First residence permits — education

In 2022, Netherlands's first residence permits increased by 11.6% compared to 2021, reaching 21,871.

Netherlands accounts for 4.7% of the EU-27 total of 470,057.

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 26.9% (from 17,239 in 2017).

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