First residence permits — family

In 2023, Belgium's first residence permits increased by 1.4% compared to 2022, reaching 33,774.

Belgium accounts for 3.3% of the EU-27 total of 1,016,363.

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 14.3% (from 29,551 in 2018).

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