First residence permits — education

In 2019, Bulgaria's first residence permits increased by 29.6% compared to 2018, reaching 1,642.

Bulgaria accounts for 0.4% of the EU-27 total of 408,104.

Bulgaria ranks 22nd 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 80.2% (from 911 in 2014).

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