First residence permits — work

In 2020, Netherlands's first residence permits decreased by 39.4% compared to 2019, reaching 13,345.

Netherlands accounts for 1.4% of the EU-27 total of 935,232.

Netherlands ranks 11th 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 0.3% (from 13,308 in 2015).

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