Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Belgium instead of Austria, you would:
Economy
be 27.1% less likely to be unemployed
In Austria, 7.3% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Belgium, that number is 5.4% as of 2019.
be 11.3% more likely to live below the poverty line
In Austria, 13.3% live below the poverty line as of 2018. In Belgium, however, that number is 14.8% as of 2018.
Life
have 15.9% more children
In Austria, there are approximately 9.4 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Belgium, there are 10.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 23.1% more on education
Austria spends 5.2% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Belgium spends 6.4% of total GDP on education as of 2018.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Belgium: At a glance
How big is Belgium compared to Austria? See an in-depth size comparison.