The coronacrisis boosted homeworking. In 2021, 37.9% of the employees worked sometimes or usually from home. We see in 2022 and 2023 that homeworking is here to stay: even though...
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Work & training
340,000 people work as office clerk in 2023. This job leads the ranking of most common occupations for both men and women. Typical female occupations include: Midwifery professionals Early childhood...
Work & training
About 260,000 persons had a second job in 2023. This is 5.2% of the working population. This percentage has stabilised in 2023 and is the same for men and women...
Work & training
In 2023, 26.0% of employees in Belgium worked part-time, a figure that remained almost stable compared to the previous year. Women especially work part-time: 40.2% of female employees work part-time...
Enterprises
During the week from 18 to 24 March included (week 12), the business courts pronounced 296 bankruptcies, resulting in a total of 748 job losses. The figures for week 12...
Work & training
72.1% of people aged 20-64 have a job, compared to 71.9% in 2022. This is what emerged from the annual results of the Labour Force Survey (LFS) published by Statbel...
Work & training
Transitions Between 2022 and 2023, 94.5% of employed people remained in work, 1.6% became unemployed and 4.0% became inactive. Employed people who remain in work, do not all stay in...
Housing
The observed annual inflation rate for house prices amounts to 3.4% in the fourth quarter of 2023, which is an increase compared to the rate of 0.9% observed in the...
Agriculture & fishery
From January 2024 onwards, agricultural indices will be expressed with reference year 2020=100. The overall agricultural producer price index decreased by 5.2% in January 2024 compared to January 2023. The...
Enterprises
In January 2024, the number of VAT-registered enterprises increased by 0.3% compared to December with 2,937 more units. This figure is the result of 14,581 new enterprises (first registrations), 1,879...