First residence permits issued (total)

In 2018, Netherlands's first residence permits issued (total) decreased by 5.5% compared to 2017, reaching 92,068.

Netherlands accounts for 3.3% of the EU-27 total of 2,791,528.

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 42.2% (from 64,739 in 2013).

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