- Assets
- 249of 250 records
- Top-100 mean
- 17.74of 25
- Scoring a full 25
- 1
- Leading group
- 24%Transport
Where the top 100 are75 located
A larger circle is a higher score. A fainter one marks the place an asset is in, or a point standing for a network, not the asset's own site.
The shape of the register
How the nation's strategic weight and its assets are spread across the ten capability groups, and how its scores are distributed.
Signature
Each capability group's share of the score carried by the nation's 200 highest-scoring assets.
Transport
Social
Advanced Manufacturing
Energy
Financial
Space, Aerospace & Defence
Communications & Digital
Resource
Water, Sanitation & Waste
Agriculture & Food
18.0%
13.4%
12.9%
12.6%
11.1%
10.5%
7.9%
7.0%
6.0%
0.8%
Assets by capability group
Every discrete asset on the register, and how many of each group reach the national top 100.
Score distribution
The number of assets at each score from 0 to 25.
Source National Infrastructure Index, Strategic Infrastructure schema v1.1. An asset's score is the sum of five dimensions, each judged from 0 to 5; individual scores are approximate.
Not yet or no longer operating: 5 under construction, 1 decommissioned, 1 inactive, 2 planned.
National top 100
Every asset competes on its score, with no quota by sector. The five dimensions are each judged from 0 to 5.
| # | Asset | Flow | Reach | Centrality | Substitutability | Throughput | Score | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Port of Antwerp-BrugesTransport · Seaports & Terminals · Antwerp and Zeebrugge | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 25 | high |
| 2 | Elia national transmission grid and interconnectorsEnergy · Transmission & Distribution · Nationwide | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 24 | medium |
| 3 | Fluxys national gas transmission network and Zeebrugge hubResource · Storage, Transport & Export · Nationwide, hub at Zeebrugge | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 24 | medium |
| 4 | Euroclear Bank, BrusselsFinancial · Markets, Exchanges & Depositories · Brussels | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 24 | high |
| 5 | Antwerp petrochemical cluster (BASF Antwerpen, TotalEnergies refinery)Advanced Manufacturing · Chemicals & Hazardous Process Industry · Port of Antwerp | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 23 | medium |
| 6 | Brussels Airport (Zaventem)Transport · Air Infrastructure · Zaventem, Flemish Brabant | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 22 | high |
| 7 | GSK Vaccines campus, Wavre and RixensartAdvanced Manufacturing · Production Systems · Wavre, Walloon Brabant | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 22 | high |
| 8 | SWIFT headquarters, La HulpeFinancial · Payments & Settlement Systems · La Hulpe, Walloon Brabant | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 22 | high |
| 9 | Elia national control centre, BrusselsEnergy · System Control & Dispatch · Brussels | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 21 | medium |
| 10 | North-South connection, BrusselsTransport · Rail Infrastructure · Brussels | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 21 | high |
| 11 | Zeebrugge LNG TerminalEnergy · Storage & Fuel Supply · Zeebrugge, West Flanders | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 21 | high |
| 12 | skeyes national air traffic control centreTransport · Air Navigation & Traffic Management · Steenokkerzeel | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 20 | high |
| 13 | SHAPE (Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe), CasteauSpace, Aerospace & Defence · Military Bases & Installations · Casteau, Mons, Hainaut | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | high |
| 14 | Antwerp Ring R1 and Kennedy TunnelTransport · Roads & Bridges · Antwerp | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 20 | high |
| 15 | IRE National Institute for Radioelements, FleurusSocial · Medical Supply & Stockpiles · Fleurus, Hainaut | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 20 | high |
| 16 | imec nanoelectronics research centre, LeuvenAdvanced Manufacturing · Workforce & Innovation · Leuven, Flemish Brabant | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 20 | high |
| 17 | National Bank of Belgium, BrusselsFinancial · Currency & Reserves · Brussels | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | high |
| 18 | Albert Canal and Meuse-Scheldt inland waterway systemTransport · Inland Waterways & Ferries · Antwerp to Liege and beyond | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | high |
| 19 | Interconnector (Bacton-Zeebrugge) gas pipelineResource · Storage, Transport & Export · Zeebrugge | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 20 | high |
| 20 | Belgian National Register and eID systemCommunications & Digital · Data Resources · Brussels | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | medium |
| 21 | Kleine-Brogel Air BaseSpace, Aerospace & Defence · Military Bases & Installations · Peer, Limburg | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 19 | high |
| 22 | SCK CEN Belgian Nuclear Research Centre and BR2 reactor, MolSocial · Research & Scientific Facilities · Mol, Antwerp Province | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 19 | high |
| 23 | Coo-Trois-Ponts pumped storage plantEnergy · Hydropower · Stavelot, Liege Province | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | high |
| 24 | Tihange Nuclear Power StationEnergy · Nuclear Generation · Tihange, Huy, Liege Province | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | high |
| 25 | Brussels Ring (R0)Transport · Roads & Bridges · Nationwide, ring around Brussels | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | high |