Portulans Institute

Belgium

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Key Indicators
Income Group High income
Regional Group Europe
Population (Total) 11,655,930
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) 62,065

Performance Overview

ISO3

BEL

Country

Belgium

Score

67.02

Rank

21

Technology

57.11

People

59.10

Governance

79.40

Impact

72.47

Pillar: Technology Score: 57.11 Rank: 21
SCORERANK

Access

72.75 36

1. Mobile tariffs

80.45 28

2. Handset prices

69.58 32

3. FTTH/building Internet subscriptions

12.03 104

4. Population covered by at least a 3G mobile network

100.001

5. International Internet bandwidth

74.45 49

6. Internet access in schools

100.001

Content

45.17 23

1. GitHub commits

57.73 17

2. Internet domain registrations

47.69 17

3. Mobile apps development

62.20 80

4. AI scientific publications

13.05 39

Future technologies

53.41 21

1. Adoption of emerging technologies

n/a

2. Investment in emerging technologies

67.50 21

3. Robot density

29.47 15

4. Computer software spending

63.25 10
Pillar: People Score: 59.10 Rank: 20
SCORERANK

Individuals

41.13 90

1. Active Mobile Broadband Subscriptions Count

10.21 62

2. ICT skills in the education system

57.43 42

3. Use of virtual social networks

76.44 29

4. Tertiary enrollment

52.76 22

5. Adult literacy rate

n/a

6. AI talent concentration

8.80 37

Businesses

78.33 4

1. Firms with website

89.09 7

2. GERD financed by business enterprise

79.53 8

3. Knowledge intensive employment

75.62 12

4. Annual investment in telecommunication services

85.31 27

5. GERD performed by business enterprise

62.12 5

Governments

57.84 21

1. Government online services

65.73 67

2. Publication and use of open data

50.00 27

3. Government promotion of investment in emerging tech

n/a

4. R&D expenditure by governments and higher education

57.79 6
Pillar: Governance Score: 79.40 Rank: 23
SCORERANK

Trust

82.15 14

1. Secure internet servers

80.55 28

2. Cybersecurity

96.18 26

3. Online access to financial account

73.15 13

4. Internet shopping

78.72 16

Regulation

81.79 24

1. Regulatory quality

79.93 22

2. ICT regulatory environment

92.94 26

3. Regulation of emerging technologies

82.34 8

4. E-commerce legislation

66.67 87

5. Privacy protection by law content

87.07 16

Inclusion

74.27 39

1. E-Participation

44.18 82

2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments

95.02 23

3. Availability of local online content

84.62 25

4. Gender gap in Internet use

69.45 45

5. Rural gap in uses of digital payments

78.08 10
Pillar: Impact Score: 72.47 Rank: 13
SCORERANK

Economy

45.60 21

1. High-tech and medium-high-tech manufacturing

57.40 18

2. High-tech exports

33.02 26

3. PCT patent applications

45.05 17

4. Domestic market size

63.80 36

5. Prevalence of gig economy

n/a

6. ICT services exports

28.74 32

Quality of life

87.67 8

1. Happiness

83.78 18

2. Freedom to make life choices

85.77 30

3. Income inequality

92.96 5

4. Healthy life expectancy at birth

88.15 26

SDG Contribution

84.14 17

1. SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being

93.69 15

2. SDG 4: Quality Education

67.69 19

3. SDG 5: Women's economic opportunity

100.001

4. SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy

72.54 64

4. SDDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

86.75 28

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