First residence permits — education

In 2024, Netherlands's first residence permits decreased by 4.6% compared to 2023, reaching 21,877.

Netherlands accounts for 4.0% of the EU-27 total of 549,458.

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 8.4% (from 20,178 in 2019).

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