First residence permits — family

In 2021, Bulgaria's first residence permits increased by 43.8% compared to 2020, reaching 4,174.

Bulgaria accounts for 0.5% of the EU-27 total of 816,287.

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 28.8% (from 3,240 in 2016).

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