Belgium vs Luxembourg
Belgium vs Luxembourg: Safe drinking water
Safe drinking water in 2022: 99.7% in Belgium and 99.5% in Luxembourg, by WHO/UNICEF estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in Belgium, by 0.2 percentage points, or 1 times that in Luxembourg.
% of people · WHO/UNICEF
What the numbers say
- Belgium has been higher since 2015.
- The world as a whole: 72.9% in 2022.
Every year
% of people · WHO/UNICEF
| Year | Belgium | Luxembourg | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 99.7 | 99.5 | 72.9 |
| 2021 | 99.7 | 99.5 | 72.5 |
| 2020 | 99.7 | 99.5 | 72.3 |
| 2019 | 99.7 | 99.5 | 71.7 |
| 2018 | 99.7 | 99.5 | 71 |
| 2017 | 99.7 | 99.5 | 70.4 |
| 2016 | 99.7 | 99.6 | 69.7 |
| 2015 | 99.7 | 99.6 | 69.1 |
| 2014 | 99.7 | 99.7 | 68.4 |
| 2013 | 99.7 | 99.7 | 67.7 |
| 2012 | 99.7 | 99.8 | 67.1 |
| 2011 | 99.7 | 99.8 | 66.4 |
| 2010 | 99.6 | 99.8 | 65.9 |
| 2009 | 99.6 | 99.8 | 65.4 |
| 2008 | 99.6 | 99.8 | 64.9 |
| 2007 | 99.6 | 99.8 | 64.6 |
| 2006 | 99.6 | 99.8 | 64 |
| 2005 | 99.6 | 99.8 | 63.7 |
| 2004 | 99.6 | 99.8 | 63 |
| 2003 | 99.6 | 99.8 | 62.4 |
| 2002 | 99.6 | 99.8 | 61.8 |
| 2001 | 99.6 | 99.8 | 61.1 |
| 2000 | 99.6 | 99.8 | 60.8 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people whose drinking water comes from an improved source at home, there when needed and free of contamination.
- Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme, via Our World in Data.
- Ranks count the 135 countries with a value in 2022, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Belgium vs Luxembourg
Health
- Life expectancyBelgium: 82.1 years in 2023Luxembourg: 82.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBelgium: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Luxembourg: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBelgium: 3.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Luxembourg: 4.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBelgium: 4.11% in 2017Luxembourg: 3.62% in 2017
- Suicide rateBelgium: 14.3 per 100,000 people in 2017Luxembourg: 8.7 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBelgium: 11.7 million people in 2023Luxembourg: 665,100 people in 2023
- Population growthBelgium: 0.25% a year in 2023Luxembourg: 1.24% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBelgium: 1.38 births per woman in 2023Luxembourg: 1.4 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBelgium: 87.7% in 2025Luxembourg: 94.9% in 2025
- Median ageBelgium: 41.4 years in 2023Luxembourg: 38.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBelgium: 20.2% in 2023Luxembourg: 15.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateBelgium: 3.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Luxembourg: 8.9 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBelgium: 2.01% of GDP in 2025Luxembourg: 0.85% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBelgium: $13.6B in 2025Luxembourg: $803M in 2025
- Military spending per personBelgium: $1,237 in 2025Luxembourg: $1,264 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBelgium: 3.7% of government spending in 2025Luxembourg: 1.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBelgium: 24,000 people in 2020Luxembourg: 1,000 people in 2020
- National powerBelgium: 0.22% of world capability in 2022Luxembourg: 0.02% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBelgium: 0.47% of the labour force in 2020Luxembourg: 0.31% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBelgium: 430 million TIV in 2025Luxembourg: 11 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsBelgium: 86 million TIV in 2025Luxembourg: 0 TIV in 2007