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Statbel has updated its provisional mortality figures until 2 July 2023. We have been able to refine our publication on mortality per day in Belgium and we publish now data...
Agriculture & fishery
The annual apparent consumption of meat per capita amounts to 80.8 kg in 2022, a decrease of 1.2% compared to 2021. As a reminder, the apparent consumption of meat corresponds...
Enterprises
During the week from 3 to 9 July included (week 27), the business courts pronounced 138 bankruptcies, resulting in a total of 309 job losses. So the figures for week...
Work & training
Over a quarter of employed people spend almost all their working time working with a computer or a smartphone New data from Statbel, the Belgian statistical office, on job skills...
Population
In April 2023, 4,480 persons obtained the Belgian nationality. The main countries of origin of people who acquired Belgian nationality in April are Morocco, Romania, Syria, Afghanistan and Poland. These...
Population
Statbel publishes today the provisional monthly results of the statistics on births. The first provisional figures show that in May 2023, 9,435 babies were born in Belgium: 5,394 in Flanders...
Mobility
In 2022, Belgian airports recorded a significant increase in the number of passengers and flights, reflecting a recovery from the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, despite these improved...
Agriculture & fishery
The overall agricultural price index for May is 8.7% higher than a year earlier. The index for horticultural products increases by 29.4% compared to 2022, while the agricultural index is...
Economic indicators
In May 2023, the seasonally adjusted production index reflected a decrease of 1.1% compared to April 2023. The calendar adjusted production index reflected a decrease of 6.0% compared to May...
About Statbel
A European peer review of a number of statistical institutes in Belgium that play a role in the production of European statistics took place in December 2021. The results of...