiness, Obesity). Each indicator is standardised and compared by average distance; a resemblance, not a score.
Belgium
vs France 
vs Germany 
vs Luxembourg 
vs Netherlands