NL · 2022 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits issued (total)
Netherlands, 2022
In 2022, Netherlands's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 29.6% compared to 2021, reaching 137,200.
Netherlands accounts for 3.8% of the EU-27 total of 3,564,926.
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 40.9% (from 97,395 in 2017).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.