Asylum positive first-instance decisions

In 2018, Belgium's asylum positive first-instance decisions decreased by 23.1% compared to 2017, reaching 9,680.

Belgium accounts for 4.7% of the EU-27 total of 207,500.

Belgium ranks 7th 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 54.1% (from 6,280 in 2013).

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