Asylum applicants by type - annual aggregated data

In 2019, Belgium's asylum applicants by type increased by 21.9% compared to 2018, reaching 27,460.

Belgium accounts for 3.9% of the EU-27 total of 702,830.

Belgium ranks 7th 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 20.9% (from 22,710 in 2014).

Source: Eurostat dataset tps00191, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.