First residence permits — family

In 2021, Belgium's first residence permits increased by 27.2% compared to 2020, reaching 32,710.

Belgium accounts for 4.0% of the EU-27 total of 816,287.

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 24.3% (from 26,325 in 2016).

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