First residence permits issued (total)

In 2024, Netherlands's first residence permits issued (total) decreased by 2.6% compared to 2023, reaching 128,378.

Netherlands accounts for 3.7% of the EU-27 total of 3,504,650.

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 25.7% (from 102,132 in 2019).

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