BG · 2017 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits — education
Bulgaria, 2017
In 2017, Bulgaria's first residence permits increased by 18.7% compared to 2016, reaching 1,267.
Bulgaria accounts for 0.4% of the EU-27 total of 354,685.
Bulgaria ranks 22nd 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 9.2% (from 1,396 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.