Immigration between 1999 and 2023

Migrants' reasons for migrating are only known for non-EU/EFTA migrants who arrived in the Netherlands after 1998. The number of resident migrants therefore only includes those who arrived between 1999 and 2023. People who arrived before that have been excluded from the figures.

For EU/EFTA migrants, the reasons for migrating are deduced from those who arrived in the Netherlands after 1998. Because the reasons for migrating are derived from the activities that migrants engage in once they are in the Netherlands, there is no data yet for the most recent reporting year (2023). The number of resident migrants therefore only includes those who arrived between 1999 and 2022. EU/EFTA immigration only includes persons who did not hold Dutch citizenship when they arrived in the Netherlands.

The immigration figures reflect the number of unique movements, not the number of unique migrants. A person who migrated several times during the reporting period is counted multiple times. Resident numbers, on the other hand, relate to unique individuals.