First residence permits — education

In 2024, Belgium's first residence permits increased by 9.9% compared to 2023, reaching 10,465.

Belgium accounts for 1.9% of the EU-27 total of 549,458.

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 grown by 20.8% (from 8,661 in 2019).

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