Asylum positive first-instance decisions

In 2018, Bulgaria's asylum positive first-instance decisions decreased by 56.3% compared to 2017, reaching 740.

Bulgaria accounts for 0.4% of the EU-27 total of 207,500.

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 69.9% (from 2,460 in 2013).

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