First residence permits — work

In 2020, Belgium's first residence permits decreased by 32.8% compared to 2019, reaching 4,110.

Belgium accounts for 0.4% of the EU-27 total of 935,232.

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 fallen by 16.9% (from 4,948 in 2015).

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