First residence permits — work

In 2024, Belgium's first residence permits decreased by 4.0% compared to 2023, reaching 8,290.

Belgium accounts for 0.7% of the EU-27 total of 1,115,986.

Belgium ranks 24th 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 35.6% (from 6,114 in 2019).

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