BE · 2013 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits — family
Belgium, 2013
In 2013, Belgium's first residence permits decreased by 11.1% compared to 2012, reaching 22,266.
Belgium accounts for 3.9% of the EU-27 total of 577,977.
Belgium ranks 7th 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 9.6% (from 20,320 in 2008).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.