Asylum first-instance decisions (total)

In 2025, Belgium's asylum first-instance decisions (total) decreased by 6.9% compared to 2024, reaching 29,860.

Belgium accounts for 3.6% of the EU-27 total of 833,835.

Belgium ranks 6th 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 82.3% (from 16,380 in 2020).

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