Asylum positive first-instance decisions

In 2020, Bulgaria's asylum positive first-instance decisions increased by 105.0% compared to 2019, reaching 820.

Bulgaria accounts for 0.4% of the EU-27 total of 212,840.

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 fallen by 85.3% (from 5,595 in 2015).

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