First residence permits — family

In 2017, Belgium's first residence permits increased by 8.8% compared to 2016, reaching 28,654.

Belgium accounts for 3.9% of the EU-27 total of 736,199.

Belgium ranks 7th 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 14.3% (from 25,060 in 2012).

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