Asylum positive — refugee status

In 2023, Belgium's asylum positive increased by 14.7% compared to 2022, reaching 12,040.

Belgium accounts for 7.9% of the EU-27 total of 152,020.

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 grown by 53.1% (from 7,865 in 2018).

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