Performance Overview
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 |