Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Sweden instead of Belgium, you would:
Health
live 0.8 years longer
In Belgium, the average life expectancy is 82 years (79 years for men, 85 years for women) as of 2022. In Sweden, that number is 83 years (81 years for men, 85 years for women) as of 2022.
Economy
be 26.5% more likely to be unemployed
In Belgium, 5.4% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Sweden, that number is 6.8% as of 2019.
be 15.5% more likely to live below the poverty line
In Belgium, 14.8% live below the poverty line as of 2018. In Sweden, however, that number is 17.1% as of 2018.
Life
be 20.0% less likely to die during childbirth
In Belgium, approximately 5.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Sweden, 4.0 women do as of 2017.
be 27.9% less 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 Sweden, on the other hand, 2.3 children do as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 18.7% more on education
Belgium spends 6.4% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Sweden spends 7.6% of total GDP on education as of 2018.
Geography
see 48.4 times more coastline
Belgium has a total of 66 km of coastline. In Sweden, that number is 3,218 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Sweden: At a glance
How big is Sweden compared to Belgium? See an in-depth size comparison.