First residence permits — family

In 2020, Netherlands's first residence permits decreased by 25.3% compared to 2019, reaching 28,872.

Netherlands accounts for 4.6% of the EU-27 total of 621,444.

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 33.2% (from 21,683 in 2015).

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