Asylum first-instance decisions (total)

In 2024, Belgium's asylum first-instance decisions (total) increased by 14.9% compared to 2023, reaching 32,065.

Belgium accounts for 4.3% of the EU-27 total of 754,225.

Belgium ranks 6th 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 86.5% (from 17,195 in 2019).

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