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Belgium is ranked 6th in the world for active patents per capita (World Competitiveness Yearbook, 2005)
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2002 figures show 850.59 patents per 100,000 of population
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Belgium is ranked 13th in the world for employment in R&D per capita (World Competitiveness Yearbook, 2005)
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Employment in R&D is high at 1.73% of total employment compared with the EU15 average of 1.39% (Eurostat, 2005)
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There are 3.71 R&D personnel for every thousand Full-Time Equivalent jobs (World Competitiveness Yearbook, 2005)
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Belgium is 15th in the world with $582.98 in R&D spending per capita representing 2.33% of GDP (World Competitiveness Yearbook, 2005)
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Companies are responsible for 73% of the R&D spend in Flanders
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Research cooperation between universities and companies in Belgium is relatively high at 4.5 on a scale of one to seven (Global Competitiveness Report, 2005)
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Leuven and Ghent universities are ranked in the 10 best research centers in the world (The Scientist, 2003)
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Belgium is ranked the second best place in the world to work for post-doctorates in the life sciences (The Scientist, 2003)
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Flemish 15-year-olds are ranked in the world’s top two regions for mathematics and top five for sciences (OECD PISA Survey 2004)
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R&D and innovation are major items on the Government’s agenda and have special provisions and incentives available
