Asylum positive — refugee status

In 2021, Belgium's asylum positive increased by 75.0% compared to 2020, reaching 8,285.

Belgium accounts for 7.3% of the EU-27 total of 113,375.

Belgium ranks 5th 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 29.5% (from 11,760 in 2016).

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