First residence permits — family

In 2019, Belgium's first residence permits increased by 9.2% compared to 2018, reaching 32,261.

Belgium accounts for 4.0% of the EU-27 total of 805,430.

Belgium ranks 8th 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 39.6% (from 23,114 in 2014).

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