First residence permits — family

In 2017, Bulgaria's first residence permits increased by 11.6% compared to 2016, reaching 3,615.

Bulgaria accounts for 0.5% of the EU-27 total of 736,199.

Bulgaria ranks 17th 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 61.3% (from 2,241 in 2012).

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