First residence permits issued (total)

In 2016, Netherlands's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 10.5% compared to 2015, reaching 95,753.

Netherlands accounts for 3.8% of the EU-27 total of 2,493,983.

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 73.9% (from 55,074 in 2011).

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