Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Belgium instead of France, you would:
Economy
make 14.8% more money
France has a GDP per capita of $42,000 as of 2020, while in Belgium, the GDP per capita is $48,200 as of 2020.
be 34.0% less likely to be unemployed
In France, 8.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Belgium, that number is 5.4% as of 2019.
Life
be 37.5% less likely to die during childbirth
In France, approximately 8.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Belgium, 5.0 women do as of 2017.
Expenditures
spend 18.5% more on education
France spends 5.4% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Belgium spends 6.4% of total GDP on education as of 2018.
Geography
see 98.6% less coastline
France has a total of 4,853 km of coastline. In Belgium, that number is 66 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Belgium: At a glance
How big is Belgium compared to France? See an in-depth size comparison.