⚡ Compression in Belgium

HTTP compression allows web servers to reduce the size of transmitted data using algorithms like Gzip and Brotli, decreasing bandwidth usage and improving page load speed by compressing text-based resources such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript before sending them to the client.

Belgium is a Western European country with a population of over 12 million people.

According to our research, compression technologies are used on 57% of websites from Belgium.

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the top compression technologies in Belgium in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is Gzip, which dominates the market with a substantial 69.5% share.
It is followed by Brotli with 30.8% and 🛠️ Deflate with 0.04%.

Gzip 69.5%
Brotli 30.8%
🛠️ Deflate 0.04%

✨ Best Compression Technologies

Below is a more detailed list of 3 compression technologies used on sites from Belgium, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	Gzip Boston, Massachusetts, United States A file compression technology used to reduce file size and save bandwidth.	69.5%
2	Brotli Mountain View, California, United States A lossless compression algorithm that provides one of the best compression ratios.	30.8%
3	🛠️ Deflate A lossless data compression algorithm that uses a combination of the LZ77 algorithm and Huffman coding.	0.04%

👉 See Also

🌎 Compression in other countries

Data is based on the analysis of 26,849 websites from Belgium.
Statistics were last calculated on March 21, 2026.
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.