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Integration in Belgium: maps and local statistics
Explore 56 official integration indicators across Belgium, with definitions, dates, source limitations, maps and municipality profiles.
Integration is represented by 56 validated indicators from 1 source provider. This page is a curated starting point: it shows what can genuinely be compared, the latest available periods and the finest valid geography for each measure.
The latest period differs by indicator. Read the date, unit, geography and source beside each value before comparing places.
Integration: 56 indicators
Reach of non-Belgian voters
Number of registered voters with a foreign nationality compared to the number of potential voters with a foreign nationality. Persons who have registered to vote in the municipal elections: all residents with a current foreign (= non-Belgian) nationality who, before August 1 of the year of the elections, have submitted a request to be recognized as a municipal voter to the municipal administration and who meet the conditions of the law of March 19, 2004. Potential voters: all residents with a current foreign (= non-Belgian) nationality. For non-EU citizens, this only concerns those who meet the conditions of the law of March 19, 2004: among other things, at least 5 years of uninterrupted main residence in Belgium.
- Latest period
- 2024
- Finest geography
- municipality
Published field 'Number of persons who have registered as voters' for Reach non-Belgian voters. Official Dutch wording is retained because the publisher supplies no official translation.
Reach of non-Belgian voters, by nationality
Number of registered voters with a foreign nationality compared to the number of potential voters with a foreign nationality, per nationality group. Persons who have registered as voters in the municipal elections: all residents with a current foreign (i.e., non-Belgian) nationality who, before August 1 of the year of the elections, have submitted a request to be recognized as a municipal council voter to the municipal administration and who meet the conditions of the law of March 19, 2004. Potential voters: all residents with a current foreign (= non-Belgian) nationality. For non-EU citizens, it concerns only those who meet the conditions of the law of 19 March 2004: among other things, at least 5 years of uninterrupted main residence in Belgium.
- Latest period
- 2024
- Finest geography
- municipality
Published field 'Number of persons registered as voters per nationality group' for Scope of non-Belgian voters, by nationality. Official Dutch wording is retained because the publisher supplies no official translation.
Participants in adult education, by place of residence, by nationality
Number of adult education students during the school year who live in the municipality, by nationality group. This concerns basic education, secondary adult education, higher professional adult education, and the specific teacher training. Adult education is education separate from the initial educational career. It enables students to obtain a recognized diploma, certificate, or credential. Adults aged at least 18 and young people who have completed full-time compulsory education may enroll. Depending on the chosen course, there may also be specific admission requirements. The numbers relate to the students who live in the municipality, regardless of whether they study in the municipality or elsewhere. The figures for the Brussels municipalities only relate to students enrolled in Dutch-language adult education. The data are broken down by nationality group based on the current nationality of the student as reported by the institution to the Flemish Ministry of Education and Training.
- Latest period
- 2023
- Finest geography
- municipality
Published field 'Number of adult education students by nationality group' for Adult education participants, by place of residence, by nationality. Official Dutch wording is retained because the publisher supplies no official translation.
External immigration of foreigners
Number of foreigners (= persons with current foreign nationality) who have settled in the municipality from abroad during the course of the year + number of foreigners who were transferred from the waiting register to a regular population register + number of foreigners who were re-registered in a regular population register after a in order to be deleted.
- Latest period
- 2025
- Finest geography
- municipality
Published field 'External immigration of foreigners' for External immigration of foreigners. Official Dutch wording is retained because the publisher supplies no official translation.
External emigration of foreigners
Number of foreigners (= persons with current foreign nationality) who emigrated abroad during the year + number of foreigners transferred from a regular population register to the waiting register + number of foreigners removed from a regular population register International migration balance = int International immigration - international emigration.
- Latest period
- 2025
- Finest geography
- municipality
Published field 'Externe uitwijking van vreemdelingen' for Externe uitwijking van vreemdelingen. Official Dutch wording is retained because the publisher supplies no official translation.
Tenants of social housing, by nationality
Number of tenants of a social housing unit by nationality group and share of tenants in the total number of inhabitants per nationality group. This concerns the number of unique tenants at the end of the year. This is compared to the total number of inhabitants per nationality group on January 1 of the following year. The following nationality groups are used: - Belgium: persons with current Belgian nationality; - EU citizens (excluding Belgium): persons with current non-Belgian EU nationality; - Non-EU citizens: persons with current non-EU nationality.
- Latest period
- 2024
- Finest geography
- municipality
Published field 'Number of tenants' for Tenants of social housing, by nationality. Official Dutch wording is retained because the publisher supplies no official translation.
Civic Integration participants registered at the reception office
Number of adult newcomers who registered for the first time during the year at a reception office. Persons who belong to the mandatory target group of the Flemish integration policy must register with a reception office within a maximum period of three months from the moment their integration obligation arises. Persons who are entitled to an integration program can also voluntarily register with a reception office. Together with the person concerned, the reception office will determine what the integration program will entail. Depending on the situation of the person concerned, an integration program consists of a basic Dutch course, a civic orientation course, and/or career orientation. The newcomer is expected to attend the lessons regularly, otherwise they may be administratively sanctioned.
- Latest period
- 2024
- Finest geography
- municipality
Published field 'Number of integration participants who have registered at a reception center' for Integration participants registered at reception center. Official Dutch wording is retained because the publisher supplies no official translation.
Immigrants registered at reception office, by target group
Number of adult civic integration participants who have registered for the first time at a reception office during the year. Individuals who belong to the mandatory target group of the Flemish civic integration policy must register at a reception office within a maximum period of three months from the moment their civic integration obligation arises. Individuals who are entitled to a civic integration program can also voluntarily register at a reception office. Together with the person concerned, the reception office examines what the civic integration program will entail. Depending on the situation of the person concerned, a civic integration program may consist of a basic Dutch course, a social orientation course, and/or career orientation. The newcomer is expected to regularly attend the classes; otherwise, he may be administratively sanctioned. The figures on the number of participants in integration programs who register are divided by target group. The target group is related to the fact that certain categories of participants in integration programs are required to follow an integration trajectory and others are not.
- Latest period
- 2024
- Finest geography
- municipality
Published field 'Number of immigrants who have registered at a reception office by target group' for Immigrants registered at a reception office, by target group. Official Dutch wording is retained because the publisher supplies no official translation.
Immigrants registered at reception office, by nationality
Number of adult participants in integration programs who have registered for the first time at a reception office during the year. Persons who belong to the mandatory target group of the Flemish integration policy must register with a reception office within a maximum period of three months from the moment their integration obligation arises. Persons who are entitled to an integration program can also voluntarily register with a reception office. Together with the person involved, the reception office examines what the integration trajectory will entail. Depending on the situation of the person involved, an integration trajectory consists of a basic Dutch course, a social orientation course, and/or career orientation. The newcomer is expected to attend the lessons on a regular basis; otherwise, he may be administratively sanctioned. The figures on the number of migrants registering are broken down by nationality. In the breakdown by nationality, a distinction is made between persons with a nationality of an EU+ country and 'third-country nationals'. The EU+ countries are the countries of the European Union, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein. The third-country nationals are the countries outside the EU+ countries.
- Latest period
- 2024
- Finest geography
- municipality
Published field 'Number of integrators who have registered with a reception office by nationality group' for Integrators registered at reception office, by nationality. Official Dutch wording is retained because the publisher supplies no official translation.
Immigrants with an integration certificate
Number of adult integration participants who have obtained an integration certificate during the year. The number of persons who have obtained an integration certificate relates to the participants who have fully completed the integration program. Depending on the situation of the person concerned, such an integration program consists of a basic Dutch course, a course in social orientation, and/or career orientation. The participant in the integration program is expected to attend the classes regularly; otherwise, they may be administratively sanctioned.
- Latest period
- 2024
- Finest geography
- municipality
Published field 'Number of integration participants who have obtained an integration certificate' for Integration participants with integration certificate. Official Dutch wording is retained because the publisher supplies no official translation.
Integration participants with integration certificate, by target group
Number of adult immigrants who have obtained a civic integration certificate during the year. The number of persons who have obtained a civic integration certificate relates to immigrants who have completed the civic integration process entirely. Depending on the situation of the person involved, such an integration program consists of a basic Dutch course, a course in social orientation and/or career orientation. The participant is expected to attend the lessons on a regular basis; otherwise, they may be administratively sanctioned. The figures on the number of integration participants who have obtained an integration certificate are broken down by target group. The target group is related to the fact that certain categories of integration participants are required to follow an integration program and others are not.
- Latest period
- 2024
- Finest geography
- municipality
Published field 'Number of immigrants who have obtained an integration certificate by target group' for immigrants with an integration certificate, by target group. Official Dutch wording is retained because the publisher supplies no official translation.
Immigrants with integration certificate, by nationality
Number of adult integration participants who have obtained an integration certificate during the year. The number of people who have obtained an integration certificate relates to the integration participants who have fully completed the integration program. Depending on the situation of the person involved, such an integration trajectory consists of a basic Dutch course, a civic orientation course, and/or career orientation. The person undergoing integration is expected to attend the lessons regularly; otherwise, they may be administratively sanctioned. The figures on the number of people who have obtained an integration certificate are divided by nationality. When divided by nationality, a distinction is made between persons with the nationality of an EU+ country and 'third-country nationals'. The EU+ countries are the countries of the European Union, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein. The third-country nationals are the countries outside the EU+ countries.
- Latest period
- 2024
- Finest geography
- municipality
Published field 'Number of civic integration participants who have obtained a civic integration certificate by nationality group' for Civic integration participants with a civic integration certificate, by nationality. Official Dutch wording is retained because the publisher supplies no official translation.
Civic integration participants with a civic integration contract
Number of adult integration candidates who have signed an integration contract for the first time at an intake office during the year. The number of people who have signed an integration contract refers to the number of integration candidates who have registered at an intake office and signed a contract to follow an integration program. This concerns the people who sign an integration contract for the first time: movers or people who stop an integration program may sign a contract again later but are not counted again here. Depending on the situation of the person concerned, an integration program consists of a basic Dutch course, a course in social orientation, and/or career orientation. The participant in the integration program is expected to attend the lessons on a regular basis; otherwise, they may be administratively sanctioned.
- Latest period
- 2024
- Finest geography
- municipality
Published field 'Number of participants who have signed an integration contract' for Participants with integration contract. Official Dutch wording is retained because the publisher supplies no official translation.
Integration participants with an integration contract, by target group
Number of adult participants in integration programs who have, during the year, for the first time, signed an integration contract at a reception office. The number of people who have signed an integration contract refers to the number of participants who have registered at a reception office and signed a contract to follow an integration program. It concerns the people who sign an integration contract for the first time: movers or people who stop an integration program may sign a contract again later but are not counted again here. Depending on the situation of the person involved, an integration program consists of a basic Dutch course, a course in social orientation and/or career orientation. The person undergoing integration is expected to attend the lessons regularly; otherwise, they may be administratively sanctioned. The figures on the number of immigrants who have signed a contract are broken down by target group. The target group is related to the fact that certain categories of immigrants are required to follow an integration program and others are not.
- Latest period
- 2024
- Finest geography
- municipality
Published field 'Number of integration participants who have signed an integration contract by target group' for Integration participants with integration contract, by target group. Official Dutch wording is retained because the publisher supplies no official translation.
Immigrants with an integration contract, by nationality
Number of adult immigrants who, during the course of the year, signed an integration contract for the first time at an reception office. The number of people who have signed an integration contract relates to the number of immigrants who registered at a reception office and signed a contract to follow an integration program. It concerns the people who sign an integration contract for the first time: movers or people who stop an integration program may sign a contract again later but are not counted again here. Depending on the situation of the person involved, an integration program consists of a basic Dutch course, a course on social orientation and/or career orientation. The person undergoing integration is expected to attend the lessons on a regular basis; otherwise, they may be administratively sanctioned. The figures on the number of newcomers who have signed a contract are broken down by nationality. In the breakdown by nationality, a distinction is made between persons with a nationality from an EU+ country and 'third-country nationals'. The EU+ countries are the countries of the European Union, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein. The third-country nationals are the countries outside the EU+ countries.
- Latest period
- 2024
- Finest geography
- municipality
Published field 'Number of civic integration participants who have signed a civic integration contract by nationality group' for Civic integration participants with a civic integration contract, by nationality. Official Dutch wording is retained because the publisher supplies no official translation.
Internal inflow of foreigners
Number of foreigners (= persons with current foreign nationality) who have moved to the municipality during the year from another Belgian municipality.
- Latest period
- 2025
- Finest geography
- municipality
Published field 'Internal migration of foreigners' for Internal migration of foreigners. Official Dutch wording is retained because the publisher supplies no official translation.
Internal relocation of foreigners
Number of foreigners (= persons with a current foreign nationality) who have relocated to another Belgian municipality during the year.
- Latest period
- 2025
- Finest geography
- municipality
Published field 'Internal relocation of foreigners' for Internal relocation of foreigners. Official Dutch wording is retained because the publisher supplies no official translation.
Long-term job seekers without work, by origin
Number of long-term (longer than 1 year) unemployed job seekers (WZW) per origin in relation to the total number of WZW per origin. These are annual averages, d.w.z. the average number of WZW in the 12 months of the year. The breakdown of unemployed job seekers by origin is based on the current and 2 previous nationalities (in case of a nationality change) of the person. The VDAB, unlike with the NSSO data on origin, does not take into account the current or birth nationality of the parents. Persons of UK origin are counted in the Europe non-EU group for all years. Job seekers without a job (JSW) are persons without a job who have registered with the VDAB as job seekers. Since the definition of JSW used by the VDAB differs from the definition of unemployed as used in the Crossroads Bank for Social Security, the unemployment figures based on VDAB data and KSZ data cannot be compared.
- Latest period
- 2025
- Finest geography
- municipality
Published field 'Number of long-term unemployed job seekers' for Long-term job seekers without work, by origin. Official Dutch wording is retained because the publisher supplies no official translation.
Students in part-time vocational secondary education, by place of residence, by home language
Number of students enrolled in Dutch-language part-time vocational secondary education, divided by the total number of students enrolled in Dutch-language part-time vocational secondary education, by municipality of residence of the students, by home language. The figures are the final figures as of February 1 of the relevant school year. The year in the figures is that of February 1 of the school year. Home language: The home language is not Dutch if the student speaks Dutch with no one in the household or with a maximum of 1 household member in a household with 3 family members (not counting the student). Siblings are considered as 1 household member. In all other cases, the home language is Dutch. Students whose home language is unknown are displayed as a separate category.
- Latest period
- 2025
- Finest geography
- municipality
Published field 'Number of students in part-time vocational secondary education, residing in the municipality, by home language' for Students in part-time vocational secondary education, by place of residence, by home language. Official Dutch wording is retained because the publisher supplies no official translation.
Students OKAN, by place of residence
Number of students enrolled in an introductory class for non-native newcomers (OKAN), per 1,000 inhabitants on January 1 of the 2nd calendar year of the school year, by education level, by municipality of residence of the students. The figures are the final figures as of February 1 of the relevant school year. The year in the figures is that of February 1 of the school year.
- Latest period
- 2025
- Finest geography
- municipality
Published field 'Number of OKAN students' for OKAN students, by place of residence. Official Dutch wording is retained because the publisher supplies no official translation.
Employees and self-employed, by origin
Number of employees and self-employed persons among the working population aged 20 to 64, by origin group, on January 1 of the year. The figures included here are administrative data based on a linkage between the socio-economic data from the Labor Market and Social Protection Data Warehouse of the Crossroads Bank for Social Security (CBSS) and the data on nationality history of that person and their parents as recorded in the National Register. In this way, administrative socio-economic data by origin are available for the entire Belgian population. To determine a person's origin, four criteria are taken into account: the person's current nationality, the person's nationality at birth (before any change of nationality), the father's nationality at birth, and the mother's nationality at birth. If one of these four criteria is a non-Belgian nationality, the person is considered to be of foreign origin. Employees and self-employed individuals are classified here according to the nomenclature of the Labor Market and Social Protection Data Warehouse of the NSSO. Employees are persons who work in paid employment (both in the private sector and in the public sector) and persons who simultaneously work in paid employment and as self-employed or as an assistant to a self-employed person, where the main job is carried out in paid employment. Self-employed persons are individuals who are employed as self-employed, individuals who are employed as a helper by an employer who has the status of a self-employed person, and individuals who simultaneously work in paid employment and as a self-employed person/helper of a self-employed person, where the main job is performed as a self-employed person/helper of a self-employed person as a primary occupation with an additional job in paid employment.
- Latest period
- 2021
- Finest geography
- municipality
Published field 'Aantal' for Employees and self-employed, by origin. Official Dutch wording is retained because the publisher supplies no official translation.
Employees, by origin, by work regime
Share of employees aged 20 to 64 by work regime (full-time, part-time, special regime), by origin group, on January 1 of the year. The figures included here are administrative data based on a linkage between the socio-economic data from the Labour Market and Social Protection Data Warehouse of the Crossroads Bank for Social Security (CBSS) and the data on nationality history of that person and their parents as recorded in the National Register. In this way, administrative socio-economic data by origin are available for the entire Belgian population. To determine a person's origin, four criteria are taken into account: the person's current nationality, the person's nationality at birth (before any nationality change), the father's nationality at birth, and the mother's nationality at birth. If one of these four criteria is a non-Belgian nationality, the person is considered to be of foreign origin. Employment regime: division of employees into workers with a full-time work arrangement, a part-time arrangement, and employees with a special regime. For part-time work, no information is available about the number of hours worked or the number of part-time jobs that a person combines. The special regime relates to work in short/irregular contracts (temporary agency work, seasonal work, casual work in agriculture and horticulture or in the hospitality industry).
- Latest period
- 2021
- Finest geography
- municipality
Published field 'Aantal loontrekkenden' for Employees, by origin, by employment regime. Official Dutch wording is retained because the publisher supplies no official translation.
Employees, by origin, by daily wage class
Share of employees aged 20 to 64 by daily wage class (in euros), per origin group, on January 1 of the year. The figures presented here are administrative data based on a linkage between the socio-economic data from the Labor Market and Social Protection Data Warehouse of the Crossroads Bank for Social Security (CBSS) and the data on nationality history of that person and their parents as recorded in the National Register. In this way, administrative socio-economic data by origin are available for the entire Belgian population. To determine the origin of a person, four criteria are taken into account: the current nationality of the person, the birth nationality of the person (before any change of nationality), the birth nationality of the father, and the birth nationality of the mother. If one of these four criteria is a non-Belgian nationality, the person is considered to be a person of foreign origin. Daily wage class: it is not about the actual wage, but about the gross wage that the employee would receive if he or she were to perform the job in question full-time for one day.
- Latest period
- 2021
- Finest geography
- municipality
Published field 'Number of employees' for Employees, by origin, by daily wage class. Official Dutch wording is retained because the publisher supplies no official translation.
Employees, by origin, by sector
Number and share of employees aged 20 to 64 by sector, by origin group, on January 1 of the year. The figures included here are administrative data based on a linkage between socio-economic data from the Labor Market and Social Protection Data Warehouse of the Crossroads Bank for Social Security (CBSS) and the data on nationality history of that person and their parents as recorded in the National Register. In this way, administrative socio-economic data by origin are available for the entire Belgian population. To determine a person's origin, four criteria are taken into account: the person's current nationality, the person's birth nationality (before any change of nationality), the father's birth nationality, and the mother's birth nationality. If one of these four criteria is a non-Belgian nationality, the person is considered to be a person of foreign origin. The division into economic sectors is based on the classification of NACE sectors used by the Steunpunt Werk en Sociale Economie. The primary sector includes agriculture, forestry, fishing, and the extraction of minerals. The secondary sector consists of industry, energy, waste management, and construction. The tertiary sector includes trade and services, including transport and logistics, hospitality and tourism, and the temporary employment sector. The quaternary sector consists of the non-profit sector with government services, healthcare, education, and social services.
- Latest period
- 2021
- Finest geography
- municipality
Published field 'Aantal loontrekkenden' for Employees, by origin, by sector. Official Dutch wording is retained because the publisher supplies no official translation.
Method and limitations
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Provenance and QA