Belgium – Network Readiness Index

Performance Overview

GDP (PPP) per capita

IS03

BEL

Country

Belgium

Score

72.62

Rank

20

Technology

72.42

People

63.79

Governance

80.62

Impact

73.67

1. Mobile tariffs	71.98	42
2. Cost of cheapest internet-enable device (% of monthly GDP per capita)	71.27	14
3. Households with internet acccess	86.42	27
4. 4G mobile network coverage (% of population)	100	1
5. Fixed-broadband subscriptions, 10Mbit/s or above (% of totaal subscriptions)	96.76	12
6. International internet bandwidth, kb/s per Internet user	74.08	23
7. Proportion of primary schools with access to Internet for pedagogical purpose	100	1

1. Digital participation	n/a	n/a
2. Mobile apps development	76.6	33
3. Receipts for the use of intellectual property	3.68	24

1. Availability of latest technologies	89.19	12
2. Company investment in emerging technology	64.75	21
3. Government procurement of advanced technology products	48.06	38
4. ICT PCT patent applications per million population	53.72	20
5. Total computer software spending (% of GDP)	63.64	4
6. Robot density	55.75	10

1. Medium and high-tech industry	63.25	14
2. High-tech exports	19.55	44
3. PCT patent applications	32.03	16
4. Labour productivity per employee	66.6	10

1. Happiness	79.88	20
2. Freedom to make life choices	64.79	69
3. Income inequality	92.89	12
4. Healthy life expectancy at birth	83.15	26

1. Access to basic services	99.66	17
2. Pollution	91.94	30
3. Road safety	90.31	19
4. Reading proficiency in schools	n/a	n/a
5. Maths proficiency in schools	n/a	n/a
5. Use of clean fuels and technology	100	1

1. Internet users	87.76	21
2. Active mobile-broadband subscriptions	28.58	67
3. Use of virtual social networks	64.66	38
5. Tertiary enrolment	58.06	19
5. Adult literacy rate	n/a	n/a
6. ICT skills	66.95	16

1. Firms with website	84.93	10
2. Internet shopping	73.44	14
3. Professionals	65.5	11
4. Technicians and associate professionals	62.05	23
5. Extent of staff training	73.24	17
6. R&D expenditure by businesses	44.77	11

1. Government online services	73.07	55
2. Publication and use of open data	45.28	29
3.ICT use and government efficiency	57.43	38
4. R&D expenditure by governments and higher education	75.59	11

1. Rule of law	84.53	21
2. Software piracy rate	90.54	13
3. Secure Internet servers	81.44	32
4. Cybersecurity	87.17	32
5. Online trust and safety	55.86	58

1. Regulatory quality	78.59	25
2. Ease of doing business	79.17	45
3. Legal framework's adaptability to digital business models	47.4	47
4. E-commerce legislation	100	1
5. Social safety net protection	98.78	5
6. ICT regulatory environment	96.14	11

1. E-Participation	72.61	59
2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments	97.89	6
3. Availability of local online content	83.09	19
4. Gender gap in internet use	61.3	42
5. Rural gap in use of digital payments	78.08	13