NL · 2017 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits — work
Netherlands, 2017
In 2017, Netherlands's first residence permits increased by 21.4% compared to 2016, reaching 17,744.
Netherlands accounts for 2.0% of the EU-27 total of 904,080.
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 62.5% (from 10,921 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.