BE · 2013 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits — education
Belgium, 2013
In 2013, Belgium's first residence permits increased by 1.5% compared to 2012, reaching 5,902.
Belgium accounts for 2.1% of the EU-27 total of 280,956.
Belgium ranks 11th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 12.5% (from 6,743 in 2008).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.