First residence permits — family

In 2024, Netherlands's first residence permits decreased by 6.9% compared to 2023, reaching 42,209.

Netherlands accounts for 4.4% of the EU-27 total of 950,422.

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 9.2% (from 38,653 in 2019).

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