Asylum first-instance decisions (total)

In 2021, Bulgaria's asylum first-instance decisions (total) increased by 49.0% compared to 2020, reaching 3,270.

Bulgaria accounts for 0.6% of the EU-27 total of 531,525.

Bulgaria ranks 14th 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 7.4% (from 3,045 in 2016).

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