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If Belgium were a US state
Where it would rank among 50 states + DC —
median rank 2nd
vs US states
vs Europe
vs World
▸
Life expectancy
82.3 years
’24
1st
▸
Lowest homicide rate
1.1 per 100k
’21
1st
▸
Lowest gun deaths
†
1.5 per 100k
’19
1st
▸
Lowest prisoner population
†
102 per 100k
’23
2nd
▸
Paid maternity leave
†
15 weeks
’25
8th
▸
Statutory paid holiday
20 days
’26
1st
▸
Lowest road deaths
†
5.8 per 100k
’19
4th
▸
Lowest drug deaths
‡
3.1 per 100k
’23
1st
▸
Minimum wage
†
$15.18
’24
10th
▸
Lowest obesity
‡
22.9 % of adults
’24
1st
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GDP per capita
†
$74,676
’25
37th
▸
Lowest unemployment
5.9%
’25
52nd
▸
Lowest infant mortality
3.1 per 1k births
’24
2nd
▸
Lowest suicide rate
†
18.4 per 100k
’21
35th
▸
Lowest CO₂ per person
†
7.3 t per person
’24
2nd
▸
Renewable energy share
†
11.7%
’21
19th
▸
Nobel laureates per million
‡
0.75 per million
’25
23rd
▸
Population
11.9M people
’25
7th
▸
Land area
30,528 km²
’24
42nd
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