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Statbel, the Belgian statistical office

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📊 Statbel collects, produces and disseminates reliable and relevant #figures on the Belgian #economy 💼, #society 👥 and #territory 🗺️. 📢 Stay up to date with our publications every day via Bluesky 📰.

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Statbel, the Belgian statistical office @statbel-en.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🏠 In June 2026, building permits were issued for 2,423 new residential buildings. Compared to May 2026, this is an increase of 41.4%. 1,966 permits were granted in Flanders, 447 in Wallonia and 9 in the Brussels Region. statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/ho... #Statbel
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Statbel, the Belgian statistical office @statbel-en.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🛒 Inflation goes from 3.97% to 4.69% in September. statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/co...
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Statbel, the Belgian statistical office @statbel-en.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🆕 In July 2026, 11,881 new enterprises were created, 1,683 enterprises were re-registered and 8,560 were de-registered. The total number of VAT-registered enterprises increased by 5,004 or 0.4% compared to June 2026. 👉 statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/en... #Statbel
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Statbel, the Belgian statistical office @statbel-en.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🏠 The observed annual inflation rate for house prices amounts to 2.1% in the second quarter 2026. In the second quarter 2026, inflation for existing houses amounted to 3.0% in Brussels, 4.4% in Flanders and 3.0% in Wallonia. #Statbel 👉 statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/ho...
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Statbel, the Belgian statistical office @statbel-en.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🏠The number of real estate transactions went down by 11.0% in the second quarter 2026 compared to the same quarter the year before. #Statbel 👉 statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/ho...
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Statbel, the Belgian statistical office @statbel-en.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
📊 Women in Belgium feel lonelier than men. 38.7% of women report feeling lonely, compared to 31.4% of men. This gap has been observed since 2021, whereas no significant difference appears regarding happiness or life satisfaction. statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/ho...
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Statbel, the Belgian statistical office @statbel-en.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
25,964,031 animals were slaughtered in July 2026. 🐄 62,279 bovine animals 🐖 713,118 pigs 🐓 25,181,883 chickens statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/ag... #Statbel
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Statbel, the Belgian statistical office @statbel-en.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🏡In the first semester 2026, the Belgian median price for an attached or semi-detached house amounted to 285,000 euros. A buyer had to pay 402,400 euros for a detached house. 💸 #Statbel statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/ho...
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Statbel, the Belgian statistical office @statbel-en.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🍼 The first provisional figures show that in the second quarter of 2026, 27,604 babies were born in Belgium: 16,128 in Flanders, 8,050 in Wallonia and 3,426 in the Brussels-Capital Region. #Statbel #Birth statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/po...
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Statbel, the Belgian statistical office @statbel-en.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🛏️ 4,069,963 overnight stays in June 2026, -3.9% compared with June 2026. Most of these overnight stays were in hotels (46.2%) 🏨 #Statbel statbel.fgov.be/en/news/tour...
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Statbel, the Belgian statistical office @statbel-en.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
📊 54% of Belgian households own only internal combustion engine cars and are the hardest hit by rising fuel prices. 📍 Middle-income households are the most affected; the poorest often do not own a car, while the wealthiest have a company car. statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/da...
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Statbel, the Belgian statistical office @statbel-en.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
👨‍⚖️ In August 2026, 487 #bankruptcies were registered by the business courts. This is a 29,5% decrease compared to July 2026. #Statbel 👉 statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/en...
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Statbel, the Belgian statistical office @statbel-en.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
🚙On 1 August 2026, there were 6,201,805 passenger cars in Belgium, or 1.07% more than a year earlier. A symbolic milestone: Hybrid and electric powertrains account for 24.4% of the passenger car fleet, compared to 24.1% for diesel. #Statbel statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/mo...
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Statbel, the Belgian statistical office @statbel-en.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
🧱 In July 2026, the seasonally adjusted production index in the #construction sector reflected an increase of 2.8% compared to June 2026. 👉 statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/in... #Statbel
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Statbel, the Belgian statistical office @statbel-en.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
📈 Belgium's inflation rate based on the European Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) stood at 4.2% in August versus 3.6% in July and 3.3% in June. #Statbel 👉 statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/co...
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Statbel, the Belgian statistical office @statbel-en.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
🚙 By 2025, 72% of Belgian households will own at least one car. This percentage varies greatly depending on the region and household composition. While 48.7% of single people do not own a car, this figure drops to 10.4% for couples with at least one child. statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/mo...
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Statbel, the Belgian statistical office @statbel-en.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
🏗️ The construction price index increased by +1.7% in the second quarter of 2026 compared to the previous quarter. #Statbel 👉 statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/in...
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Statbel, the Belgian statistical office @statbel-en.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
💰 The turnover of Belgian enterprises, excluding the agricultural and financial sectors, amounted to 445.3 billion euros in the second quarter 2026, i.e. an 8.3% increase compared to the same period the year before. #Statbel 👉 statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/en...
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Statbel, the Belgian statistical office @statbel-en.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
💰 The overall agricultural output price index decreased by 8.9% in July 2026 compared to July 2025. Compared with the previous year, the plant index 🌿 rise by 25.9% and the animal index 🐖 fell by 21%. ℹ️➡️ statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/ag... #Statbel #Agriculture
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Statbel, the Belgian statistical office @statbel-en.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
🏭 In July 2026, the seasonally adjusted production index reflected a decrease of 0.2% compared to June 2026. 👉 statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/in...
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Statbel, the Belgian statistical office @statbel-en.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
✈️ In the first quarter 2026, Belgian residents made 5.3 million trips involving at least one overnight stay. Of these trips, 1.5 million or 28.9% had a Belgian destination.#Statbel #Tourism #Travel 👉 statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/ho...
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Statbel, the Belgian statistical office @statbel-en.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
🔎 In the second quarter 2026, Belgian enterprises offered 133,881 job vacancies compared to 140,462 in the first quarter 2026. With 65.55% of all job vacancies in Belgium, the Flemish Region remains the region with the largest number of job vacancies. 👉 statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/wo... #Statbel
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Statbel, the Belgian statistical office @statbel-en.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Belgians took 31.2 million overnight trips in 2025. The coast and the Ardennes remain the top destinations within Belgium. Abroad, France holds onto its spot as the favorite destination. Discover the key travel trends among Belgians in 2025 👇 statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/ho... #Statbel
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Statbel, the Belgian statistical office @statbel-en.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
🏭 The total production in market-oriented sectors shows an increase of 1.5% in June 2026 compared to June 2025. 👉 statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/in... #Statbel
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Statbel, the Belgian statistical office @statbel-en.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
💪 72.8% of 20-64 year olds had a job in the second quarter of 2026. In Flanders, the employment rate is 77.3%. In Wallonia, it reaches 67.6% and 64.7% in Brussels. #Statbel 👉 statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/wo...
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Statbel, the Belgian statistical office @statbel-en.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
📌 37.8% of the unemployed from a year ago made the transition to work, and 37.5% remained unemployed. 24.7% of the unemployed became inactive on the labour market. #Statbel Curious to learn more about transitions in the labor market? 👉 statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/wo...
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Statbel, the Belgian statistical office @statbel-en.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
🛏️ 4,520,934 overnight stays in May 2026. The number of overnight stays was 4.6% higher in May 2025. Most of these overnight stays were in hotels (43,7%) 🏨 #Statbel statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/en...
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Statbel, the Belgian statistical office @statbel-en.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
👔 For all service sectors combined, the volume of sales increased by 6.6% in June 2026 compared to June 2025. 👉 statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/in... #Statbel
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Statbel, the Belgian statistical office @statbel-en.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
📦 The volume of sales in the wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles increased by 5% in June 2026 compared to June 2025. 👉 statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/in... #Statbel
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Statbel, the Belgian statistical office @statbel-en.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
🏠 In May 2026, building permits were issued for 1,731 new residential buildings. Compared to April 2026, this is a decrease of 6.4%. 1,308 permits were granted in Flanders, 418 in Wallonia and 6 in the Brussels Region. statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/ho... #Statbel
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Statbel, the Belgian statistical office @statbel-en.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
🚢 In the first Quarter of 2026 the total quantity of goods unloaded in Belgian sea ports amounted to 36 million tonnes. This is a decrease of 1.6% compared to the previous quarter and a decrease of 2.0% compared to the same quarter in 2025.📦 statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/mo... #Statbel
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Statbel, the Belgian statistical office @statbel-en.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
🛍️ Compared to the previous month, the volume of sales in retail trade, excluding fuels, has, decreased by 1.8% in July 2026. 👉 statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/in... #Statbel
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Statbel, the Belgian statistical office @statbel-en.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
⛴️ In the first quarter 2026, inland waterway vessels have transported 40.5 million tonnes of goods on Belgian inland waterways instead of 38.5 million tonnes in the fourth quarter 2025. This is an increase of 5.1% compared to the previous quarter. statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/mo... #Statbel
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Statbel, the Belgian statistical office @statbel-en.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
🗑️In 2024, 70 million tonnes of waste have been produced in Belgium. 📍79.1% of the waste produced in 2024 came from two sectors: construction with 43.9% and industry with 35.2%. #Statbel statbel.fgov.be/en/news/wast...
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Statbel, the Belgian statistical office @statbel-en.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
🏭 In June 2026, the seasonally adjusted industrial turnover index reflected a decrease of 5.9% compared to May 2026. The calendar adjusted index reflected an increase of 8.9% compared to June 2025. 👉 statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/in... #Statbel
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Statbel, the Belgian statistical office @statbel-en.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
🏭 In July 2026 compared to the previous month, the producer price index of industry has increased by 0.4%. A split of this figure in energy and the rest shows a rise of 4.9% for energy and a fall of 0.7% for total industry except energy. statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/in... #Statbel
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Statbel, the Belgian statistical office @statbel-en.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
🛒 #Inflation goes from 3.56% to 3.97% in August. #Statbel statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/co...
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Statbel, the Belgian statistical office @statbel-en.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
🚲🚌 Back to school: How do secondary school students get around in Belgium? Public transport, 46%; bicycle, 28%; car, 16%; walking, 10%. But cycling is most popular in Flanders. Public transport dominates in Brussels and Wallonia. #Statbel statbel.fgov.be/en/news/cycl...
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Statbel, the Belgian statistical office @statbel-en.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
🆕 In June 2026, 7,588 new enterprises were created, 1,033 enterprises were re-registered and 7,520 were de-registered. The total number of VAT-registered enterprises increased by 1,101 or 0.1% compared to May 2026. 👉 statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/en... #Statbel
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Statbel, the Belgian statistical office @statbel-en.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
🏭 In June 2026, the seasonally adjusted production index reflected a decrease of 1.1% compared to May 2026. #Statbel 👉 statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/in...
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Statbel, the Belgian statistical office @statbel-en.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
27,402,142 animals were slaughtered in July 2026. 🐄 63,984 bovine animals 🐖 770,537 pigs 🐓 26,509,567 chickens statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/ag... #Statbel
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Statbel, the Belgian statistical office @statbel-en.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
☠️ According to the first provisional mortality figures, 9,022 persons have died in July 2026. There were 5,288 deaths in Flanders, 3,088 in Wallonia and 646 in the Brussels-Capital Region. #Statbel 👉 statbel.fgov.be/en/about-sta...
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Statbel, the Belgian statistical office @statbel-en.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 4 in 10 Belgians care for a family member. 👧 2.3 million care for children 👵 600,000 grandparents care for their grandchildren 🤝 800,000 are informal carers 👉 Discover the figures: statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/wo... #Statbel #Care
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Statbel, the Belgian statistical office @statbel-en.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
🧱 In June 2026, the seasonally adjusted production index in the #construction sector reflected a decrease of 1.7% compared to May 2026. 👉 statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/in... #Statbel
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Statbel, the Belgian statistical office @statbel-en.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
📈 Belgium's inflation rate based on the European Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices ( #HICP) stood at 3.6% in July compared to 3.3% in June and 4.0% in May. #Statbel 👉 statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/co...
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Statbel, the Belgian statistical office @statbel-en.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
👨‍⚖️ In June 2026, 689 #bankruptcies were registered by the business courts. This is a 41.9% decrease compared to June 2026. #Statbel 👉 statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/en...
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Statbel, the Belgian statistical office @statbel-en.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
💰 The overall agricultural output price index decreased by 16.2% in June 2026 compared to June 2025. Compared with the previous year, the plant index 🌿 fell by 4.9% and the animal index 🐖 fell by 19.8%. ℹ️➡️ statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/ag... #Statbel #Agriculture
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Statbel, the Belgian statistical office @statbel-en.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
📦 The volume of sales in the wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles decreased by 1.1% in May 2026 compared to May 2025. 👉 statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/in... #Statbel
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Statbel, the Belgian statistical office @statbel-en.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
👔 For all service sectors combined, the volume of sales increased by 0.3% in May 2026 compared to May 2025. 👉 statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/in... #Statbel
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Statbel, the Belgian statistical office @statbel-en.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
🛍️ Compared to the previous month, the volume of sales in retail trade, excluding fuels, has, increased by 3.1% in June 2026. 👉 statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/in... #Statbel
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