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05/07/2022 by

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Belgium

Country context

  • GDP per capita: 58 925 (2021)
  • Government debt: 127% of GDP (2021)
  • Population: 11.5 million (2020)
  • General government investment: 11.5% of GFCF (2020)
  • Subnational direct investment: 88.53% of general government
  • Infrastructure quality: 87.3/100 (2019)
  • Internet access: 92.3% of all households (2021)
  • Air and GHG emissions: 7.2t CO2 emissions/capita (2020)
  • Energy Transition Index: 67/100 (2021)

Source: OECD and World Economic Forum

Note: Data displayed is only for the Flanders region, data for the federal level is not available.

Belgium (Flanders) data

Long-term strategic vision for infrastructure

Fiscal sustainability, affordability, and value for money

Efficient and effective public procurement

Consistency of country performance in each pillar

Good infrastructure governance requires improvements across different dimensions. Preferably, countries should make progress in all dimensions involved in each of the pillars. Consistency is measured using the coefficient of variation; pay particular attention to pillars with low consistency as they may require more nuanced analysis.

  • Low
  • High

Related publications

  • Budgetary Governance in Practice: Belgium (2019)
  • Fostering Effective Energy Transition, World Economic Forum (2021)
  • ITF Transport Outlook 2021
  • Annual Report – Federal Public Service Mobility and Transport (2020)
  • Belgium’s Green Deal Fr. Pacte vert Nl. Green Deal
  • National Energy and Climate Plan Fr. Le PNEC (2019) Nl. der NEKP (2019)

Links to useful data

  • 2020 OECD Governance of Infrastructure Dataset
  • Belgium – Country Overview, InfraCompass, Global Infrastructure Hub
  • Country profile of Belgium, OECD
  • World Observatory on Subnational Government Finance and Investment, Belgium

Relevant public institutions

  • Federal Public Service Mobility and Transport
  • Federal Public Service Economy
  • Federal Planning Bureau
  • Mobilité en Wallonie
  • Departement Mobiliteit en Openbare Werken
  • Brussels Mobility

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