First residence permits issued (total)

In 2019, Bulgaria's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 13.8% compared to 2018, reaching 13,500.

Bulgaria accounts for 0.5% of the EU-27 total of 2,985,017.

Bulgaria ranks 24th 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 53.5% (from 8,795 in 2014).

Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.