BG · 2022 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits — other
Bulgaria, 2022
In 2022, Bulgaria's first residence permits increased by 4.8% compared to 2021, reaching 3,950.
Bulgaria accounts for 0.4% of the EU-27 total of 902,077.
Bulgaria ranks 17th 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 7.1% (from 4,254 in 2017).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.