Asylum positive first-instance decisions

In 2021, Belgium's asylum positive first-instance decisions increased by 60.6% compared to 2020, reaching 9,170.

Belgium accounts for 4.5% of the EU-27 total of 202,985.

Belgium ranks 8th 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 39.1% (from 15,050 in 2016).

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