Key Indicators
Income Group High income
Regional Group Europe
Population (Total) 11,544,241
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) 53,070

Performance Overview

ISO3

BEL

Country

Belgium

Score

70.04

Rank

21

Technology

63.78

People

61.79

Governance

80.72

Impact

73.87

Pillar: Technology Score: 63.78Rank: 21
SCORERANK

Access

75.46 24

1. Mobile tariffs

68.2652

2. Handset prices

100.001

3. FTTH/building Internet subscriptions

8.9790

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

100.001

5. International Internet bandwidth

75.5437

6. Internet access in schools

100.001

Content

65.74 18

1. GitHub commits

55.9316

2. Internet domain registrations

51.6915

3. Mobile apps development

89.6135

4. AI scientific publications

n/an/a

Future technologies

50.13 22

1. Adoption of emerging technologies

n/an/a

2. Investment in emerging technologies

67.5021

3. Robot density

29.5214

4. Computer software spending

53.3810
Pillar: People Score: 61.79Rank: 22
SCORERANK

Individuals

43.18 82

1. Active Mobile Broadband Subscriptions Count

7.9167

2. ICT skills in the education system

66.5729

3. Use of virtual social networks

76.3435

4. Tertiary enrollment

53.4121

5. Adult literacy rate

n/an/a

6. AI talent concentration

11.7034

Businesses

79.33 3

1. Firms with website

89.099

2. GERD financed by business enterprise

79.539

3. Knowledge intensive employment

77.189

4. Annual investment in telecommunication services

84.3624

5. GERD performed by business enterprise

66.506

Governments

62.84 22

1. Government online services

64.8574

2. Publication and use of open data

50.0027

3. Government promotion of investment in emerging tech

n/an/a

4. R&D expenditure by governments and higher education

73.6810
Pillar: Governance Score: 80.72Rank: 20
SCORERANK

Trust

82.19 14

1. Secure internet servers

80.5528

2. Cybersecurity

96.1826

3. Online access to financial account

73.1513

4. Internet shopping

78.8715

Regulation

81.17 24

1. Regulatory quality

77.0719

2. ICT regulatory environment

92.9425

3. Regulation of emerging technologies

82.118

4. E-commerce legislation

66.6787

5. Privacy protection by law content

87.0716

Inclusion

78.81 31

1. E-Participation

64.2075

2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments

95.0223

3. Availability of local online content

84.6225

4. Gender gap in Internet use

72.1439

5. Rural gap in uses of digital payments

78.0810
Pillar: Impact Score: 73.87Rank: 17
SCORERANK

Economy

54.12 19

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

57.9621

2. High-tech exports

57.5622

3. PCT patent applications

48.7416

4. Domestic market size

63.3536

5. Prevalence of gig economy

n/an/a

6. ICT services exports

42.9729

Quality of life

81.88 21

1. Happiness

82.9818

2. Freedom to make life choices

66.4484

3. Income inequality

89.959

4. Healthy life expectancy at birth

88.1526

SDG Contribution

85.60 17

1. SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being

93.6915

2. SDG 4: Quality Education

68.8619

3. SDG 5: Women's economic opportunity

100.001

4. SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy

78.7069

4. SDDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

86.7528

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