First residence permits — family

In 2022, Belgium's first residence permits increased by 1.8% compared to 2021, reaching 33,313.

Belgium accounts for 3.6% of the EU-27 total of 926,921.

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 16.3% (from 28,654 in 2017).

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