Belgium

Belgium is ranked 21st overall on the Index and its strongest score is for HR management.

Summary chart of Belgium's scores in the 2019 InCiSE index. GBR NZL CAN FIN AUS DNK NOR NLD SWE KOR USA EST CHE IRL AUT FRA ESP DEU LTU MEX CHL LVA JPN ITA SVN ISR POL ISL CZE PRT TUR SVK HRV BGR ROU GRC HUN BEL InCiSE 0.52 0.52 Capabilities Crisis and risk management Digital services Fiscal and financial management HR management Inclusiveness Integrity Openness Policy making Procurement Regulation Tax administration

Within the HR management indicator, Belgium achieves the maximum score for the metric assessing the extent to which formal examinations are used for civil service recruitment. It scores highly on another employment metric, suggesting a relatively meritocratic recruitment system overall.

Belgium’s policy making score is above average and it achieves the maximum score for one of the two policy coordination metrics. Belgium’s performance is also above average for tax administration, including two very high metric scores on the extent and quality of digital services.

The main indicators where Belgium’s performance is less strong relative to other countries are fiscal and financial management, regulation and capabilities where overall scores are all below average and metric results vary widely.

Cross-referencing note

This content was presented as section 4.3 in the original 2019 publication.