First residence permits — family

In 2016, Belgium's first residence permits increased by 0.5% compared to 2015, reaching 26,325.

Belgium accounts for 3.8% of the EU-27 total of 689,513.

Belgium ranks 6th 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 13.5% (from 30,438 in 2011).

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