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With 6.6/10, the financial satisfaction of Belgians is weakening. While this score, given during the months of July to September, seems rather satisfactory, it stood at 7/10 a year earlier...

Statbel has updated its provisional mortality figures until 4 December 2022. We have been able to refine our publication on mortality per day in Belgium and we publish now data...

In November 2022, 774 bankruptcies were registered by the business courts. This is a decrease of 15.9% compared to October 2022. Statbel, the Belgian statistical office, also publishes a detailed...

In October 2022, the seasonally adjusted production index in the construction sector remained stable compared to September 2022. The calendar adjusted production index reflected a decrease of 1.6% compared to...

The sector of manufacturing and market services [1] had in 2020 185,407 enterprises with at least one employee. These enterprises employed on average 12.9 employees, i.e. a total of 2,391,327...

In 2020, there were 1,994 so-called high-growth enterprises in the sector of manufacturing and market services [1]. A high-growth enterprise is an enterprise with more than 10 employees and an...

According to the provisional results for the monthly indicators based on the Labour Force Survey of Statbel, the Belgian statistical office, the employment rate of people aged 20-64 amounted to...

Between inflation and decreases in production, agriculture is facing large disparities among sectors The first estimates of farmers’ income for the year 2022 made by Statbel[1], the Belgian statistical office...

Belgium's inflation rate based on the European harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP) stood at 10.5% in November compared to 13.1% in October and 12.1% in September. Core inflation (inflation...

During the week from 5 to 11 December included (week 49), the business courts pronounced 166 bankruptcies, resulting in a total of 412 job losses. The figures for week 49...