First residence permits — work

In 2014, Belgium's first residence permits increased by 9.7% compared to 2013, reaching 4,768.

Belgium accounts for 1.0% of the EU-27 total of 456,193.

Belgium ranks 14th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 11.6% (from 5,391 in 2009).

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