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Belgium

#23 globally

Europe

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#11 in Europe

↑Positive(+2)
0/ 100

AI Readiness Score

Readiness = capacity to build AI · Adoption = AI actually in use today

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Readiness Score

Can this country build AI?

64/100
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Adoption Score

Is this country using AI now?

58/100
Growing Adoption

Belgium's adoption score (58) is 6 points below its readiness score (64) — significant untapped capacity not yet being deployed.

Readiness vs Adoption — Radar

Blue = readiness capacity · Green = active adoption · Each axis pairs the closest dimension from each framework

Pillar Scores

Infrastructure14/20
Talent13/20
Governance13/20
Investment12/20
Economic Readiness12/20

Adoption Dimension Breakdown

Growing Adoption
Government DeploymentWeakest
11/20
Enterprise AdoptionStrongest
12/20
Talent DemandWeakest
11/20
Consumer UsageStrongest
12/20
R&D PipelineStrongest
12/20

EU institutional presence and strong pharmaceutical sector drive moderate AI adoption in a highly connected economy.

Trajectory Outlook

66
/100

by 2028

64 now→+2 pts
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Top Accelerator

Hosting the EU AI Office and Imec semiconductor research creating a regulatory and deep-tech AI leadership position

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Top Risk

Political fragmentation and complex governance slowing coordinated national AI strategy execution

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AI Development Roadmap

Algorithmic roadmap based on pillar scores · Updated with live data

◎Acceleration Phase

Belgium is in the Acceleration Phase

Deploying AI at scale across key sectors. Projected score by 2028: 66/100.

2028 Timeline

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Now

Score 64

2

2025–26

AI deployed across 3+ key sectors

3

2026–27

Sovereign AI compute capacity online

4

2028

International AI partnerships active

Priority Actions — 3 Weakest Pillars

◇Investment & R&D
12/20
Near

Anchor a global AI investment hub with special economic zone incentives

Mid

Co-invest with pension funds in frontier AI labs and semiconductor supply chain

⬠Economic Readiness
12/20
Near

Leverage high productivity base to fund AI adoption subsidies for SMEs

Mid

Position as regional AI services hub; target $1B+ in AI-related services exports

◈AI Talent
13/20
Near

Expand elite research cohorts; partner with top-10 global universities

Mid

Develop specialised AI talent in healthcare, agriculture, and climate sectors

Roadmap generated algorithmically from pillar scores and World Bank data. Actions are indicative policy priorities, not official government plans.

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