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2024
global knowledge index
Belgium
KEY INDICATORS
- GDP (US$ billions):751.592
- Population:11,712,893
- HDI:0.942
11/141
Gki
Score
64.7
World
Average
47.8
Country Performance Summary
Belgium is a leading performer in terms of its knowledge infrastructure. It ranks 11th out of 141 countries in the Global Knowledge Index 2024 and 11th out of the 59 countries with very high human development.
Areas of Strength
- Academic freedom
- Insolvency recovery rate
- Government expenditure on vocational education (%)
- Teachers in tertiary education, gender parity
- Firms that spend on R&D (%)
Areas of Improvement
- Ecological footprint per capita
- Tax and contribution rate (% profit)
- Firms constrained with inadequately educated workforce (%)
- Tertiary graduates from ICT programmes (%)
- Share of students enrolled in post-secondary vocational programmes
SECTORAL INDICES
Rank
Value
Pre-University
Education
7
83.02
Technical and Vocational
Education and Training
10
64.75
Higher
Education
8
61.57
Research, Development
and Innovation
16
46.71
Information and
Communications Technology
33
62.25
Economy
15
67.74
Enabling
Environment
15
76.83
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GKI Pillars
