First residence permits — work

In 2021, Belgium's first residence permits increased by 52.0% compared to 2020, reaching 6,247.

Belgium accounts for 0.5% of the EU-27 total of 1,362,306.

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 20.6% (from 5,179 in 2016).

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