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Germany and Belgium

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Germany

Belgium

The widest gap is Housing costs over 40% of income: Germany 11.2% against Belgium 6.7%, 4.5 points apart.

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The faint tick on each bar is the EU27 figure.

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Germany
Belgium

People

Median age3.4 years
45.5 years
42.1 years
Life expectancy at birth1.2 years
81.2 years
82.4 years
People7.03×
83.6m
11.9m
People per square kilometre64.9%
237 per km²
390 per km²
Women in the population0.0 points
50.7%
50.6%
Born abroad0.3 points
20.5%
20.2%
Born outside the EU0.9 points
13.0%
12.1%

Money and work

Disposable income per person8.3%
€28,891
€31,299
Average net income1.6%
€33,324
€33,873
Take-home pay, average-wage worker0.3%
€36,535
€36,414
Gross pay, average-wage worker2.6%
€58,008
€59,544
Minimum wage4.9%
€2,343
€2,234
In work, age 20 to 648.3 points
81.1%
72.8%
Out of work2.4 points
3.8%
6.2%
Hours worked a week1.5 hours
35.0 hours
36.5 hours
At risk of poverty5.2 points
16.1%
10.9%
Housing costs over 40% of income4.5 points
11.2%
6.7%
GDP per person0.6%
€54,240
€53,930

Family and home

People at home10.0%
2.0
2.2
Households with children8.6 points
23.4%
32.0%
Children per woman5.9%
1.36
1.44
Own their home23.7 points
47.2%
70.9%

Health and daily life

Hospital beds42.0%
759 per 100,000 people
534 per 100,000 people
Doctors41.9%
476 per 100,000 people
335 per 100,000 people
Nurses4.9%
1,237 per 100,000 people
1,179 per 100,000 people

Education

With a degree12.1 points
35.4%
47.5%
Students per 1,000 people18.9%
39.2 per 1,000 people
46.6 per 1,000 people

Public spending

Public spending on them10.7%
€25,639
€28,373
Tax raised per person13.7%
€21,194
€24,108
Government debt44.4 points
63.5%
107.9%

Country and infrastructure

Land area11.66×
357,569 km²
30,667 km²
Railway density8.1%
109.8 per 1,000 km²
118.7 per 1,000 km²
Motorway density54.8%
37.4 per 1,000 km²
57.9 per 1,000 km²
Cars per 1,000 people15.6%
593 per 1,000 people
513 per 1,000 people
Households with internet1.1 points
93.6%
94.7%
Tourist nights per resident39.1%
5.27
3.79

Environment

Renewable energy9.0 points
23.9%
14.9%
Land under forest10.5 points
32.5%
22.0%

Where €100 of public spending goes

Every euro each general government spends, sorted into the ten functions all 27 countries report against. Open a row for the ranking of 27 and what sits inside it.

Germany

Belgium

Function
Germany
Belgium
13.0%
13.2%
2.7%
2.4%
3.3%
3.2%
11.0%
11.9%
1.2%
2.1%
1.0%
0.7%
15.4%
14.8%
2.2%
2.3%
9.1%
11.7%
41.3%
37.7%

Reference year 2024. Total public spending €100.00 in every column, so the ten shares always add up to one hundred.

Frequently asked: Germany and Belgium

  1. Which covers more ground: Germany or Belgium?

    The gap is 11.66×: Germany 357,569, Belgium 30,667. Total area of the country, inland water included. Eurostat · Land area & People per square kilometre · 2026. See the figure

  2. Where do more people live: Germany or Belgium?

    The gap is 7.03×: Germany 83.6m, Belgium 11.9m. People usually resident in the country on 1 January. Eurostat · People & Women in the population · 2025. See the figure

  3. Which spends a larger share on protecting the environment: Germany or Belgium?

    The gap is 1.0 points: Belgium 2.1%, Germany 1.2%. Waste and waste water, pollution control, biodiversity and landscape protection. Eurostat · Public spending by function · 2024. See the figure

  4. Which government owes more: Germany or Belgium?

    The gap is 44.4 points: Belgium 107.9%, Germany 63.5%. Consolidated gross debt of the general government, against GDP. Eurostat · Government debt · 2025. See the figure

  5. Where is unemployment higher: Germany or Belgium?

    The gap is 2.4 points: Belgium 6.2%, Germany 3.8%. Share of 15 to 74 year olds in the labour force who are without work and looking for it. Eurostat · Out of work · 2025. See the figure

  6. Where does more energy come from renewables: Germany or Belgium?

    The gap is 9.0 points: Germany 23.9%, Belgium 14.9%. Share of final energy use that comes from renewable sources. Eurostat · Renewable energy · 2025. See the figure

  7. Where do housing costs eat more of the income: Germany or Belgium?

    The gap is 4.5 points: Germany 11.2%, Belgium 6.7%. Share whose housing costs exceed 40% of their disposable income. Eurostat · Housing costs over 40% of income · 2025. See the figure

  8. Where do more people own their home: Germany or Belgium?

    The gap is 23.7 points: Belgium 70.9%, Germany 47.2%. Share of people living in a home owned by their household, mortgaged or outright. Eurostat · Own their home · 2025. See the figure

  9. Where are there more doctors per 100,000 people: Germany or Belgium?

    The gap is 41.9%: Germany 476, Belgium 335. Practising doctors, per 100,000 residents. Eurostat · Doctors · 2024. See the figure

  10. Where do more adults hold a degree: Germany or Belgium?

    The gap is 12.1 points: Belgium 47.5%, Germany 35.4%. Share of adults whose highest completed education is a university or other tertiary degree. Eurostat · With a degree · 2025. See the figure

Medians where possible, per-capita averages for spending. This person is a composite of published statistics, not the most common person in the country.