The record in plain text — overall score, categories, strengths and risks, momentum, resilience, strategic position, and diagnostics.
Strongest on Quality of Life (96/100) — sharpest risk, innovation weakness.
| Category | Score | Key driver |
|---|---|---|
| Economy | 71/100 | Labour Productivity |
| Governance | 79/100 | Ease of Resolving Disputes |
| Quality of Life | 96/100 | Tertiary Enrolment (Gross) |
| Innovation | 62/100 | Internet Penetration |
| Stability | 77/100 | Violence & Safety |
Derived — composites of sourced indicators. Full audit trail in Data Provenance below.
| Signal | Value | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| National Momentum | −2 | now 68, versus 70 three years ago, across 5 categories |
| Resilience | 59/100 | Pandemic 77 · Banking Crisis 58 · War / Conflict 54 · Natural Disaster 47 |
| Strategic Position | 62/100 | Demographics 59 · Resources 22 · Stability 77 · Education 92 · Technology 62 · Geopolitics 58 |
Belgium scores 77 (strong) overall on NationsHelm's index. Momentum: down 2 points versus three years ago (now 68). Its strongest area is Quality of Life (96/100). The risk drawing attention: Innovation weakness.
All 192 tracked indicators — 110 sourced, 82 derived — each with its exact source, series code, and refresh cadence. The complete source-by-source catalog is on the methodology page.
Full catalog →Per-indicator sources are always public on the methodology page — Analyst assembles the complete ledger in context.
Belgium scores 77 out of 100 overall on NationsHelm's index (strong) — the unweighted mean of its sourced category scores. Its strongest area is Quality of Life (96/100) and its weakest is Innovation (62/100).
Belgium's Stability score is 77 out of 100 (strong), blended from World Bank governance indicators, V-Dem and UCDP conflict data.
Belgium's Economy score is 71 out of 100 (strong), derived from World Bank, IMF and ILO indicators.
Belgium's Quality of Life score is 96 out of 100 (strong), covering safety, healthcare, education, basic living conditions, environment and living conditions context from sourced indicators.
Belgium's Governance score is 79 out of 100 (strong), from World Bank governance indicators and V-Dem democracy data.
Belgium's Innovation score is 62 out of 100 (moderate), from World Bank connectivity and business indicators, WIPO patent data and the Oxford Insights Government AI Readiness Index.
On NationsHelm's momentum read, Belgium is down 2 points versus three years ago — 68 now, from 70 — across the 5 categories with time-series coverage.
Belgium's defining asset is labour productivity, while its sharpest risk is innovation weakness — patent Applications 67.38 per million — the category's weakest input (13/100).
Belgium's Strategic Position score is 62 out of 100 (moderate), weighing demographics, resources, stability, education, technology and geopolitics — each component sourced or derived, with unsourced components dropped rather than counted as zero.
On NationsHelm's Opportunity Index, Belgium scores 69 out of 100 for Invest In — one of its three vectors, alongside Start a Business and Emigrate To, with a Resilience score of 59/100. Every input is sourced, so treat it as a starting map, not advice.