🛍️ 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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📊 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 📰.
🗑️ The average production of municipal #waste per capita in #Belgium has increased from 693 kg in 2023 to 705 kg in 2024. This is an increase of 1.8%. 👉 statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/en... #Statbel
🏭 In June 2026 compared to the previous month, the producer price index of industry excluding construction has decreased by 1.1%. statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/in... #Statbel
🏠 In April 2026, building permits were issued for 1,871 new residential buildings. Compared to March 2026, this is a decrease of 17.6%. 1,364 permits were granted in Flanders, 484 in Wallonia and 23 in the Brussels Region. statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/ho... #Statbel
🆕 In May 2026, 7,903 new enterprises were created, 1,081 enterprises were re-registered and 5,422 were de-registered. The total population of VAT-registered units increased by 13,758 units compared to May 2025 and amounts to 1,214,857 enterprises. 👉 statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/en... #Statbel
👨⚖️ In June 2026, 1,184 bankruptcies were registered by the business courts. This is a 37.8% increase compared to May 2026. #Statbel 👉 statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/en...
🌡️ According to the first provisional figures, 27 June 2026 was the second deadliest day of the 21st century in Belgium. Around 650 deaths were recorded that day. Only 10 April 2020 saw a higher number. 👉 statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/po... #Statbel #Mortality
29,461,873 animals were slaughtered in June 2026. 🐄 63,767 bovine animals 🐖 805,185 pigs 🐓 28,513,541 chickens statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/ag... #Statbel
🛏️ 4,142,960 overnight stays in April 2026, -0.2% compared with April 2026. Most of these overnight stays were in hotels (44.0%) 🏨 #Statbel statbel.fgov.be/en/news/tour...
🚘In 2025, 43,738 Belgian vehicles were involved in a road accident. Were they sedans, city cars, SUVs, or utility vehicles? 👉 Find this information in our Datalab! statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/da... #Statbel #Accidents #Traffic
🧱 In May 2026, the seasonally adjusted production index in the #construction sector reflected a decrease of 0.7% compared to April 2026. 👉 statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/in... #Statbel
🛣️ In 2025, Belgium recorded an average of 18 road accidents and 2 casualties per 100 km of road. 🗺️ Explore the full map at statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/mo... #Statbel
📈 Belgium's inflation rate based on the European harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP) stood at 3.3% in June compared to 4.0% in May and 4.2% in April. #Statbel 👉 statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/co...
💰 The overall agricultural output price index decreased by 9,6% in May 2026 compared to May 2025. Compared with the previous year, the plant index 🌿 rose by 8.8% and the animal index 🐖 fell by 16.8%. ℹ️➡️ statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/ag... #Statbel #Agriculture
#LifeExpectancy of women and men was 82.5 years in 2025. It is 84.4 years for women and 80.5 years for men. ℹ️➡️ statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/po... #Mortality #Statbel
✈️ Passenger numbers at Belgian airports have reached a record high: 36 million travellers. (+4% compared with 2024) Freight transport rose by 13% over the same period. ℹ️➡️ Https://statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/mobility/transport/air-transport #Statbel
👔 For all service sectors combined, the volume of sales increased by 2.1% in April 2026 compared to April 2025. 👉 statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/in... #Statbel
📦 The volume of sales in the wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles decreased by 0.2% in April 2026 compared to April 2025. 👉 statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/in... #Statbel
🛍️ Compared to the previous month, the volume of sales in retail trade, excluding fuels, has, increased by 2.6% in May 2026. 👉 statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/in... #Statbel
🚨Within the Belgian population, Maria and Marc remain the most common first names. Less conventional first names such as Zendaya (22 people), Denzel (299 people) and Love (41 people) are also noted. #Statbel statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/po...
🚨 The surnames Peeters, Janssens and Maes remain the most common in Belgium and Flanders. In Wallonia, the names Dubois, Lambert and Martin are more common. In Brussels, the names Diallo, Bah and Barry are the most common. #Statbel statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/po...
🏠 In March 2026, building permits were issued for 2,263 new residential buildings. Compared to February 2026, this is an increase of 30.5%. 1,756 permits were granted in Flanders, 499 in Wallonia and 8 in the Brussels Region. statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/ho... #Statbel
📊 The seasonally adjusted index of wages and salaries in industry stood at 120.88 in the first quarter of 2026. This represents a 0.9% increase compared with the first quarter of 2025. To find out what is happening in other sectors 👉 statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/in... #Statbel
⏲️ The seasonally adjusted index of hours worked in industry stood at 98.81 in the first quarter of 2026. This represents a 0.7% decrease compared with the first quarter of 2025. 👉 statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/in... #Statbel
🏭 In May 2026 compared to the previous month, the producer price index of industry excluding construction has increased by 0.8%. A split of this figure in energy and the rest shows a fall of 3.0% for energy and a rise of 1.9% for total industry.🪫 statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/in... #Statbel
💰 The turnover of enterprises in Belgium, excluding agricultural and financial sectors, amounted to 407 billion euros in the first quarter 2026, i.e. a 0.6% increase compared to the same period the year before. #Statbel 👉 statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/en...
☠️ According to the first provisional mortality figures, 8,967 persons have died in May 2026. There were 5,310 deaths in Flanders, 3,001 in Wallonia and 656 in the Brussels-Capital Region. #Statbel 👉 statbel.fgov.be/en/about-sta...
🏠 The number of real estate transactions went down by 5.4% in the first quarter of 2026 compared to the same quarter the year before. #Statbel 👉 statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/ho...