BE · 2014 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits — work
Belgium, 2014
In 2014, Belgium's first residence permits increased by 9.7% compared to 2013, reaching 4,768.
Belgium accounts for 1.0% of the EU-27 total of 456,193.
Belgium ranks 14th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 11.6% (from 5,391 in 2009).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.