🇧🇪 Belgium Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇧🇪 Belgium BE / BEL #136

Nomad Score 61.0

Cities 19

Region European Union, Francophone, Remote Work Friendly Countries, Coworking Hotspots, Europe, Europe, Western Europe

Currency EUR

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Federal monarchy

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 69/100

Press Freedom (2025) 80.1/100 #18

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.889

HDI 0.951

Regional Blocs EU

🏛 WORLD GOVERNANCE INDICATORS

Political Stability (2023) 58th pct

Rule of Law (2023) 88th pct

Corruption Control (2023) 89th pct

Govt Effectiveness (2023) 81th pct

Regulatory Quality (2023) 86th pct

Voice & Accountability (2023) 93th pct

Source: World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI). Percentile rank among all countries (0=lowest, 100=highest).

🛡 SAFETY & SECURITY

Homicide Rate (2021) 1.1/100k

Traffic Deaths (2019) 5.8/100k

Military Spending (2024) 1.3% of GDP

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Federal monarchy

Title	Name
Monarchy of Belgium	Philippe of Belgium
Prime Minister of Belgium	Bart De Wever

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 69 / 100

Interpretation Low corruption

Source: Transparency International / Corruption Insights API. Higher scores = less corruption.

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 80.1 / 100

Global Rank #18 / 180

Rank Change -2 vs previous year

RSF Zone UE Balkans

Political #19 79.2

Economic #14 69.2

Legal #31 79.9

Social #18 81.8

Safety #37 90.6

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Higher scores = better press freedom.

📊 PRESS FREEDOM DIMENSIONS

Five dimensions of press freedom tracked over time. Higher = better.

🗳 DEMOCRACY INDEX

Electoral (2025) 0.889

Liberal 0.794

Participatory 0.633

Deliberative 0.775

Egalitarian 0.821

Source: V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy), CC-BY-SA. Scale: 0 (least democratic) to 1 (most democratic).

📋 PRESS FREEDOM HISTORICAL DATA

Year	Score	Rank	Political	Economic	Legal	Social	Safety
2025	80.1	18	79.2	69.2	79.9	81.8	90.6
2024	81.5	16	82.0	71.4	79.5	86.5	88.1
2023	76.5	31	79.1	62.1	78.3	82.4	80.5
2022	78.9	23	75.0	71.2	79.3	87.4	81.4
2021	88.3	11	-	-	-	-	93.1
2020	87.4	12	-	-	-	-	100.0
2019	87.9	9	-	-	-	-	100.0
2018	86.8	7	-	-	-	-	100.0
2017	87.3	9	-	-	-	-	86.1
2016	85.8	13	-	-	-	-	100.0
2015	88.0	15	-	-	-	-	100.0
2014	87.2	23	-	-	-	-	-
2013	87.1	21	-	-	-	-	-
2012	-2.0	20	-	-	-	-	-
2010	4.0	14	-	-	-	-	-
2009	2.5	11	-	-	-	-	-
2008	3.0	7	-	-	-	-	-
2007	1.5	5	-	-	-	-	-
2006	4.0	14	-	-	-	-	-
2005	4.0	18	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index