First residence permits — work

In 2023, Belgium's first residence permits increased by 6.0% compared to 2022, reaching 8,631.

Belgium accounts for 0.7% of the EU-27 total of 1,275,215.

Belgium ranks 22nd 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 42.1% (from 6,073 in 2018).

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