Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Portugal instead of Belgium, you would:
Economy
make 34.4% less money
Belgium has a GDP per capita of $63,600 as of 2023, while in Portugal, the GDP per capita is $41,700 as of 2023.
be 17.8% more likely to be unemployed
In Belgium, 5.5% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Portugal, that number is 6.5% as of 2023.
be 33.3% more likely to live below the poverty line
In Belgium, 12.3% live below the poverty line as of 2022. In Portugal, however, that number is 16.4% as of 2021.
Life
be 21.6% 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 Portugal, on the other hand, 2.5 children do as of 2022.
be 2.4 times more likely to die during childbirth
In Belgium, approximately 5.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Portugal, 12.0 women do as of 2020.
have 25.0% fewer children
In Belgium, there are approximately 10.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Portugal, there are 8.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2020.
Expenditures
spend 25.4% less on education
Belgium spends 6.7% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Portugal spends 5.0% of total GDP on education as of 2020.
Geography
see 27.0 times more coastline
Belgium has a total of 66 km of coastline. In Portugal, that number is 1,793 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Portugal: At a glance
How big is Portugal compared to Belgium? See an in-depth size comparison.