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Belgium

Europe
BEL

Current Score

48.00

Global Rank

37th

Percentile

77%

Last Updated

May 25, 2026

Ranking Trend

Belgium's rank movement over the last 30 days

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Score Analysis

Analysis of Belgium's policy signalling profile

Belgium's current WokeMeter assessment stands at 48, aligning closely with its composite dimension scores. This score places Belgium at the 37th position globally, indicating a moderate level of policy signalling intensity relative to other countries. The consistent dimension scores across various policy areas suggest a balanced yet moderate approach to Western-style progressive policy signalling. Belgium's percentile ranking of 76.9th reflects its positioning within the upper middle range of countries analyzed, suggesting a stable, but not particularly aggressive, engagement with the index's measured criteria such as DEI policies and content moderation.

All dimension scores for Belgium are notably uniform, each scoring approximately 48, indicating a consistent level of policy signalling across areas like speech and expression climate, institutional DEI policy intensity, and corporate/investor signalling. This uniformity suggests that Belgium maintains a steady approach across different policy areas without significant deviations in signalling intensity. The lack of recent tracked events and the middle-range scores in external data context factors, such as the Quality of Life Index and Press Freedom Score, further reinforces the nation's moderate signalling intensity, positioning it neither at the forefront nor the trailing edge of policy signalling.

Score Breakdown by Dimension

Weighted components of the composite score

Speech & Expression Climate(18% weight)
48.03
Institutional DEI Policy Intensity(18% weight)
48.03
Education & Curriculum Signalling(14% weight)
48.03
Media & Platform Moderation(14% weight)
48.03
Legislative/Regulatory Activism(14% weight)
47.79
Corporate/Investor Signalling(12% weight)
48.03
Protest & Activism Salience(10% weight)
48.03

Recent Events

Events that influenced this country's score

EU moves to ban Russian energy imports by 2028

Legislative/Regulatory Activism
+1.0

A draft regulation approved by European Union energy ministers would phase out Russian import contracts by January 2028.

Oct 21, 2025Source

European Union to phase out Russian gas imports by end of 2027

Legislative/Regulatory Activism
+1.0

The European Union will phase out all Russian gas imports by the end of next year, the bloc’s energy ministers agreed on Monday. Although diplomats said that Hungary and Slovakia – which are diplomatically closer to the Kremlin and still import Russian gas via pipeline – both opposed the move.

Oct 20, 2025Source

Gaza Aid Deliveries Struggle, Despite Cease-Fire

Legislative/Regulatory Activism
-1.0

A single photograph of Palestinians besieging an aid convoy after the new cease-fire took hold in Gaza makes clear how much work lies ahead in the enclave.

Oct 20, 2025Source