First residence permits — family

In 2019, Bulgaria's first residence permits increased by 8.0% compared to 2018, reaching 4,097.

Bulgaria accounts for 0.5% of the EU-27 total of 805,430.

Bulgaria ranks 19th 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 58.1% (from 2,591 in 2014).

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