Belgium
EDRIX Score
3.87
EOTRIX Score
4.11
Tier
Untapped Potential
Overall Assessment
Belgium is a lower-tier performer in digital resilience. Its decentralized, practical approach has not translated into strong performance in the key data pillars, revealing a lack of a cohesive national strategy and no standout strengths in adoption or development.
Sobering Reality
The nation's key public institutions exemplify this dependency. The email services for the Royal Palace and the Prime Minister's office are run by Microsoft, while the Prime Minister's website DNS is managed by US-based Akamai. This reliance contributes to very low scores in Private Sector Digital Resilience (3.04) and Public Sector Digital Resilience (3.98).
2020 Baseline
In 2020, Belgium was an "emerging" nation with strong institutions but lacking a high-level, unified strategic vision. Its approach was practical and driven by a healthy bottom-up ecosystem.
2024 Progression
Belgium's progress remains a result of collaboration between its various government levels. The federal public service body, FPS BOSA, actively contributes to open source projects, and strategic players like iMio are crucial in providing solutions to local governments.
2025 Data-Driven Analysis
The data reflects the lack of a strong central policy, with a low Public Policy score (3.75). It has no standout strengths, with below-average scores in its Developer Ecosystem (3.93), Grassroots Adoption (4.64), and Public/Private Sector Resilience.
Strengths
- Local Implementation: A proven model of adoption at the municipal level, driven by associative bodies.
Weaknesses
- Public Policy: The lack of a unified, federal strategy holds back its overall performance.
- No Standout Features: It does not excel in any of the five pillars of resilience.
Outlook
Belgium's path to greater resilience may require a more coordinated federal strategy that unites its fragmented efforts. By leveraging the successful model of iMio at a national level and providing a stronger central policy framework, it could significantly improve its performance.