First residence permits issued (total)

In 2014, Netherlands's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 7.5% compared to 2013, reaching 69,569.

Netherlands accounts for 3.9% of the EU-27 total of 1,765,064.

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 23.2% (from 56,488 in 2009).

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