First residence permits — education

In 2020, Belgium's first residence permits decreased by 34.5% compared to 2019, reaching 5,675.

Belgium accounts for 2.0% of the EU-27 total of 283,675.

Belgium ranks 13th 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 10.6% (from 6,345 in 2015).

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