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DataLab
The monthly figures on the labour market published by Statbel in this section for all months from 2019 to 2023 included are experimental statistics based on the Labour Force Survey...
Agriculture & fishery
In 2023, 12,302 tonnes of fish were sold in Belgian ports, compared to 13,217 tonnes in 2022. According to the new data of Statbel, the Belgian statistical office, this is...
Agriculture & fishery
In December 2023, 1,115 tonnes of fish were landed by Belgian vessels and sold in Belgian ports. As in previous months, sole remains the most important fish of the Belgian...
Enterprises
During the week from 25 to 31 March included (week 13), the business courts pronounced 246 bankruptcies, resulting in a total of 493 job losses. So the figures for week...
DataLab
Statbel has been publishing for almost 10 years vector files and files on the Belgian population on a grid made up of square areas with sides of 1 km (“Grid”)...
Economic indicators
The index of seasonally adjusted wages and salaries in industry amounted to 133.87 in the fourth quarter of 2023. This represents an increase of 5.5% compared to the fourth quarter...
Economic indicators
The index of seasonally adjusted of the number of hours worked in industry amounted to 102.75 in fourth quarter 2023. This represents a decrease of 0.1% compared to fourth quarter...
Economic indicators
In January 2024, the seasonally adjusted industrial turnover index reflected a decrease of 4.5% compared to December 2023. The calendar adjusted index reflected a decrease of 7.4% compared to January...
Population
Statbel has updated its provisional mortality figures until 17 March 2024. We have been able to refine our publication on mortality per day in Belgium and we publish now data...
Housing
Statbel, the Belgian statistical office, publishes today the figures on building permits until December 2023. For the most recent month available, December 2023, building permits were issued for 1,985 residential...