First residence permits — education

In 2023, Netherlands's first residence permits increased by 4.8% compared to 2022, reaching 22,922.

Netherlands accounts for 4.2% of the EU-27 total of 544,840.

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 24.1% (from 18,472 in 2018).

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