Belgium
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Key Indicators
| Income Group | High income |
| Regional Group | Europe |
| Population (Total) | 11,484,055 |
| Population as a share world total | 0.15% |
| GDP (current US$, millions) | 530,000 |
| GDP as a share of world total | 0.60% |
| GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) | 54,545 |
Performance Overview
IS03
BEL
Country
Belgium
Score
70.67
Rank
20
Technology
69.26
People
63.80
Governance
79.57
Impact
70.05
| 1. Mobile tariffs | 71.98 | 42 |
| 2. Handset prices | 71.27 | 14 |
| 3. Households with internet acccess | 87.24 | 27 |
| 4. 4G mobile network coverage (% of population) | 100.00 | 1 |
| 5. Fixed-broadband subscriptions, 10Mbit/s or above (% of total subscriptions) | 96.76 | 12 |
| 6. International internet bandwidth, kb/s per Internet user | 74.10 | 24 |
| 7. Proportion of primary schools with access to Internet for pedagogical purpose | 100.00 | 1 |
| 1. GitHub commits | 42.95 | 22 |
| 2. Wikipedia edits | 80.03 | 21 |
| 3. Internet domain registrations* | - | - |
| 4. Mobile apps development | 78.79 | 33 |
| 1. Availability of latest technologies | n/a | n/a |
| 2. Company investment in emerging technology | 67.50 | 21 |
| 3. ICT PCT patent applications per million population | 56.93 | 21 |
| 4. Total computer software spending (% of GDP) | 57.95 | 7 |
| 5. Robot density | 55.75 | 10 |
| 1. Medium and high-tech industry | 63.25 | 14 |
| 2. High-tech exports | 22.64 | 40 |
| 3. PCT patent applications | 30.06 | 17 |
| 4. Labour productivity per employee | 79.17 | 6 |
| 5. Prevalence of gig economy | n/a | n/a |
| 1. Happiness | 80.18 | 21 |
| 2. Freedom to make life choices | 68.22 | 82 |
| 3. Income inequality | 91.75 | 9 |
| 4. Healthy life expectancy at birth | 84.54 | 26 |
| 1. SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being | 91.80 | 10 |
| 2. SDG 4: Quality Education | 68.71 | 13 |
| 3. SDG 5: Gender Equality | 75.80 | 58 |
| 4. SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy | 75.14 | 77 |
| 5. SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities | 89.47 | 22 |
| 1. Internet users | 88.66 | 21 |
| 2. Active mobile-broadband subscriptions | 29.17 | 68 |
| 3. Use of virtual social networks | 64.95 | 40 |
| 5. Tertiary enrolment | 58.06 | 19 |
| 5. Adult literacy rate | n/a | n/a |
| 6. ICT skills | 70.43 | 35 |
| 1. Firms with website | 89.65 | 9 |
| 2. Ease of doing business | 79.17 | 45 |
| 3. Professionals | 61.46 | 11 |
| 4. Technicians and associate professionals | 60.09 | 26 |
| 5. Business use of digital tools | n/a | n/a |
| 6. R&D expenditure by businesses | 44.87 | 11 |
| 1. Government online services | 64.85 | 75 |
| 2. Publication and use of open data | 45.28 | 29 |
| 3. Government promotion of investment in emerging technologies | n/a | n/a |
| 4. R&D expenditure by governments and higher education | 76.18 | 11 |
| 1. Secure Internet servers | 78.89 | 30 |
| 2. Cybersecurity | 87.32 | 32 |
| 3. Online access to financial account | 73.15 | 13 |
| 4. Internet shopping | 73.44 | 14 |
| 1. Regulatory quality | 78.59 | 25 |
| 2. ICT regulatory environment | 96.14 | 11 |
| 3. Legal framework's adaptability to emerging technologies | n/a | n/a |
| 4. E-commerce legislation | 75.00 | 77 |
| 5. Privacy protection by law content | 83.49 | 18 |
| 1. E-Participation | 64.20 | 76 |
| 2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments | 97.89 | 6 |
| 3. Availability of local online content | 84.52 | 24 |
| 4. Gender gap in internet use | 61.30 | 46 |
| 5. Rural gap in use of digital payments | 78.08 | 14 |