Statbel, the Belgian statistical office

🌾The production of winter wheat decreased by 41% and that of winter barley by 26%. On the other hand, spring cereals fared better. Spring wheat production increased by 185% and spring barley production by 44%. #Statbel #Agriculture

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🚘 In 2024, 43,646 Belgian vehicles were involved in a #roadaccident. Were they sedans, city cars, SUVs, or utility vehicles? #Statbel

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👨‍⚖️ 86 #bankruptcies were declared by the business courts between 28 July and 3 August in Belgium, resulting in 164 #job losses. #Statbel

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👔 For all service sectors combined, the volume of sales increased by 0.6% in May 2025 compared to April 2024.
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📦 The volume of sales in the wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles decreased by 4.6% in May 2025 compared to May 2024. #Statbel

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🛍️ Compared to the previous month, the volume of sales in #retail trade has decreased by 2.3% in June 2025. #Statbel

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🏭 In May 2025, the seasonally adjusted industrial turnover index reflected a decrease of 5.8% compared to April 2025.

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🗃️ Our #opendata on the number of deaths has been updated up to and including 20 July 2025. 

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In June 2025 compared to the previous month, the producer price index of #industry excluding construction has decreased by 0.5%.

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🏠 In April, 1,734 #BuildingPermits were issued for new residential buildings, a decrease of 5.4% compared to March 2025. 1,289 permits were granted in Flanders, 437 in Wallonia and 7 in the Brussels Region. statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/ho... #Statbel

🛏️ 4,139,221 overnight stays in April 2025, +14.5% compared with April 2024. Most of these overnight stays were in #hotels (45.7%) 🏨

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👨‍⚖️ 107 #bankruptcies were declared by the business courts between 21 and 27 July in Belgium, resulting in 372 job losses. ➡️ statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/en... #Statbel

🛒 #Inflation goes down from 2.15% to 1.92% in July, falling below 2% for the first time since January 2024. #Statbel

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🗃️ Our #opendata on the number of deaths has been updated up to and including 13 July 2025.  Read more: statbel.fgov.be/en/news/mort... #Statbel #Deaths #Mortality

👨‍⚖️ 145 #bankruptcies were declared by the business courts between 14 and 20 July in Belgium, resulting in 252 job losses. ➡️ statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/en... #Statbel

🚜 Today, we publish the final #AgriculturalResults for 2024.
👨‍🌾 The number of agricultural holdings decreased to 33,973 holdings.
🐔 We also give you an overview of the various livestock herds in Belgium:
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🆕 In May 2025, 8,091 new enterprises were created, 1,100 enterprises were re-registered and 6,220 were de-registered.

The total number of VAT-registered enterprises increased by 2,971 or 0.2% compared to April 2025.

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27,541,487 animals were slaughtered in June 2025. Click on the link to see the breakdown 🐄🐖 🐓per animal species statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/ag... #Statbel

👨‍⚖️ In June 2025, 1,134 #bankruptcies were registered by the business courts. This is a 28.0% increase compared to May 2025 (886).

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🗃️ Our #opendata on the number of deaths has been updated up to and including 6 July 2025.  Read more: statbel.fgov.be/en/news/mort... #Statbel

🏖️ Belgians made around 23.7 million trips in 2024. This represents a slight increase (+2.1%) compared to 2023, which was already a record year.
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🧱 In May 2025, the seasonally adjusted production index in the construction sector reflected a decrease of 2.2% compared to April 2025.

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🥛 In March 2025, we produced 53,6 million litres of #milk. The major part of it (29.0 million litres, or 54.1%) was semi-skimmed milk. Whole milk represented 36.5% of total production, skimmed milk 6.0% and buttermilk 3.4%.

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👨‍⚖️ 161 bankruptcies were declared by the business courts between 7 and 13 July in Belgium, resulting in 429 job losses. ➡️ statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/en... #Statbel

📈 Belgium's inflation rate based on the European harmonised index of consumer prices ( #HICP) was running at 2.9% in June compared to 2.8% in May and 3.1% in April.

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In May 2025, the seasonally adjusted production index reflected a decrease of 2.8% compared to April 2025. statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/in... #Statbel

🧑‍🌾 In 2023, a Belgian farmer had to pay on average 343 €/ha per year for the rental of ploughed lands and 294 €/ha for grasslands. In 10 years, the renting price of ploughed lands has increased by 33.5% and that of grasslands by 21.0%.

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🍼 9,037 babies were born in May 2025 in Belgium. To find out the breakdown by region statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/po... #Statbel

🪪 In April, 5,336 persons obtained the Belgian nationality. The main countries of origin of these people are Morocco, Romania and Syria.

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🗃️ Our #opendata on the number of deaths has been updated up to and including 29 June 2025.  Read more: statbel.fgov.be/en/news/mort... #Statbel