First residence permits — other

In 2024, Belgium's first residence permits increased by 7.2% compared to 2023, reaching 24,054.

Belgium accounts for 2.7% of the EU-27 total of 888,784.

Belgium ranks 9th 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 81.2% (from 13,276 in 2019).

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