First residence permits — education

In 2021, Netherlands's first residence permits increased by 68.2% compared to 2020, reaching 19,589.

Netherlands accounts for 4.9% of the EU-27 total of 397,933.

Netherlands ranks 5th 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 20.1% (from 16,317 in 2016).

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