First residence permits — education

In 2016, Netherlands's first residence permits increased by 6.9% compared to 2015, reaching 16,317.

Netherlands accounts for 5.0% of the EU-27 total of 328,654.

Netherlands 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 52.5% (from 10,701 in 2011).

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