First residence permits — education

In 2016, Bulgaria's first residence permits increased by 22.1% compared to 2015, reaching 1,067.

Bulgaria accounts for 0.3% of the EU-27 total of 328,654.

Bulgaria ranks 23rd 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 0.9% (from 1,058 in 2011).

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