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In January 2022, the seasonally adjusted industrial turnover index reflected an increase of 2.0% compared to December 2021. The calendar adjusted index reflected an increase of 24.8% compared to January...

During the week from 21 to 27 March included (week 12), the business courts pronounced 195 bankruptcies, resulting in a total of 502 job losses. The figures for week 12...

Consumer price index of March 2022 Inflation increases from 8.04% to 8.31% in March, which is the highest level since March 1983, when it was 8.92%. The consumer price index...

Statbel, the Belgian statistical office, publishes today the causes of death for 2019. In 2019, neoplasms[1] (malignant, benign or of uncertain behaviour) were, with 25.5% of cases, the first cause...

Statbel, the Belgian statistical office, publishes today the figures on building permits until December 2021. Annual evolution The number of permits issued for new residential buildings in 2021 has increased...

Statbel has updated its provisional mortality figures until 13 March 2022. We have been able to refine our publication on mortality per day in Belgium and we publish now data...

220 bankruptcies in week 11 During the week from 14 to 20 March included (week 11), the business courts pronounced 220 bankruptcies, resulting in a total of 444 job losses...

The number of VAT-registered enterprises increased by 15,440 units in January 2022 compared to December 2021. That is 24,289 new enterprises (first registrations), 1,998 re-registrations and 10,847 de-registrations. The number...

Animal slaughters : provisional figures for February 57,377 bovine animals were slaughtered in February 2022. The number of slaughtered pigs was 898,825 animals, and the number of slaughtered chickens amounted...

According to the new European definitions, which apply since 2021, 54% of Belgians (aged 16 to 74) have at least a basic knowledge of digital skills. On average, men score...