Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Saint Pierre and Miquelon instead of Belgium, you would:
Economy
be 62.3% more likely to be unemployed
In Belgium, 5.4% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Saint Pierre and Miquelon, that number is 8.7% as of 2015.
Life
be 2.6 times more likely to die during infancy
In Belgium, approximately 3.2 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Saint Pierre and Miquelon, on the other hand, 8.2 children do as of 2022.
have 40.9% fewer children
In Belgium, there are approximately 10.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Saint Pierre and Miquelon, there are 6.5 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
Basic Needs
be 13.6% less likely to have internet access
In Belgium, approximately 92.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Saint Pierre and Miquelon, about 79.5% do as of 2016.
Geography
see 80.5% more coastline
Belgium has a total of 66 km of coastline. In Saint Pierre and Miquelon, that number is 120 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Saint Pierre and Miquelon: At a glance
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