First residence permits — education

In 2018, Netherlands's first residence permits increased by 7.2% compared to 2017, reaching 18,472.

Netherlands accounts for 4.6% of the EU-27 total of 397,717.

Netherlands 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 43.4% (from 12,878 in 2013).

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