Asylum positive first-instance decisions

In 2025, Bulgaria's asylum positive first-instance decisions decreased by 81.2% compared to 2024, reaching 955.

Bulgaria accounts for 0.3% of the EU-27 total of 325,960.

Bulgaria ranks 13th 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 16.5% (from 820 in 2020).

Source: Eurostat dataset migr_asydcfsta, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.