Asylum first-instance decisions (total)

In 2025, Bulgaria's asylum first-instance decisions (total) decreased by 43.4% compared to 2024, reaching 4,655.

Bulgaria accounts for 0.6% of the EU-27 total of 833,835.

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 112.1% (from 2,195 in 2020).

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