National Statistics 70% open

What data is expected?

Key national statistics such as demographic and economic indicators (GDP, unemployment, population, etc). To satisfy this category, the following minimum criteria must be met:

• GDP for the whole country updated at least quarterly
• Unemployment statistics updated at least monthly
• Population updated at least once a year

What data is available

•   Openly licensed? Unsure (No URL given)
•   Is the data available for free? Yes
•   Is the data machine readable? Yes (Excel, CSV, PDF)
•   Available in bulk? Yes
•   Is the data provided on a timely and up to date basis? Yes
•   Publicly available? Yes(as Composition and identity GDP, Harmonised unemployment rate, Average population published by National Bank of Belgium, Statistics Belgium)
•   Is data in digital form? Yes
•   Is the data available online? Yes (Here)
•   Does the data exist? Yes

Details

Many separate spreadsheets available, although some data is only available when making a selection using online report builder.

More data is available at http://www.census2011.be/.

Note that all statistics are also published by Eurostat. Where they are available in bulk. See https://ec.europa.eu/CensusHub2/query.do?step=selectHyperCube&qhc=false&countrycode=be This holds for every European Union Member state.

Reviewer comments

Data current but do not appear to be openly licensed.