Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Belgium instead of Germany, you would:
Economy
pay a 13.1% higher top tax rate
Germany has a top tax rate of 47.5% as of 2016. In Belgium, the top tax rate is 53.7% as of 2016.
Life
be 28.6% less likely to die during childbirth
In Germany, approximately 7.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Belgium, 5.0 women do as of 2017.
have 20.6% more children
In Germany, there are approximately 9.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Belgium, there are 10.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 28.0% more on education
Germany spends 5.0% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Belgium spends 6.4% of total GDP on education as of 2018.
Geography
see 97.2% less coastline
Germany has a total of 2,389 km of coastline. In Belgium, that number is 66 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: Service Public Fédéral Finances, The World Factbook, Federal Central Tax Office (BZSt).
Belgium: At a glance
How big is Belgium compared to Germany? See an in-depth size comparison.