Belgium vs France
Belgium vs France: Tropical nights
Tropical nights in 2014: 0.2 nights in Belgium and 3.1 nights in France, in the CMIP6 climate models’ median run. In 2014 the value was higher in France, by 2.8 nights, or 13 times that in Belgium.
nights a year · CMIP6
What the numbers say
- France has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
- The CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road) puts Belgium at 7.7 nights and France at 19.2 nights in 2100.
Every year
nights a year · CMIP6
| Year | Belgium | France |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0.2 | 3.1 |
| 2013 | 0.5 | 3.1 |
| 2012 | 0.5 | 2.9 |
| 2011 | 0.1 | 2.7 |
| 2010 | 0.6 | 3.9 |
| 2009 | 0.1 | 2.5 |
| 2008 | 0 | 2.4 |
| 2007 | 0 | 2.1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 2.6 |
| 2005 | 0.3 | 2.9 |
| 2004 | 0.1 | 2.7 |
| 2003 | 0.4 | 2.6 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1.8 |
| 2001 | 0 | 2.3 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1.8 |
| 1999 | 0.2 | 2.1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1.5 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1.6 |
| 1996 | 0 | 1.5 |
| 1995 | 0 | 1.3 |
| 1994 | 0 | 1.5 |
| 1993 | 0 | 1.1 |
| 1992 | 0 | 1 |
| 1991 | 0 | 1.8 |
| 1990 | 0 | 1.9 |
| 1989 | 0 | 1.2 |
| 1988 | 0 | 1.2 |
| 1987 | 0 | 1.3 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0.9 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0.9 |
| 1984 | 0 | 1.1 |
| 1983 | 0 | 1.1 |
| 1982 | 0 | 1 |
| 1981 | 0 | 1.1 |
| 1980 | 0 | 1.2 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0.9 |
| 1978 | 0 | 1.3 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0.9 |
| 1976 | 0 | 0.8 |
| 1975 | 0 | 0.9 |
| 1974 | 0 | 1.2 |
| 1973 | 0 | 0.9 |
| 1972 | 0 | 0.9 |
| 1971 | 0 | 1 |
| 1970 | 0 | 0.9 |
| 1969 | 0 | 1 |
| 1968 | 0 | 0.9 |
| 1967 | 0 | 0.8 |
| 1966 | 0 | 0.8 |
| 1965 | 0 | 0.7 |
| 1964 | 0 | 1 |
| 1963 | 0 | 0.9 |
| 1962 | 0 | 1.1 |
| 1961 | 0 | 0.9 |
| 1960 | 0 | 1.1 |
| 1959 | 0 | 1.2 |
| 1958 | 0 | 1 |
| 1957 | 0 | 1 |
| 1956 | 0 | 1.2 |
| 1955 | 0 | 1.1 |
| 1954 | 0 | 1.3 |
| 1953 | 0 | 1 |
| 1952 | 0 | 1.3 |
| 1951 | 0 | 1.1 |
| 1950 | 0 | 1.2 |
CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road) · 2015–2100
| Year | Belgium | France |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 0.10–3.4 | 3.61.5–8.6 |
| 2016 | 0.40–3.5 | 4.11.5–9.9 |
| 2017 | 0.30–4.5 | 3.51.3–10.2 |
| 2018 | 0.30–2.1 | 3.91.7–10.8 |
| 2019 | 0.40–3 | 4.51.6–9 |
| 2020 | 0.40–4.4 | 4.11.6–10.5 |
| 2021 | 0.30–3.8 | 4.51.3–13.2 |
| 2022 | 0.70–4.2 | 51.5–12.5 |
| 2023 | 0.60–4.8 | 4.81.6–12.5 |
| 2024 | 0.70–4.7 | 5.51.8–11.2 |
| 2025 | 1.30–5.8 | 5.81.5–12.1 |
| 2026 | 1.20–5.5 | 6.22.1–12.7 |
| 2027 | 0.80–3.6 | 5.41.7–11.2 |
| 2028 | 0.60–6 | 5.91.7–13.3 |
| 2029 | 1.10–4.6 | 6.31.9–12.6 |
| 2030 | 0.90–4 | 5.82.1–11.9 |
| 2031 | 0.70–4 | 5.92–11.8 |
| 2032 | 0.70–5.4 | 5.92.7–12.9 |
| 2033 | 0.90–5 | 72.5–13.6 |
| 2034 | 1.50–8.7 | 7.92.4–17.3 |
| 2035 | 1.20–7.3 | 6.92.4–14.4 |
| 2036 | 1.50–6.5 | 7.32.6–14.6 |
| 2037 | 1.60–7.1 | 7.32.6–13.3 |
| 2038 | 0.90–10.4 | 6.53–15.1 |
| 2039 | 0.90–5.5 | 6.92.6–14.3 |
| 2040 | 10–6.1 | 7.72.3–16 |
| 2041 | 1.80–7.2 | 8.12.6–15.2 |
| 2042 | 1.10–5.5 | 6.93–16 |
| 2043 | 1.80–6 | 7.92.8–15.6 |
| 2044 | 1.60.1–7.4 | 7.93.1–16.6 |
| 2045 | 2.10–7.4 | 9.23.2–19.6 |
| 2046 | 1.40.1–8 | 8.93.2–17.6 |
| 2047 | 2.50.1–8.4 | 9.74–19.2 |
| 2048 | 2.20–10.9 | 9.13.4–17 |
| 2049 | 2.70–9.2 | 10.13.7–20.8 |
| 2050 | 2.90.1–7.7 | 10.94.8–18.9 |
| 2051 | 1.70.1–6.5 | 9.23.5–18.4 |
| 2052 | 1.80–10.1 | 103.4–21.2 |
| 2053 | 1.20–7 | 8.73.8–18 |
| 2054 | 2.40.3–9.6 | 9.74.4–19.2 |
| 2055 | 1.80–5.7 | 9.93.9–17.2 |
| 2056 | 3.50.1–10.1 | 114.3–21.8 |
| 2057 | 2.70–9.4 | 10.94.2–19.8 |
| 2058 | 4.30.2–12.1 | 13.85.1–25.7 |
| 2059 | 2.70–11.7 | 11.23.3–25 |
| 2060 | 2.90.1–10.7 | 12.86.1–22 |
| 2061 | 30.2–11.5 | 12.64.7–23.2 |
| 2062 | 4.10.3–11.8 | 12.36.2–22.4 |
| 2063 | 2.30.2–11 | 125.2–24.9 |
| 2064 | 2.10.3–8.1 | 125.3–21.6 |
| 2065 | 30.1–14.1 | 12.53.9–30.8 |
| 2066 | 2.20–8.7 | 11.55.3–22.1 |
| 2067 | 6.60.7–16.4 | 18.38.1–33.3 |
| 2068 | 1.90–7.8 | 135.4–23.4 |
| 2069 | 4.20.7–11.9 | 15.65.7–25.5 |
| 2070 | 3.90.1–13.1 | 13.55.2–29.1 |
| 2071 | 4.20.1–13.5 | 154.4–30.2 |
| 2072 | 4.51.3–10.4 | 15.57.4–26 |
| 2073 | 3.70.1–15.1 | 13.96–29.1 |
| 2074 | 40.3–12.8 | 12.84.3–27.3 |
| 2075 | 3.60.2–15 | 13.96.3–25.6 |
| 2076 | 5.10.2–15.2 | 166.1–33.8 |
| 2077 | 4.40–14.7 | 13.25–29.8 |
| 2078 | 5.40.1–17.8 | 13.75.1–33.6 |
| 2079 | 3.10.3–13.4 | 12.95.3–28.4 |
| 2080 | 4.60.3–12 | 14.45.4–27.9 |
| 2081 | 5.50.1–14.9 | 15.15.8–29.8 |
| 2082 | 4.60.3–18.7 | 16.46.1–33.9 |
| 2083 | 4.50.7–14.2 | 15.97.9–32 |
| 2084 | 3.10.3–14 | 14.16.6–27.7 |
| 2085 | 40.3–16.3 | 16.57.3–30.2 |
| 2086 | 7.10.2–19.4 | 19.55.5–32.4 |
| 2087 | 7.30.2–23.2 | 196.9–38 |
| 2088 | 6.61.2–19.7 | 18.47.7–35.2 |
| 2089 | 5.71.2–11.1 | 1910.6–29.3 |
| 2090 | 3.90–16.8 | 16.36.8–33.5 |
| 2091 | 7.60.2–16.1 | 19.77.6–32.3 |
| 2092 | 5.60.1–15 | 17.36.1–32.7 |
| 2093 | 3.70.3–13.6 | 156.5–29.8 |
| 2094 | 61.5–17 | 18.68.5–32.8 |
| 2095 | 7.10.2–17.3 | 19.25.9–38.9 |
| 2096 | 6.70.1–18.3 | 19.37.6–35.5 |
| 2097 | 3.30.2–17.2 | 17.36.2–36.1 |
| 2098 | 5.90.4–17.2 | 18.16.9–36.3 |
| 2099 | 4.90.1–22 | 20.37.4–34.6 |
| 2100 | 7.70.5–15.1 | 19.27–36.7 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Nights in a year when the temperature stays above 20 °C, averaged over the country.
- Source: World Bank Climate Change Knowledge Portal, CMIP6 multi-model median.
- The dashed line is the CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its models’ 10th–90th percentile.
- Climate model values are the median of the CMIP6 models, run on past emissions to 2014 and on SSP2-4.5, a middle-of-the-road path, after: they are not measurements.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Belgium vs France
Health
- Life expectancyBelgium: 82.1 years in 2023France: 83.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBelgium: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024France: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBelgium: 3.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023France: 3.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBelgium: 99.7% in 2022France: 99.7% in 2022
- DepressionBelgium: 4.11% in 2017France: 4.25% in 2017
- Suicide rateBelgium: 14.3 per 100,000 people in 2017France: 12.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBelgium: 11.7 million people in 2023France: 66.4 million people in 2023
- Population growthBelgium: 0.25% a year in 2023France: 0.17% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBelgium: 1.38 births per woman in 2023France: 1.64 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBelgium: 87.7% in 2025France: 78.8% in 2025
- Median ageBelgium: 41.4 years in 2023France: 41.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBelgium: 20.2% in 2023France: 21.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateBelgium: 3.6 per 1,000 people in 2023France: 1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBelgium: 2.01% of GDP in 2025France: 2.03% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBelgium: $13.6B in 2025France: $64.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personBelgium: $1,237 in 2025France: $1,021 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBelgium: 3.7% of government spending in 2025France: 3.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBelgium: 24,000 people in 2020France: 304,000 people in 2020
- National powerBelgium: 0.22% of world capability in 2022France: 1.09% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBelgium: 0.47% of the labour force in 2020France: 1% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBelgium: 430 million TIV in 2025France: 236 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsBelgium: 86 million TIV in 2025France: 3.37 billion TIV in 2025