BG · 2025 · migr_asyappctzm
First-time asylum applications
Bulgaria, 2025
First-time asylum applications
3,805
Bulgaria, 2025
▼ 68.7% vs 2024 (12,140)
Analysis
In 2025, Bulgaria's first-time asylum applications decreased by 68.7% compared to 2024, reaching 3,805.
Bulgaria accounts for 0.6% of the EU-27 total of 669,820.
Bulgaria ranks 13th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 9.8% (from 3,465 in 2020).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_asyappctzm, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2025
#13 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2025
0.6%
EU-27: 669,820
Bulgaria timeline (last 15 years)
2012 2026
Source:
Eurostat · migr_asyappctzm