Asylum positive — refugee status

In 2025, Bulgaria's asylum positive increased by 9.1% compared to 2024, reaching 60.

Bulgaria accounts for 0.0% of the EU-27 total of 166,905.

Bulgaria ranks 20th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 42.9% (from 105 in 2020).

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