Asylum positive first-instance decisions

In 2023, Belgium's asylum positive first-instance decisions increased by 14.0% compared to 2022, reaching 12,455.

Belgium accounts for 3.5% of the EU-27 total of 358,275.

Belgium ranks 8th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 28.7% (from 9,680 in 2018).

Source: Eurostat dataset migr_asydcfsta, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.