First residence permits — education

In 2014, Bulgaria's first residence permits decreased by 2.6% compared to 2013, reaching 911.

Bulgaria accounts for 0.3% of the EU-27 total of 299,865.

Bulgaria ranks 21st 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 43.9% (from 1,623 in 2009).

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