Immigration

In 2018, Belgium's immigration increased by 8.8% compared to 2017, reaching 137,860.

Belgium accounts for 3.5% of the EU-27 total of 3,936,055.

Belgium ranks 8th 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 14.8% (from 120,078 in 2013).

Source: Eurostat dataset tps00176, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.