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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 🗺️.

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🏭En octobre 2025 par rapport au mois précédent, l’indice des prix à la production de l’industrie à l’exclusion de la construction a baissé de 0,2%. #Statbel

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November 28, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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🗃️ Notre #opendata sur le nombre de décès a été mis à jour jusqu'au 16 novembre 2025. #Statbel

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November 28, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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🏭In September 2025 compared to the previous month, the producer price index of industry excluding construction has decreased by 0.2%. #Statbel

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November 28, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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🗃️ Our #opendata on the number of deaths has been updated up to and including 16 November 2025. #Statbel

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November 28, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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🛒 #Inflation goes from 2.00% to 2.40% in November. #Statbel

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November 27, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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♻️ 79% of packaging waste is recycled in Belgium, the same percentage as ten years ago.

The total quantity of packaging placed on the Belgian market amounts to nearly 2 million of tonnes. #Statbel #Environment

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November 27, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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🧑‍🤝‍🧑 #Population #density of 385 inhabitants per km² in Belgium.

* The Flemish Region registers a population density of 504 inhabitants/km²
* The Walloon Region of 219 inhabitants/km²
* The Brussels-Capital Region of 7,732 inhabitants/km²
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November 27, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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💰In 2024, a Belgian farmer had to pay on average €348/ha per year for the rental of ploughed lands and €299/ha for grasslands.

In 10 years, the renting price of ploughed lands has increased by 19.6% and that of grasslands by 15.4%. #Statbel #Agriculture

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November 26, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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👨‍⚖️231 bankruptcies were declared by the business courts between 17 and 23 November in Belgium, resulting in 553 job losses. #Statbel

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November 26, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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The gross index of the number of employees in services 👔 amounted to 107.9 in the third quarter of 2025. This represents an increase of 0.1% compared to the third quarter of 2024. #Statbel

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November 25, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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🆕 In September 2025, 6,726 new enterprises were created, 924 enterprises were re-registered and 8,482 were de-registered.

The total number of VAT-registered enterprises decreased by 832 or 0.1% compared to August 2025. #Statbel

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November 25, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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🥛 In July 2025, we produced 49.2 million litres of #milk. The major part of it (29.2 million litres, or 59.5%) was semi-skimmed milk. Whole milk represented 31.4% of total production, skimmed milk 4.6% and buttermilk 4.5%. #Statbel

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November 21, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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29,884,342 animals were slaughtered in October 2025.

🐄 66,934 bovine animals
🐖 905,621 pigs
🐓 28,825,242 chicken

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November 21, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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🗃️ Our #opendata on the number of deaths has been updated up to and including 9 November 2025. #Statbel

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November 21, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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👨‍⚖️ In October 2025, 1,103 bankruptcies were registered by the business courts. This is a 9.7% decrease compared to September 2025. This is the highest value in October in Belgium since 2018. #Statbel

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November 21, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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🛏️ 6,034,940 overnight stays in August 2025, +0.8% compared with August 2024. Most of these overnight stays were in hotels (35%) 🏨 #Statbel #Tourism

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November 20, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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📍Attert is the richest municipality and Saint-Josse-ten-Noode the poorest. The median income per municipality is by far the highest in Attert with €44,066. The lowest median income can be found in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode with €20,815. #Statbel

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November 19, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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👨‍⚖️ 160 bankruptcies were declared by the business courts between 10 en 16 November in Belgium, resulting in 428 job losses. #Statbel

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November 19, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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🪪 In August, 4,859 persons obtained the Belgian #nationality. The main countries of origin of these people are Morocco, Romania and Syria. #Statbel #Population

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November 19, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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💰In 2024, almost 9.6 million residents of Belgium declared their income from 2023. The total net taxable income is nearly €275 billion. On this amount, €62.8 billion of tax were paid. #Statbel #Income

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November 19, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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🍼 9,061 babies were born in September 2025 in Belgium: 1,173 in Brussels, 5,130 in Flanders en 2,758 in Wallonia. #Statbel #Birth

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November 19, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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📏The total surface area of Belgium amounts to 30,690 km².

🔹 Bastogne is the largest municipality in Belgium: 265 km²
🔹Saint-Josse, in the Brussels-Capital Region, the smallest: 1,2 km²
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November 18, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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🧱 In September 2025, the seasonally adjusted production index in the construction sector reflected an decrease of 1.1% compared to August 2025. #Statbel

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November 18, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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🌱 In 2023, the environmental protection expenditure by the Belgian mining and quarrying industry and the manufacturing industry have increased by 66.5%. #Statbel #Environment #Industry

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November 17, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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📈 Belgium's inflation rate based on the European harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP) was running at 2.5% in October compared to 2.7% in September and 2.6% in August. #Statbel

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November 17, 2025 at 2:54 PM