First residence permits issued (total)

In 2021, Netherlands's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 44.0% compared to 2020, reaching 105,879.

Netherlands accounts for 3.2% of the EU-27 total of 3,273,875.

Netherlands ranks 6th 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 10.6% (from 95,753 in 2016).

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