NL · 2016 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits — work
Netherlands, 2016
In 2016, Netherlands's first residence permits increased by 9.9% compared to 2015, reaching 14,621.
Netherlands accounts for 2.0% of the EU-27 total of 736,930.
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 33.4% (from 10,961 in 2011).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.