Asylum first-instance decisions (total)

In 2023, Belgium's asylum first-instance decisions (total) increased by 16.0% compared to 2022, reaching 27,895.

Belgium accounts for 4.1% of the EU-27 total of 677,820.

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 46.5% (from 19,045 in 2018).

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