BG · 2017 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits — other
Bulgaria, 2017
In 2017, Bulgaria's first residence permits increased by 26.6% compared to 2016, reaching 4,254.
Bulgaria accounts for 0.6% of the EU-27 total of 704,527.
Bulgaria ranks 15th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 74.2% (from 2,442 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.