NL · 2017 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits issued (total)
Netherlands, 2017
In 2017, Netherlands's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 1.7% compared to 2016, reaching 97,395.
Netherlands accounts for 3.6% of the EU-27 total of 2,699,491.
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 90.4% (from 51,162 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.