First residence permits — family

In 2016, Netherlands's first residence permits increased by 15.1% compared to 2015, reaching 24,962.

Netherlands accounts for 3.6% of the EU-27 total of 689,513.

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 11.8% (from 22,327 in 2011).

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