First residence permits issued (total)

In 2021, Belgium's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 33.3% compared to 2020, reaching 63,504.

Belgium accounts for 1.9% of the EU-27 total of 3,273,875.

Belgium ranks 10th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 9.1% (from 58,216 in 2016).

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