BG · 2017 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits issued (total)
Bulgaria, 2017
In 2017, Bulgaria's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 38.0% compared to 2016, reaching 10,958.
Bulgaria accounts for 0.4% of the EU-27 total of 2,699,491.
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 grown by 70.7% (from 6,418 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.