Asylum positive first-instance decisions

In 2024, Belgium's asylum positive first-instance decisions increased by 25.4% compared to 2023, reaching 15,620.

Belgium accounts for 4.0% of the EU-27 total of 387,615.

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 grown by 139.2% (from 6,530 in 2019).

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