Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Belgium instead of Netherlands, you would:
Economy
make 11.1% less money
Netherlands has a GDP per capita of $54,200 as of 2020, while in Belgium, the GDP per capita is $48,200 as of 2020.
be 57.2% more likely to be unemployed
In Netherlands, 3.4% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Belgium, that number is 5.4% as of 2019.
Expenditures
spend 18.5% more on education
Netherlands 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 85.3% less coastline
Netherlands has a total of 451 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 Netherlands? See an in-depth size comparison.