BE · 2020 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits issued (total)
Belgium, 2020
First residence permits issued (total)
47,640
Belgium, 2020
▼ 21.0% vs 2019 (60,312)
Analysis
In 2020, Belgium's first residence permits issued (total) decreased by 21.0% compared to 2019, reaching 47,640.
Belgium accounts for 2.0% of the EU-27 total of 2,332,051.
Belgium ranks 11th 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 9.4% (from 52,565 in 2015).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2020
#11 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2020
2.0%
EU-27: 2,332,051
Belgium timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · migr_resfirst