Country comparison Belgium vs Switzerland 2021

Belgium			Switzerland
Gouvernement
Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]	2020Q4	10,060€	19,243€	2020Q4	Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]
Annual GDP [+]	2020	449,571M.€	655,978M.€	2020	Annual GDP [+]
Annual GDP [+]	2020	513,087M.$	749,258M.$	2020	Annual GDP [+]
GDP per capita [+]	2020	38,970€	75,890€	2020	GDP per capita [+]
GDP per capita [+]	2020	44,529$	87,062$	2020	GDP per capita [+]
Quarterly GDP [+]	2020Q4	115,912M.€	165,610M.€	2020Q4	Quarterly GDP [+]
Debt (M.€.) [+]	2019	466,961	244,432	2018	Debt (M.€.) [+]
Debt (M.$.) [+]	2019	522,763	288,675	2018	Debt (M.$.) [+]
Debt (%GDP) [+]	2019	98.10%	39.22%	2018	Debt (%GDP) [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]	2019	40,526€	28,607€	2018	Debt Per Capita [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]	2019	45,369$	33,785$	2018	Debt Per Capita [+]
Deficit (M.€) [+]	2019	-9,279	9,283	2019	Deficit (M.€) [+]
Deficit (M.$) [+]	2019	-10,388	10,393	2019	Deficit (M.$) [+]
Deficit (%GDP) [+]	2019	-1.90%	1.40%	2019	Deficit (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure (M.€) [+]	2019	247,877.3	213,791.6	2019	Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2019	277,498.6	239,339.7	2019	Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]	2016	28,149.6	32,149.0	2016	Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Education Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2016	31,150.3	35,560.9	2016	Education Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]	2016	12.33%	15.51%	2016	Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]	2019	37,205.5	49,193.8	2019	Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]
Gov. Health Exp.(M.$) [+]	2019	41,651.6	15,850.4	1998	Gov. Health Exp.(M.$) [+]
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]	2017	15.31%	11.02%	2017	Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]	2019	4,446.1	4,758.0	2019	Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Defence Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2019	4,977.8	5,331.2	2019	Defence Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]	2019	1.79%	2.24%	2019	Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]	2019	52.10%	32.70%	2019	Expenditure (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]	2019	21,513€	24,842€	2019	Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]	2019	24,083$	27,811$	2019	Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]	2016	2,485€	3,840€	2016	Education Expenditure P.C [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]	2016	2,754$	4,271$	2016	Education Expenditure P.C [+]
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]	2019	3,248€	5,757€	2019	Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]	2019	3,636$	3,036$	2017	Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]	2019	387€	555€	2019	Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]	2019	435$	624$	2019	Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Moody's Rating [+]	10/11/2019	Aa3	Aaa	11/27/2020	Moody's Rating [+]
S&P Rating [+]	11/25/2011	AA	AAA	10/01/1988	S&P Rating [+]
Fitch Rating [+]	04/03/2020	AA-	AAA	02/28/2020	Fitch Rating [+]
Corruption Index [+]	2018	75	85	2018	Corruption Index [+]
Competitiveness Ranking [+]	2019	22º	5º	2019	Competitiveness Ranking [+]
Fragile States Index [+]	2018	29.7	19.2	2018	Fragile States Index [+]
RTI Raking [+]	09/28/2018	111º	77º	09/28/2018	RTI Raking [+]
Innovation Ranking [+]	2018	25º	1º	2018	Innovation Ranking [+]
Labour
Unemployment Rate [+]	February 2021	5.7%	5.1%	December 2020	Unemployment Rate [+]
Unemployment rate [+]	2020Q4	5.8%	5.0%	2020Q4	Unemployment rate [+]
Unemployed [+]	2020Q4	294 m.	246 m.	2020Q4	Unemployed [+]
NMW [+]	2021	1,994.9 $	3,799.9 $	2019	NMW [+]
NMW [+]	2021	1,625.7 €	3,351.0 €	2019	NMW [+]
Average Wage [+]	2019	49,565€	82,098€	2019	Average Wage [+]
Average Wage [+]	2019	55,488$	93,803$	2015	Average Wage [+]
Human Capital Ranking [+]	2017	15º	3º	2017	Human Capital Ranking [+]
Markets
			1.1001	04/13/2021	Euro / Swiss francs [+]
US Dollar exchange rate [+]	04/13/2021	0.8406	0.9254	04/13/2021	US Dollar exchange rate [+]
10-Year Bond Yield [+]	04/14/2021	0.03%	-0.25%	04/14/2021	10-Year Bond Yield [+]
Risk Premium [+]	04/14/2021	33	5	04/14/2021	Risk Premium [+]
Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]	04/13/2021	8.22%	3.91%	04/13/2021	Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]	March 2021	0.9%	1.2%	June 2018	CPI (overall index) [+]
HICP [+]	March 2021	1.6%	-0.4%	February 2021	HICP [+]
PPI Year on Year [+]	February 2021	4.7%	-0.1%	February 2021	PPI Year on Year [+]
Money Market
Key rates [+]	10/17/2017	0%	-0.75%	01/15/2015	Key rates [+]
Business
Doing Business [+]	2019	45º	38º	2019	Doing Business [+]
IPI Year on Year [+]	January 2021	3.8%	-1.0%	December 2020	IPI Year on Year [+]
Passengers vehicles Year [+]	February 2021	407,147	230,193	February 2021	Passengers vehicles Year [+]
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]	February 2021	42.16	30.49	February 2021	Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]
Motor vehicle production [+]	2020	267,460
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]	2015	568.13	591.38	2015	Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]
Taxes
Standard VAT [+]	01/01/2006	21.00%	7.70%	01/01/2018	Standard VAT [+]
Top tax rate + SSC [+]	2019	60.2%	41.7%	2019	Top tax rate + SSC [+]
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]	2019	9,343,324	11,818,000	2019	Annual arrivals [+]
Exports [+]	2020	367,544.9 M.€	279,671.3 M.€	2020	Exports [+]
Exports [+]	2020	419,340.1 M.$	319,232.0 M.$	2020	Exports [+]
Exports % GDP [+]	2020	81.75%	42.63%	2020	Exports % GDP [+]
Imports [+]	2020	346,539.5 M.€	255,130.7 M.€	2020	Imports [+]
Imports [+]	2020	394,637.2 M.$	291,441.9 M.$	2020	Imports [+]
Imports % GDP [+]	2020	77.08%	38.89%	2020	Imports % GDP [+]
Trade balance [+]	2020	21,005.4 M.€	24,540.6 M.€	2020	Trade balance [+]
Trade balance [+]	2020	24,702.9 M.$	27,790.1 M.$	2020	Trade balance [+]
Trade balance % GDP [+]	2020	4.67%	3.74%	2020	Trade balance % GDP [+]
Retail Sales YoY [+]	February 2021	10.2%	-6.3%	February 2021	Retail Sales YoY [+]
Socio-Demography
Global AgeWatch Ranking [+]	2015	24º	1º	2015	Global AgeWatch Ranking [+]
Density [+]	2020	377	208	2019	Density [+]
Global Peace Ranking [+]	2020	17º	10º	2020	Global Peace Ranking [+]
Crude divorce rate [+]	2017	2.00‰	2.00‰	2019	Crude divorce rate [+]
Remittance received (M.$) [+]	2017	10,273.0	2,488.1	2017	Remittance received (M.$) [+]
% Immigrant [+]	2019	17.20%	29.89%	2019	% Immigrant [+]
% Emigrant [+]	2019	5.05%	7.90%	2019	% Emigrant [+]
Birth Rate [+]	2019	10.10‰	10.00‰	2019	Birth Rate [+]
Remittance sent (M.$) [+]	2017	6,021.6	9,197.2	2017	Remittance sent (M.$) [+]
Crude death rate [+]	2019	9.50‰	7.90‰	2019	Crude death rate [+]
Fertility Rate [+]	2019	1.58	1.48	2019	Fertility Rate [+]
Crude marriage rate [+]	2019	3.90‰	4.50‰	2019	Crude marriage rate [+]
% risk of poverty [+]	2016	15.5%	15.6%	2015	% risk of poverty [+]
Population [+]	2020	11,522,000	8,606,033	2019	Population [+]
Immigrant stock [+]	2019	1,981,919	2,572,029	2019	Immigrant stock [+]
Emigrant stock [+]	2019	581,740	679,796	2019	Emigrant stock [+]
HDI [+]	2019	0.931	0.955	2019	HDI [+]
Gender Gap Ranking [+]	2020	27º	18º	2020	Gender Gap Ranking [+]
Life expectancy [+]	2020	80.90	83.20	2020	Life expectancy [+]
Suicides [+]	2018	1,820	1,080	2017	Suicides [+]
Suicide rate [+]	2017	15.26	12.40	2017	Suicide rate [+]
Number of homicides [+]	2017	193	50	2018	Number of homicides [+]
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]	2017	1.69	0.59	2018	Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]	2019	9.03	4.57	2019	CO2 Tons per capita [+]
Consumption GWh [+]	2019	82,051	56,353	2019	Consumption GWh [+]
Generation GWh [+]	2019	87,580	68,186	2019	Generation GWh [+]
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]	04/12/2021	23,503	10,466	04/12/2021	COVID-19 - Deaths [+]
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]	04/12/2021	927,229	623,126	04/12/2021	COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]
Fully vaccinated [+]	04/11/2021	621,653	642,362	04/07/2021	Fully vaccinated [+]
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]	04/12/2021	2,039.84	1,216.12	04/12/2021	COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]
Doses administered [+]	04/11/2021	2,503,818	1,690,425	04/07/2021	Doses administered [+]

Belgium

Capital: Brussels
Population: 11,522,000
Surface Area: 30,530 km2
Currency: Euros
Religion: Mostly Christianity
Belongs to: CoE, EA, EEA, IMF, NATO, OECD, UN, OSCE, EU

Switzerland

Capital: Bern
Population: 8,606,033
Surface Area: 41,290 km2
Currency: Swiss francs (1 EUR=1.1001 CHF)
Religion: Mostly Christianity
Belongs to: CoE, EFTA, IMF, OECD, UN, OSCE