First residence permits issued (total)

In 2023, Netherlands's first residence permits issued (total) decreased by 3.9% compared to 2022, reaching 131,785.

Netherlands accounts for 3.4% of the EU-27 total of 3,821,562.

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 43.1% (from 92,068 in 2018).

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