First residence permits — family

In 2021, Netherlands's first residence permits increased by 19.6% compared to 2020, reaching 34,541.

Netherlands accounts for 4.2% of the EU-27 total of 816,287.

Netherlands ranks 6th 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 38.4% (from 24,962 in 2016).

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