First residence permits — work

In 2019, Belgium's first residence permits increased by 0.7% compared to 2018, reaching 6,114.

Belgium accounts for 0.5% of the EU-27 total of 1,202,233.

Belgium ranks 21st 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 28.2% (from 4,768 in 2014).

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