First residence permits issued (total)

In 2015, Netherlands's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 24.6% compared to 2014, reaching 86,691.

Netherlands accounts for 4.4% of the EU-27 total of 1,992,551.

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 59.1% (from 54,473 in 2010).

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