First residence permits — other

In 2023, Belgium's first residence permits increased by 26.3% compared to 2022, reaching 22,438.

Belgium accounts for 2.3% of the EU-27 total of 985,144.

Belgium ranks 9th 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 31.3% (from 17,092 in 2018).

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