Immigration

In 2022, Belgium's immigration increased by 49.1% compared to 2021, reaching 208,356.

Belgium accounts for 3.0% of the EU-27 total of 6,997,284.

Belgium ranks 9th 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 64.4% (from 126,703 in 2017).

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