BE · 2019 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits — education
Belgium, 2019
In 2019, Belgium's first residence permits increased by 25.4% compared to 2018, reaching 8,661.
Belgium accounts for 2.1% of the EU-27 total of 408,104.
Belgium ranks 13th 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 37.8% (from 6,286 in 2014).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.