First residence permits — family

In 2020, Bulgaria's first residence permits decreased by 29.2% compared to 2019, reaching 2,902.

Bulgaria accounts for 0.5% of the EU-27 total of 621,444.

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 fallen by 0.1% (from 2,906 in 2015).

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