BE · 2013 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits — work
Belgium, 2013
In 2013, Belgium's first residence permits decreased by 6.5% compared to 2012, reaching 4,347.
Belgium accounts for 1.0% of the EU-27 total of 425,436.
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 fallen by 38.7% (from 7,097 in 2008).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.