Statbel, the Belgian statistical office, publishes today the number of job vacancies in Belgian enterprises in the 4th quarter of 2023. The job vacancy rate – the number of job...
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Population
9,209 births in January Statbel publishes today the provisional monthly results of the statistics on births. The first provisional figures show that in January 2024, 9,209 babies were born in...
Economic indicators
In January 2024, the seasonally adjusted production index reflected a decrease of 2.0% compared to December 2023. The calendar adjusted production index reflected a decrease of 2.7% compared to January...
Population
In December 2023, 3,885 persons obtained the Belgian nationality. The main countries of origin of people who acquired Belgian nationality in December are Syria, Morocco, Romania, Afghanistan and Iraq. These...
Population
Statbel has updated its provisional mortality figures until 25 February 2024. We have been able to refine our publication on mortality per day in Belgium and we publish now data...
DataLab
On the occasion of Women’s Day on 8 March, Statbel maps female entrepreneurship based on data from 2022. In Belgium, 1,590,166 self-employed entrepreneurs have positions of founders, directors and business...
Work & training
In 2022, the gender pay gap, i.e. the difference in hourly wages between women and men, amounted to 5.0%. This means that in 2022, women earned on average 5.0% less...
Enterprises
During the week from 26 February to 3 March (week 9), the business courts pronounced 177 bankruptcies, resulting in a total of 327 job losses. So the figures for week...
Mobility
In the third quarter of 2023, inland waterway vessels have transported 38.8 million tonnes of goods on Belgian inland waterways. This is a decrease of 6.8% compared to the previous...
Mobility
In the third quarter of 2023, the total quantity of goods unloaded in Belgian sea ports amounted to just under 35 million tonnes. This is a decrease of 9.5% compared...