NL · 2017 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits — other
Netherlands, 2017
In 2017, Netherlands's first residence permits decreased by 21.1% compared to 2016, reaching 31,444.
Netherlands accounts for 4.5% of the EU-27 total of 704,527.
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 277.3% (from 8,334 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.