First-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants in Belgium
Belgium: First-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants was 80.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising
First-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants in Belgium, 2008–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
Belgium recorded 80.0% for first-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants in 2025.
That represents a change of down 4.2% on the previous year and down 8.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, first-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants in Belgium peaked at 87.4% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 56.9%, in 2013.
That places Belgium 30th out of 40 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
First-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants in Belgium, year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 73.2% | — |
| 2009 | 76.8% | +4.9% |
| 2010 | 82.7% | +7.7% |
| 2011 | 79.5% | -3.9% |
| 2012 | 65.3% | -17.9% |
| 2013 | 56.9% | -12.9% |
| 2014 | 61.8% | +8.6% |
| 2015 | 87.3% | +41.3% |
| 2016 | 78.0% | -10.7% |
| 2017 | 76.5% | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 80.5% | +5.2% |
| 2019 | 84.1% | +4.5% |
| 2020 | 77.2% | -8.2% |
| 2021 | 78.3% | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 87.4% | +11.6% |
| 2023 | 83.2% | -4.8% |
| 2024 | 83.5% | +0.4% |
| 2025 | 80.0% | -4.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 75.0% | 73.2% | 76.8% | 2 |
| 2010s | 75.3% | 56.9% | 87.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 81.6% | 77.2% | 87.4% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is first-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants in Belgium?
- First-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants in Belgium was 80.0% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest first-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 87.4% in 2022.
- What is the lowest first-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 56.9% in 2013.
- How does Belgium rank for first-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants?
- Belgium ranks 30th out of 40 countries with data for 2025.
- Is first-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of First-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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