First residence permits — education

In 2023, Belgium's first residence permits increased by 2.4% compared to 2022, reaching 9,523.

Belgium accounts for 1.7% of the EU-27 total of 544,840.

Belgium ranks 14th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 37.9% (from 6,908 in 2018).

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