Statbel, the Belgian statistical office, publishes today the figures on building permits until November 2023. For the most recent month available, November 2023, building permits were issued for 1,958 new...
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Economic indicators
In January 2024 compared to the previous month, the producer price index of industry excluding construction has decreased by 0.7%. A split of this figure in energy and the rest...
Population
2024: a leap year On 1 January 2023, there were in the total population in Belgium 7,220 people having their birthday on 29 February. This is 0.062% of the Belgian...
Enterprises
During the week from 19 to 25 February included (week 8), the business courts pronounced 285 bankruptcies, resulting in a total of 569 job losses. The figures for week 8...
Consumer prices
Consumer price index for February 2024 Inflation increased from 1.75% to 3.20% in February. The consumer price index increased by 0.93 points or 0.71% this month. Inflation based on the...
EU2024
An informal meeting of the Council Working Party on Statistics under the Belgian Presidency took place on Tuesday 20 February 2024. It was held via videoconference and was chaired by...
Population
Statbel has updated its provisional mortality figures until 11 February 2024. We have been able to refine our publication on mortality per day in Belgium and we publish now data...
Enterprises
The number of overnight stays spent in Belgian tourist accommodations amounted to 2,666,190 in November 2023. Most of these overnight stays were in: Hotels (56%) Holiday homes and apartments (14%)...
Enterprises
In December 2023, the number of VAT-registered enterprises decreased by 0.4% compared to November with 4,358 less units. This figure is the result of 6,029 new enterprises (first registrations), 558...
Agriculture & fishery
Animal slaughters : provisional figures for January 70,931 bovine animals were slaughtered in January 2024. The number of slaughtered pigs was 843,882 animals, and the number of slaughtered chickens amounted...