The seventh Belgian edition of the Statistics Competition will take place in the 2025-2026 school year. Sign up to our newsletter and read all about it here.
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“At a time when social media are flooded with figures, it is more important than ever to be able to distinguish truth from lies. Educating young people to interpret data critically is therefore essential. Statbel is committed to this: promoting informed citizenship, where data are used to understand, not to confuse”, says Marie Vandresse, Director-General of Statbel.
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Record number of schools registered for the Statistics Competition 2025-2026
Registration for the Belgian edition of the European Statistics Competition 2025-2026 is now closed. A revised calendar with more time to complete the assignments and the introduction of two options, for students with more or less then 5 hours of mathematics per week, resulted in a record number of schools registering for this edition.
No fewer than 60 schools are sending 320 teams to take part in the first test of the Statistics Competition on 3 November. That is 13% more schools than last school year. Never before in the past seven years that Statbel has organised the Statistics Competition have so many schools registered. The Statistics Competition is also gaining popularity in the Brussels-Capital Region. While in the previous edition “only” five Brussels teams from four schools took part, we can now count on the participation of 30 teams from ten schools. Finally, for the first time in a long time, we are also welcoming three German-speaking teams from East Belgium.
These 320 teams will start the first test of the Statistics Competition on 3 November 2025. In this test, we mainly assess knowledge of statistical concepts, analytical skills and the competences to look up information. 126 teams will receive a questionnaire focusing on mathematics, targeting students who have five or more hours of mathematics per week. The other 195 teams will answer questions that are more focused on social themes. These students have less than five hours of mathematics per week.
Due to technical issues with the European platform, the first test was unavailable during the first two days of the original period. We understand that this situation may have disrupted the planning. To make up for this, we are extending the first test by two school days, until 2 December at 11:59 p.m., so that all teachers and pupils have four full school weeks to participate.
In mid-December, we will announce which teams have passed the online test. The teams that pass will receive a certificate and their supervising teacher will then have two weeks to confirm that the teams will continue with the competition and make the video assignment. They will have the opportunity to produce a 2-minute video on a predetermined theme, which has not yet been decided by Eurostat, in consultation with the participating countries. In this test, we assess the competences to communicate statistics and the creativity when making the video.
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The following schools will compete against each other in the seventh edition of the Statistics Competition:
- Abdijschool van Zevenkerken, Bruges
- A-maze, Beringen
- Athénée Royal Leonardo da Vinci, Anderlecht
- Athénée Royal d'Ath
- Athénée Royal Fernand Jacquemin Comines, Comines-Warneton
- Athénée Royal Lucienne Tellier, Anvaing
- Athénée Royal Marguerite Bervoets, Mons
- Athénée Royal René Magritte de Lessines (ARRML), Lessines
- Athénée Royale Jodoigne
- Atheneum Westerlo
- Atlas College, Genk
- Bischöfliche Schule Sankt Vith
- Campus FLX, Leopoldsburg
- Centre Educatif Mitterrand Estaimpuis
- Centre Scolaire St-Michel, Brussels
- Collège Notre-Dame des trois vallées (Notre-Dame Des Anges), Rixensart
- Collège Saint Hadelin, Visé
- De Passer, Bruges
- European School Brussels I
- European School Brussels II
- European School Brussels IV
- European School Mol
- Gemeentelijke technische school Merchtem
- GO! Atheneum Campus Speelhof Sint-Truiden
- GO! Methodeschool Het Kompas, Sint-Truiden
- Heilig Hartinstituut Heverlee, Heverlee
- Hemelvaart Waregem, Waregem
- Humaniora Nieuwen Bosch, Ghent
- Indsé 2ème et 3ème degrés, Bastogne
- Institut de la Providence, Wavre
- Institut des Ursulines, Site Sacré-Cœur, Koekelberg
- Institut Don Bosco Tournai
- Institut Saint-André, Ixelles
- Institut Saint-Joseph de Welkenraedt
- Institut Saint-Ferdinand, Mons
- Institut Saints-Pierre-et-Paul, Florennes
- Institut Saint-Vincent de Paul, Brussels
- Institut Provincial d'Enseignement Secondaire Paramédical - La Samaritaine, Charleroi
- Katholiek Secundair Onderwijs Mol campus Rozenberg
- Lycée Intégral Roger Lallemand, Saint-Gilles
- Lycée la Retraite, Brussels
- Lycée Mater Dei, Woluwe-Saint-Pierre
- Mosa-RT, Maaseik
- Nova Campus VISO P, Roeselare
- Onze-Lieve-Vrouwcollege campus Bevegem, Zottegem
- Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Presentatie Sint-Niklaas
- Onze-Lieve-Vrouwecollege Ostend
- Provinciale Secundaire School Voeren
- Provinciaal Technisch Instituut Kortrijk
- Saint-François de Sales Ath
- Scheppersinstituut Mechelen
- Sint-Angela Tildonk
- Sint-Jozef-Klein-Seminarie, Sint-Niklaas
- Sint-Jozefsinstituut Borsbeek
- Sint-Pietersinstituut, Turnhout
- Sint-Victor Turnhout
- 't Saam campus Aloysius, Diksmuide
- VKO Campus Bovenbouw, Opwijk
- Vlot! Campus Sint-Laurentius, Lokeren
- VOX Pelt