Asylum positive first-instance decisions

In 2016, Bulgaria's asylum positive first-instance decisions decreased by 75.9% compared to 2015, reaching 1,350.

Bulgaria accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 662,965.

Bulgaria ranks 12th 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 610.5% (from 190 in 2011).

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