First residence permits — other

In 2016, Netherlands's first residence permits increased by 9.4% compared to 2015, reaching 39,853.

Netherlands accounts for 5.4% of the EU-27 total of 738,886.

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 259.5% (from 11,085 in 2011).

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