First residence permits — work

In 2016, Belgium's first residence permits increased by 4.7% compared to 2015, reaching 5,179.

Belgium accounts for 0.7% of the EU-27 total of 736,930.

Belgium ranks 15th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 10.1% (from 4,705 in 2011).

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