BG · 2018 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits — other
Bulgaria, 2018
In 2018, Bulgaria's first residence permits increased by 21.9% compared to 2017, reaching 5,184.
Bulgaria accounts for 0.9% of the EU-27 total of 595,547.
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 77.2% (from 2,925 in 2013).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.