Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Germany instead of Belgium, you would:
Economy
pay a 11.5% lower top tax rate
Belgium has a top tax rate of 53.7% as of 2016. In Germany, the top tax rate is 47.5% as of 2016.
Life
be 40.0% more likely to die during childbirth
In Belgium, approximately 5.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Germany, 7.0 women do as of 2017.
have 17.1% fewer children
In Belgium, there are approximately 10.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Germany, there are 9.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 21.9% less on education
Belgium spends 6.4% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Germany spends 5.0% of total GDP on education as of 2018.
Geography
see 35.9 times more coastline
Belgium has a total of 66 km of coastline. In Germany, that number is 2,389 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: Service Public Fédéral Finances, The World Factbook, Federal Central Tax Office (BZSt).
Germany: At a glance
How big is Germany compared to Belgium? See an in-depth size comparison.