Immigration

In 2021, Belgium's immigration increased by 17.7% compared to 2020, reaching 139,743.

Belgium accounts for 3.4% of the EU-27 total of 4,132,213.

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 13.0% (from 123,702 in 2016).

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