BE · 2019 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits — other
Belgium, 2019
In 2019, Belgium's first residence permits decreased by 22.3% compared to 2018, reaching 13,276.
Belgium accounts for 2.3% of the EU-27 total of 569,250.
Belgium ranks 10th 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 17.0% (from 11,345 in 2014).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.