First residence permits — family

In 2018, Bulgaria's first residence permits increased by 4.9% compared to 2017, reaching 3,792.

Bulgaria accounts for 0.5% of the EU-27 total of 814,233.

Bulgaria ranks 18th 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 69.1% (from 2,242 in 2013).

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