BG · 2023 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits — other
Bulgaria, 2023
In 2023, Bulgaria's first residence permits increased by 12.5% compared to 2022, reaching 4,443.
Bulgaria accounts for 0.5% of the EU-27 total of 985,144.
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 fallen by 14.3% (from 5,184 in 2018).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.