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Enterprises
The number of overnight stays in Belgian tourist accommodations was 2,392,150 in November 2021. On a national level, most overnight stays were in holiday homes (18%) and hotels (50%). Compared...
Economic indicators
The gross index of the number of employees in industry without construction amounted to 102.79 in the fourth quarter of 2021. This represents an increase of 1.4% compared to the...
Consumer prices
Consumer price index of February 2022 Inflation increases from 7.59% to 8.04% in February, which is the highest level since March 1983, when it was 8.92%. The consumer price index...
Agriculture & fishery
In 2021, 26.32 million animals were slaughtered on a monthly basis. In terms of weight, pigs account for the largest share (62%, 965,000 pigs on a monthly basis). Chickens register...
Agriculture & fishery
Animal slaughters : provisional figures for January 61,688 bovine animals were slaughtered in January 2022. The number of slaughtered pigs was 924,946 animals, and the number of slaughtered chickens amounted...
Households
More than one in five Belgians cannot afford a holiday More than one in five Belgians cannot afford at least one week's holiday away from home (20.3%). In Wallonia and...
Enterprises
During the week from 14 to 20 February included (week 7), the business courts pronounced 236 bankruptcies, resulting in a total of 499 job losses. The figures for week 7...
Enterprises
The number of VAT-registered enterprises decreased by 2,177 units in December 2021 compared to November 2021. That is 5,921 new enterprises, 530 re-registrations and 8,628 de-registrations. The wholesale and retail...
Agriculture & fishery
In October 2021, 57.7 million litres of drinking milk (whole, semi-skimmed, skimmed milk and buttermilk) were produced. In addition, 16.6 million litres of milk drinks and chocolate milk were produced...
DataLab
Over the last decade, more and more Belgians booked their holidays on the Internet. But the owners of accommodations also liked to use an online platform to offer an apartment...