Quality of life comparison
If you lived in France instead of Belgium, you would:
Economy
make 12.9% less money
Belgium has a GDP per capita of $48,200 as of 2020, while in France, the GDP per capita is $42,000 as of 2020.
be 51.5% more likely to be unemployed
In Belgium, 5.4% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In France, that number is 8.1% as of 2019.
Life
be 60.0% more likely to die during childbirth
In Belgium, approximately 5.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In France, 8.0 women do as of 2017.
Expenditures
spend 15.6% less on education
Belgium spends 6.4% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. France spends 5.4% of total GDP on education as of 2018.
Geography
see 73.0 times more coastline
Belgium has a total of 66 km of coastline. In France, that number is 4,853 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
France: At a glance
How big is France compared to Belgium? See an in-depth size comparison.