First residence permits — family

In 2022, Netherlands's first residence permits increased by 32.8% compared to 2021, reaching 45,870.

Netherlands accounts for 4.9% of the EU-27 total of 926,921.

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 48.1% (from 30,968 in 2017).

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