First residence permits — work

In 2022, Belgium's first residence permits increased by 30.4% compared to 2021, reaching 8,144.

Belgium accounts for 0.6% of the EU-27 total of 1,265,871.

Belgium ranks 21st out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 36.9% (from 5,947 in 2017).

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