Science & Technology in Belgium 128 indicators covering science & technology for Belgium. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Researchers (in full-time equivalent) per million inhabitants 5,990 2023 up 43.9% 11th Research & development spending as a share of GDP 3.3% 2023 up 41.0% 6th Medical technology availability 26.34 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants 2025 up 11.7% 17th High-tech patent applications to the EPO by priority year and NUTS 3 317.81 Number 2012 down 12.8% 9th Proportion of adults (15 years and older) with an account at a 98.2% 2024 up 0.1% 18th Individuals who accessed the internet away from home or work 85.6% 2019 up 95.7% 11th R&D personnel by sector of performance - Regions — Researchers 70,218 Persons 2023 up 131.2% 12th Number of R&D researchers per million people 5,990 per million people 2023 up 43.9% 10th Researchers (HC) - % Female 35.9% 2023 up 7.6% 75th GERD by sector of performance and fields of R&D 20,869 Million euro 2024 up 118.5% 15th GERD by sector of performance and type of R&D 20,869 Million euro 2024 up 118.5% 15th Electricity production capacities for combustible fuels by technology 1,340 Megawatt 2024 down 35.2% 22nd R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex 123,728 Full-time equivalent (FTE) 2024 up 70.0% 17th R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D 123,728 Full-time equivalent (FTE) 2024 up 70.0% 17th Technicians in R&D 1,378 per million people 2011 down 5.4% 11th Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (HC) - Higher 44.5% 2023 up 8.7% 52nd Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (HC) 36.8% 2023 up 1.0% 75th Human resources in science and technology (HRST) by category, sex and 3,883 Thousand persons 2025 up 30.7% 13th Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (HC) 29.6% 2023 up 18.9% 42nd Patent applications to the EPO by priority year 1,655 Number 2017 up 5.8% 17th Researchers by sector of performance, age class and sex 118,083 Head count 2023 up 77.0% 19th Researchers by sector of performance, country of citizenship and sex 118,083 Head count 2023 up 77.0% 19th Researchers (FTE) - % Female 19.6% 2023 down 38.2% 75th Individuals - internet use 96.5% 2025 up 13.4% 14th Individuals - frequency of internet use 95.6% 2025 up 14.6% 15th Patent applications to the EPO by country of applicants and inventors 2,548 Number 2025 up 24.8% 10th Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (FTE) 45.9% 2023 up 6.1% 40th Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (FTE) 36.5% 2023 up 4.9% 58th Share of female researchers by sector of performance 34.7% 2023 up 4.0% 37th Annual patents filed for carbon capture and storage technologies 1 patents 2022 unchanged 32nd Annual patents filed for electric vehicle technologies 4 patents 2022 up 33.3% 13th Heat pumps - ambient heat captured by technology and climate 4,199 Gigawatt-hour 2024 up 832.0% 20th Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (HC) 50.9% 2023 up 14.8% 18th Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (FTE) 21.8% 2011 up 29.4% 47th National public funding to transnationally coordinated R&D 402.9 Million euro 2024 up 48.6% 7th Co-patenting at the EPO according to applicants'/inventors' country 1,191 Number 2013 down 1.7% 18th Patents related to recycling and secondary raw materials 11.96 Number 2021 up 43.4% 23rd Patent applications to the EPO by priority year by international 238.63 Number 2013 down 2.0% 19th Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (FTE) 50.3% 2023 up 16.7% 20th Internet access by NACE Rev. 2 activity 100.0% 2025 up 1.2% 1st High-tech patent applications to the EPO by priority year 321.52 Number 2013 up 8.6% 16th Type of connections to the internet by NACE Rev. 2 activity 97.6% 2025 up 0.5% 12th Mobile broadband internet traffic 1.4 Exabyte 2025 up 1,720.8% 30th Broadband internet coverage by technology 71.0% 2025 down 28.9% 21st Patent applications to the EPO by priority year by institutional 540.01 Number 2012 down 51.4% 19th Triadic patent families by earliest priority year 104.04 Number 2012 down 63.5% 19th Medical technology - historical data 284 Number 2021 up 86.8% 13th Persons who cannot afford internet connection for personal use at 0.7% 2025 down 75.9% 29th Persons not having internet connection for personal use at home for 3.4% 2025 down 69.4% 33rd Persons not having internet connection for personal use at home for 3.4% 2025 down 69.4% 33rd Patent cooperation treaty (PCT) applications designated to the EPO by 165.34 Number 2013 up 14.3% 17th High-tech exports - Exports of high technology products as a share of 15.1% 2022 up 75.8% 8th R&D personnel in ICT sector as % of total R&D personnel by NACE Rev. 0.5% 2023 down 73.5% 20th Proportion of youth and adults with information and communications 18.5% 2023 down 53.6% 34th Patent applications to the EPO by priority year by NACE Rev. 2 10.3 Number 2013 down 70.5% 14th Internet purchases by individuals 66.7% 2025 up 3.1% 16th Financial activities over the internet 8.4% 2025 up 129.4% 28th Fixed broadband internet traffic 18.7 Exabyte 2025 up 207.2% 7th Internet purchases by individuals 54.6% 2019 up 121.3% 16th Patent applications to the EPO by priority year and other typologies 930.29 Number 2012 down 2.2% 10th ← Previous Page 2 of 3 Next →